Brian Croxall
@briancroxall.bsky.social
How to do things with words and computers. Assoc. Prof of Digital Humanities at BYU. Formerly at Twitter, ProfHacker, ello, and The Aquabats.
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But what meant the most was when I was severely underemployed in 2009, @brettbobley.bsky.social took the time to talk with me about the process of applying to jobs at the NEH. We had never met apart from Twitter and he chatted on the phone. That meant so much to a broke PhD. #ThanksBrett
June 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
But what meant the most was when I was severely underemployed in 2009, @brettbobley.bsky.social took the time to talk with me about the process of applying to jobs at the NEH. We had never met apart from Twitter and he chatted on the phone. That meant so much to a broke PhD. #ThanksBrett
A huge thanks to @brettbobley.bsky.social who is retiring from NEH ODH. A consummate public servant who is always a joy to see arriving at DH events in his chopper. I owe you a Diet Coke every day from here on out. #ThanksBrett
June 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A huge thanks to @brettbobley.bsky.social who is retiring from NEH ODH. A consummate public servant who is always a joy to see arriving at DH events in his chopper. I owe you a Diet Coke every day from here on out. #ThanksBrett
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I consider this one of the most important donations I can make. To be clear, the Paving the Way fund supports the legal expenses.
If every person who thinks this is a good idea contributed $10 to the legal costs, we’d be able to cover them right now. MLA’s link is here: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
May 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I consider this one of the most important donations I can make. To be clear, the Paving the Way fund supports the legal expenses.
I donated to the Paving the Way initiative to help with this critical lawsuit on behalf of the NEH. Think about joining me?
3 ways to fight for the NEH:
1) Talk loudly about humanities research and public programming
2) Join @modernlanguage.bsky.social and/or @historians.org because the more members we have, the more clout we have.
3) Help fund this lawsuit through Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
1) Talk loudly about humanities research and public programming
2) Join @modernlanguage.bsky.social and/or @historians.org because the more members we have, the more clout we have.
3) Help fund this lawsuit through Paving the Way: www.mla.org/About-Us/Sup...
Paving the Way: For the Future of the Humanities
Students and faculty members in the humanities face mounting challenges—from skepticism about the value of humanities education to deteriorating pay and working conditions. The MLA is committed to res...
www.mla.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I donated to the Paving the Way initiative to help with this critical lawsuit on behalf of the NEH. Think about joining me?
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If your grant was terminated & you are an MLA member (or in a related discipline), please fill out our My NEH Grant Story form. Your story can help inform the actions we are taking to protect the NEH. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If your grant was terminated & you are an MLA member (or in a related discipline), please fill out our My NEH Grant Story form. Your story can help inform the actions we are taking to protect the NEH. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This is why I became a lifetime @modernlanguage.bsky.social member last year.
Enough is enough. @modernlanguage.bsky.social, @acls1919.bsky.social, & @historians.org filed a lawsuit to push back against the devastating changes at NEH. We all deserve a strong and vibrant @nehgov.bsky.social.
The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
May 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is why I became a lifetime @modernlanguage.bsky.social member last year.
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Maybe small orgs and large orgs could work together rather than taking aim at one another. The impulse to compete always undermines solidarity. Reach out rather than tearing down.
March 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Maybe small orgs and large orgs could work together rather than taking aim at one another. The impulse to compete always undermines solidarity. Reach out rather than tearing down.
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If you don't know what your org is doing right now to fight for you, maybe ask them rather than assuming they're not doing anything. Mine has been actively meeting with folks on the Hill and strategizing with other orgs and institutions about paths forward, even as they're facing funding cuts.
March 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If you don't know what your org is doing right now to fight for you, maybe ask them rather than assuming they're not doing anything. Mine has been actively meeting with folks on the Hill and strategizing with other orgs and institutions about paths forward, even as they're facing funding cuts.
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Y'all. I get that a small scholarly org can be nimble and take on a lot of quick, grassroots work. It's super important and exciting. But that should not encourage you to insult the hardworking professionals who are keeping large scholarly orgs moving in astonishingly difficult circumstances.
March 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Y'all. I get that a small scholarly org can be nimble and take on a lot of quick, grassroots work. It's super important and exciting. But that should not encourage you to insult the hardworking professionals who are keeping large scholarly orgs moving in astonishingly difficult circumstances.
Inspired by the work of Kevin L Ferguson (www.gc.cuny.edu/people/kevin...), I've summed all currently available MCU films. I've only seen one of these.
November 21, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Inspired by the work of Kevin L Ferguson (www.gc.cuny.edu/people/kevin...), I've summed all currently available MCU films. I've only seen one of these.
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Are you a film & media scholar who wants to learn how to make video essays? Applications for the two-week June 2025 workshop Scholarship in Sound & Image at Middlebury College in Vermont are now open. Come be a videocamper and spread the word!
Scholarship in Sound & Image
Workshop on Videographic Criticism
sites.middlebury.edu
November 18, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Are you a film & media scholar who wants to learn how to make video essays? Applications for the two-week June 2025 workshop Scholarship in Sound & Image at Middlebury College in Vermont are now open. Come be a videocamper and spread the word!
Wanting to start a new project on the concept of happy endings in novels. If you've ever read anything on the topic, please send me references!
November 21, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Wanting to start a new project on the concept of happy endings in novels. If you've ever read anything on the topic, please send me references!
I feel seen.
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No More Nostalgia Concerts, Please
The culture industry keeps getting better at monetizing the past — including the new ritual of musicians playing old albums, in full, onstage.
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November 21, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I feel seen.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/m...
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This semester, my colleague and I started a weekly video game play/lecture series. University comms has decided to notice: news.byu.edu/intellect/th....
From Tony Hawk Pro Skater to Minecraft, these humanities professors want students to study (and play) video games
Humanities professors Michael Call and Brian Croxall have introduced a new video gaming initiative to BYU’s campus. With the support of the College of Humanities, students gather each Monday at 4:00 p...
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November 21, 2024 at 4:32 PM
This semester, my colleague and I started a weekly video game play/lecture series. University comms has decided to notice: news.byu.edu/intellect/th....
I worked on the Beckett Letters project for three years in grad school. When I came across this one, I saved it because it’s so perfect.
Now that’s how you write a condolence letter.
On this day in 1963, Samuel Beckett wrote to a friend whose father had recently died.
(From 'No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett & Alan Schneider')
(From 'No Author Better Served: The Correspondence of Samuel Beckett & Alan Schneider')
November 21, 2024 at 5:27 AM
I worked on the Beckett Letters project for three years in grad school. When I came across this one, I saved it because it’s so perfect.
Why did the shoe enthusiast feel no excitement for the upcoming season?
He had a case of the Blahniks.
#thesearethejokes
He had a case of the Blahniks.
#thesearethejokes
November 20, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Why did the shoe enthusiast feel no excitement for the upcoming season?
He had a case of the Blahniks.
#thesearethejokes
He had a case of the Blahniks.
#thesearethejokes
Tonight my wife and I realized that the reason I’m skeptical about musicals is the same as why she’s incensed by Seinfeld.
November 16, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Tonight my wife and I realized that the reason I’m skeptical about musicals is the same as why she’s incensed by Seinfeld.
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Zotero 7 just dropped. I've been using the beta for several months and it's absolutely fantastic. And it restores an early feature of Zotero that went missing over a decade ago: the ability to annotate snapshots of web pages and add those annotations to your notes.
Zotero Blog » Blog Archive » Zotero 7: Zotero, redesigned
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
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August 10, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Zotero 7 just dropped. I've been using the beta for several months and it's absolutely fantastic. And it restores an early feature of Zotero that went missing over a decade ago: the ability to annotate snapshots of web pages and add those annotations to your notes.
Absolutely thrilled that Diane Jakacki and my edited volume, *What We Teach When We Teach DH*, has just launched in its open-access version on the Debates on DH website.
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What We Teach When We Teach DH | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Exploring how digital humanities (DH) is taught and what that reveals about the field, this book highlights how DH can transform learning across a vast array of curricular structures, institutions, an...
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August 7, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Absolutely thrilled that Diane Jakacki and my edited volume, *What We Teach When We Teach DH*, has just launched in its open-access version on the Debates on DH website.
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/wha...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/wha...
Thrilled the panel Diane Jakacki & I organized for #mla25 is accepted. Ever wish you hadn't missed the 2011 MLA DH panel? Come and see @kfitz1.bsky.social @alanyliu.bsky.social @laurenfklein.bsky.social @triproftri.bsky.social as well as Kenton Rambsy and Steve Ramsay dish about DH textbooks.
May 23, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Thrilled the panel Diane Jakacki & I organized for #mla25 is accepted. Ever wish you hadn't missed the 2011 MLA DH panel? Come and see @kfitz1.bsky.social @alanyliu.bsky.social @laurenfklein.bsky.social @triproftri.bsky.social as well as Kenton Rambsy and Steve Ramsay dish about DH textbooks.
Remember blogs? Diane and I just wrote up a short history of What We Teach When We Teach DH. Stop by if you want a glance at the table of contents and a synopsis of every chapter.
What We Teach When We Teach DH is Published! – Brian Croxall
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December 21, 2023 at 11:03 PM
Remember blogs? Diane and I just wrote up a short history of What We Teach When We Teach DH. Stop by if you want a glance at the table of contents and a synopsis of every chapter.
In August 2017, I asked Diane Jakacki if she would like to work with me on a proposal for the #dhdebates series. 6 years and 4 months later, it turns out it was a hell of a good idea.
December 5, 2023 at 1:34 AM
In August 2017, I asked Diane Jakacki if she would like to work with me on a proposal for the #dhdebates series. 6 years and 4 months later, it turns out it was a hell of a good idea.
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Folks! ISO two new colleagues to join our Digital Learning team in the Library at Davidson College: DH Librarian and a Media Creation and Curation Librarian. More here employment.davidson.edu/en-us/job/49... and employment.davidson.edu/en-us/job/49... Happy to talk about either or both!
Digital Humanities Librarian
Davidson’s E.H. Little Library seeks a collaborative and enthusiastic Digital Humanities Librarian to join our award-winning team. As a key member of the library’s Digital Learning team, you will...
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November 6, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Folks! ISO two new colleagues to join our Digital Learning team in the Library at Davidson College: DH Librarian and a Media Creation and Curation Librarian. More here employment.davidson.edu/en-us/job/49... and employment.davidson.edu/en-us/job/49... Happy to talk about either or both!
So, I reworked my blogging assignment to "Blogging with AI" this time around. See what you think: briancroxall.net/f23dh/assign....
September 12, 2023 at 6:06 PM
So, I reworked my blogging assignment to "Blogging with AI" this time around. See what you think: briancroxall.net/f23dh/assign....