dr. meg smith
@megsmith.bsky.social
• Interim Director & Research Asst Prof of Digital Humanities at @siueiris.bsky.social
• Medieval/early modern Irish historian
• Public transit enthusiast & urban cyclist
• Die-hard Packers fan
• Avid quilter/xstitcher
• Margaret, not Megan
• She/her
• STL
• Medieval/early modern Irish historian
• Public transit enthusiast & urban cyclist
• Die-hard Packers fan
• Avid quilter/xstitcher
• Margaret, not Megan
• She/her
• STL
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dr. meg smith
@megsmith.bsky.social
· Jan 1
How it started, how it’s going, #DigitalHumanities style
The hardest part of bringing baked goods to work is not forgetting them on the way out the door. The second hardest part is maintaining structural integrity on a 2-hour, 3-connection transit commute. Thoughts and prayers for my honey cake…
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The hardest part of bringing baked goods to work is not forgetting them on the way out the door. The second hardest part is maintaining structural integrity on a 2-hour, 3-connection transit commute. Thoughts and prayers for my honey cake…
Well this is fucking bleak.
January 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Well this is fucking bleak.
Daycare gave us a spare copy of Ada’s Christmas card this morning, where she is doing her best impression of an ASPCA commercial. So belated merry Christmas from Ada, everyone. I promise she’s spoiled rotten and very happy.
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Daycare gave us a spare copy of Ada’s Christmas card this morning, where she is doing her best impression of an ASPCA commercial. So belated merry Christmas from Ada, everyone. I promise she’s spoiled rotten and very happy.
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Join us for a series of workshops on teaching and researching with digital tools! The IRIS Center Morning Bytes series offers hands-on tutorials, activities and lesson plans, and spotlights on ongoing digital humanities projects. #DigitalHumanities
January 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Join us for a series of workshops on teaching and researching with digital tools! The IRIS Center Morning Bytes series offers hands-on tutorials, activities and lesson plans, and spotlights on ongoing digital humanities projects. #DigitalHumanities
🤩 Thanks again to @literaturegeek.bsky.social for immortalizing this line from the NEH wake session at ACH. If I have a scholarly motto, this is it — infrastructure is mutual obligation and mutual benefit. #DigitalHumanities #DHMakes
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 AM
🤩 Thanks again to @literaturegeek.bsky.social for immortalizing this line from the NEH wake session at ACH. If I have a scholarly motto, this is it — infrastructure is mutual obligation and mutual benefit. #DigitalHumanities #DHMakes
RIP Packers postseason, but I’m still celebrating Wisconsin.
Quick little pre-semester make, the Hello Wisconsin pillow from Crimson Tate.
Quick little pre-semester make, the Hello Wisconsin pillow from Crimson Tate.
January 11, 2026 at 8:26 PM
RIP Packers postseason, but I’m still celebrating Wisconsin.
Quick little pre-semester make, the Hello Wisconsin pillow from Crimson Tate.
Quick little pre-semester make, the Hello Wisconsin pillow from Crimson Tate.
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I took Tucker’s piece as an inspiration for my own post for the Civics of Technology and applying the Baldwin Test to investigate claims about educational technology:
Applying the Baldwin Test to Ed-Tech — Civics of Technology
In this post, Charles Logan argues that educators can apply the Baldwin Test to Ed-Tech.
www.civicsoftechnology.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I took Tucker’s piece as an inspiration for my own post for the Civics of Technology and applying the Baldwin Test to investigate claims about educational technology:
Hey academic podcasters, any best practices for including references? I’ve seen reference lists in episode descriptions and companion websites. Are there other alternatives? What’s worked best for you? #AcademicSky #podcast
January 7, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Hey academic podcasters, any best practices for including references? I’ve seen reference lists in episode descriptions and companion websites. Are there other alternatives? What’s worked best for you? #AcademicSky #podcast
We swapped out a sofa for a loveseat, and we may have achieved too much proximity. Maybe a good bonding opportunity? Or possibly an ignition point — time will tell
January 7, 2026 at 3:48 AM
We swapped out a sofa for a loveseat, and we may have achieved too much proximity. Maybe a good bonding opportunity? Or possibly an ignition point — time will tell
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ICYMI: Check out this @jitp.bsky.social article for assignments and activities that use small data sets to engage students with critical data literacies and place-based research. These are quick bloom-and-fade activities that are easy to build into a syllabus! #DigitalHumanities
It’s publication day! Check out this new piece from @megsmith.bsky.social and Laura Milsk Fowler on #DigitalHumanities pedagogy. Meg and Laura offer bite-sized but powerful classroom activities that teach humanistic approaches to data and build tech skills and confidence to tackle larger projects.
Small Data for Maximal Effect: Integrating Digital Humanities, Digital Ethics, and Pedagogy across a College Curriculum | Small Data for Maximal Effect: Integrating Digital Humanities, Digital Ethics,...
by Margaret K. Smith and Laura Milsk Fowler
cuny.manifoldapp.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
ICYMI: Check out this @jitp.bsky.social article for assignments and activities that use small data sets to engage students with critical data literacies and place-based research. These are quick bloom-and-fade activities that are easy to build into a syllabus! #DigitalHumanities
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#DH Awards 2025 nominations open until 2026-02-27. What #DigitalHumanities resources updated in 2025 do you think deserve recognition of some sort?
Nomination categories at:
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
Nomination categories at:
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
DH Awards 2025 – Call For Nominations | Digital Humanities Awards
dhawards.org
January 1, 2026 at 1:06 PM
#DH Awards 2025 nominations open until 2026-02-27. What #DigitalHumanities resources updated in 2025 do you think deserve recognition of some sort?
Nomination categories at:
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
Nomination categories at:
dhawards.org/dhawards2025...
Much as I’d like to think that I’m Kathleen Kelly in You’ve Got Mail, I’m comfortable enough to admit I’m really Frank.
January 1, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Much as I’d like to think that I’m Kathleen Kelly in You’ve Got Mail, I’m comfortable enough to admit I’m really Frank.
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Everybody's going to be reposting this. As they should.
"Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."
"Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Everybody's going to be reposting this. As they should.
"Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."
"Privately funded educational technology is a threat to the very idea of public education."
Professional snoops
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Professional snoops
Already watched Knives Out and jonesing for more murder, hellfire and brimstone, and possible revenants? Well! 125 years ago today, William Le Queux published "The Mystery of Montmartre" in @stltoday.com. I threw together a little edition for the Christmas ghost story crowd.
#DigitalHumanities
#DigitalHumanities
The Mystery of Montmartre
Ghost stories were a mainstay of holiday entertainment at the turn of the 20th century. This tale, written by William Le Queux and published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 23, 1900, sets a...
msmith0913.github.io
December 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Already watched Knives Out and jonesing for more murder, hellfire and brimstone, and possible revenants? Well! 125 years ago today, William Le Queux published "The Mystery of Montmartre" in @stltoday.com. I threw together a little edition for the Christmas ghost story crowd.
#DigitalHumanities
#DigitalHumanities
Happy holidays to us! The best gifts are free (open-access).
It’s publication day! Check out this new piece from @megsmith.bsky.social and Laura Milsk Fowler on #DigitalHumanities pedagogy. Meg and Laura offer bite-sized but powerful classroom activities that teach humanistic approaches to data and build tech skills and confidence to tackle larger projects.
Small Data for Maximal Effect: Integrating Digital Humanities, Digital Ethics, and Pedagogy across a College Curriculum | Small Data for Maximal Effect: Integrating Digital Humanities, Digital Ethics,...
by Margaret K. Smith and Laura Milsk Fowler
cuny.manifoldapp.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Happy holidays to us! The best gifts are free (open-access).
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🎉🎉 Huge congrats to IRIS co-founder Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt on being named Distinguished Research Professor of English!
The award recognizes her significant achievements in the field of linguistics & her many contritions to research, mentorship, and DH infrastructure at SIUE and beyond.
The award recognizes her significant achievements in the field of linguistics & her many contritions to research, mentorship, and DH infrastructure at SIUE and beyond.
www.siue.edu
December 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🎉🎉 Huge congrats to IRIS co-founder Dr. Kristine Hildebrandt on being named Distinguished Research Professor of English!
The award recognizes her significant achievements in the field of linguistics & her many contritions to research, mentorship, and DH infrastructure at SIUE and beyond.
The award recognizes her significant achievements in the field of linguistics & her many contritions to research, mentorship, and DH infrastructure at SIUE and beyond.
Every time I send a teams message on a Saturday and people respond immediately, TWO angels lose their wings.
a woman says it 's me hi and i 'm the problem it 's me
Alt: a snip from a Taylor Swift music video where she says “It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.”
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Every time I send a teams message on a Saturday and people respond immediately, TWO angels lose their wings.
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Historian focusing on early modern book culture here. I am not sure that feeding a private company with all our past handwritings from archives is a solution or a way forward. Google‘s AI studio is a data trap. #skystorians
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities. It opens new frontiers for scientific research and collaboration with the humanities.
foundhistory.org/seeing-old-s...
#ClimateScience #DataScience #Agriculture #Archives #Research #LandGrant #AI
foundhistory.org/seeing-old-s...
#ClimateScience #DataScience #Agriculture #Archives #Research #LandGrant #AI
Seeing Old Science
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities
foundhistory.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Historian focusing on early modern book culture here. I am not sure that feeding a private company with all our past handwritings from archives is a solution or a way forward. Google‘s AI studio is a data trap. #skystorians
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It has been an incredible whirlwind of a semester! Over the last four months:
✏️ We conducted over 50 class visits to teach digital humanities skills. (More than a whole course's worth of classroom time!)
📒 And oh yeah, we also ran a new course this semester on digital curation and storytelling!
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✏️ We conducted over 50 class visits to teach digital humanities skills. (More than a whole course's worth of classroom time!)
📒 And oh yeah, we also ran a new course this semester on digital curation and storytelling!
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December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
It has been an incredible whirlwind of a semester! Over the last four months:
✏️ We conducted over 50 class visits to teach digital humanities skills. (More than a whole course's worth of classroom time!)
📒 And oh yeah, we also ran a new course this semester on digital curation and storytelling!
1/
✏️ We conducted over 50 class visits to teach digital humanities skills. (More than a whole course's worth of classroom time!)
📒 And oh yeah, we also ran a new course this semester on digital curation and storytelling!
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Reason #82 why I keep a sewing machine at work: when I just need a *little* more time to finish a dress, I can hem it at the office.
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reason #82 why I keep a sewing machine at work: when I just need a *little* more time to finish a dress, I can hem it at the office.
Another request for recs, this time for a syllabus!
Social scientists, what examples of survey analysis have you found most accessible and engaging for freshmen? Ideally it would be a scholarly article, but journalistic pieces are good too!
#sociology #polisci #academicsky
Social scientists, what examples of survey analysis have you found most accessible and engaging for freshmen? Ideally it would be a scholarly article, but journalistic pieces are good too!
#sociology #polisci #academicsky
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Another request for recs, this time for a syllabus!
Social scientists, what examples of survey analysis have you found most accessible and engaging for freshmen? Ideally it would be a scholarly article, but journalistic pieces are good too!
#sociology #polisci #academicsky
Social scientists, what examples of survey analysis have you found most accessible and engaging for freshmen? Ideally it would be a scholarly article, but journalistic pieces are good too!
#sociology #polisci #academicsky
Hey parents and historians, any history book recs for an 8-year-old? Graphic novels are a big plus! My nephew is suddenly into history, but mostly via the I Survived series and youtube videos of dubious quality. I’d love to find something that’s compelling and engaging, but not so sensationalist.
December 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hey parents and historians, any history book recs for an 8-year-old? Graphic novels are a big plus! My nephew is suddenly into history, but mostly via the I Survived series and youtube videos of dubious quality. I’d love to find something that’s compelling and engaging, but not so sensationalist.
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Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.