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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 1d

#TBT to T&T alum @amoreshead.bsky.social's 2022 article, "Gender and Para-Academic Labor: The Invisible Translators of Old English and their Legacy in Digital Humanities." Check it out! www.ncgsjournal.com/issue182/mor...

Abigail Moreshead: "Gender and Para-Academic Labor: The Invisible Translators of Old English and their Legacy in Digital Humanities" • Issue 18.2 • Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 2d

Our first information session for the T&T PhD is in ONE WEEK on Wednesday, October 15. Be sure to sign up to learn more about our program!

UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 9d

Thinking about pursuing a PhD with T&T? We've got TWO upcoming information sessions. The first will be Wednesday, October 15 at 6pm. Sign up here! applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id...

Texts & Technology PhD October Open House

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 7d

T&T alum Rachel Marks was recently recognized as Academic Success Partner of the Game. Here's the story: cah.ucf.edu/news/ucf-lec...

UCF Lecturer Rachel Marks Awarded with the Academic Success Partner of the Game - CAH News

During UCF Football's home opening game, Rachel Marks, lecturer in the Department of Writing and Rhetoric was awarded as Academic Success Partner of the Game.

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 7d

#TBT to T&T faculty member @rudymcdaniel.bsky.social's 2019 book, Designing Effective Digital Badges: Applications for Learning. Check it out! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

Designing Effective Digital Badges | Applications for Learning | Joey

Designing Effective Digital Badges is a hands-on guide to the principles, implementation, and assessment of digital badging systems. Informed by the fundamental

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 9d

T&T students @helloemi.bsky.social‬ and Carol Stinnett recently published "Admiration to Alienation: Assessing Fan Response to Celebrity Weight Loss Using Representation Theory." Check it out! www.emerald.com/books/edited...

Admiration to Alienation: Assessing Fan Response to Celebrity Weight Loss Using Representation Theory

Abstract. This chapter explores the complex dynamics of fan engagement with celebrity weight loss narratives on Instagram using media scholar Stuart Hall’s

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 9d

For more information about the certificate, see: projects.cah.ucf.edu/digital-huma...

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 9d

Want to study the intersection of humanities and technology at a smaller scale than a PhD? T&T also offers an interdisciplinary graduate certificate, Digital Humanities in the Age of AI. We'll be holding an information session Wednesday, November 5 at 6pm applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id...

Digital Humanities in the Age of AI Gradute Certificate Open House

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 9d

Our second T&T PhD information session will be Wednesday, Thursday, November 20 at 6pm. Sign up here! applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id...

Texts and Technology November Virtual Open House

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 9d

Thinking about pursuing a PhD with T&T? We've got TWO upcoming information sessions. The first will be Wednesday, October 15 at 6pm. Sign up here! applynow.graduate.ucf.edu/register/?id...

Texts & Technology PhD October Open House

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 14d

T&T alum Carissa Baker was recently featured by UCF Alumni. Take a look! ucfalumni.com/blog/educate...

Educated Here, Employed Here, Gives Here: Carissa Baker ’08MA ’18PhD

A Whole New World: How Carissa Baker Found Her Calling in Storytelling, Teaching and Giving Back Carissa Baker ’08MA ’18PhD, an assistant professor of theme park and attraction management at UCF Rosen...

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 15d

#TBT to T&T faculty member Barry Mauer's 2022 chapter, "Making Repulsive Monuments." Check it out! openbooks.lib.msu.edu/makingsensed...

Making Repulsive Monuments – Making Sense of Digital Humanities

A socially engaged remix of DH theory and practice

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 21d

T&T faculty @anasalter.bsky.social, @rudymcdaniel.bsky.social, @medievalhistorian.bsky.social, and Jonathan Beever recently participated in the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Institute on AI, Pedagogy and the Curriculum. Check it out! www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-fac...

UCF Faculty, Staff Join National Institute for AI Teaching, Learning

The university joins more than 170 institutions for a yearlong program focused on implementing AI action plans for classrooms, curricula and campuses.

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · 22d

#TBT to 2022 chapter "Gameful teaching: Exploring language teacher identity and agency through video games," from T&T faculty members @ekj.bsky.social and Amy Giroux, T&T alum Don Merritt, and collaborators! www.jbe-platform.com/content/book...

Chapter 3. Gameful teaching | John Benjamins

The chapter investigates how the identity and agency of a language teacher are constructed through the use of a suite of videogames originally designed for vocabulary practice, called ELLE: the EndLes...

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Sep 10

T&T student @bynikkibarnes.bsky.social was recently featured in this UCF news article. Check it out! www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-doc...

UCF Doctoral Graduates Leading the Charge in Job Placement and Starting Salaries

Recent U.S. National Science Foundation data highlights UCF’s strength in doctoral career preparation.

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Sep 4

#TBT to 2022 paper "Adventures in TwineSpace: An Augmented Reality Story Format for Twine" from T&T alums @persephone.blue @videlais.bsky.social @jackademia.bsky.social and T&T faculty member @anasalter.bsky.social Check it out! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Adventures in TwineSpace: An Augmented Reality Story Format for Twine

Augmented reality games have moved into the mainstream thanks to headline-catching titles such as Pokémon GO (2016) and Harry Potter Wizards Unite (2019). However, these games represent only a sm...

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 28

#TBT to T&T alum @bynikkibarnes.bsky.social and student Farrah Cato's 2022 piece, "'These are the conditions we write under': Selfies, Care-work, and Collaboration in the Time of COVID." Take a look! journalofmultimodalrhetorics.com/6-2-cato-and...

6.2 Cato and Fragala Barnes

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 27

T&T alum Carissa Baker recently published "The future of hospitality is storytelling: Conceptualising the visitor’s journey." Check it out! www.ajol.info/index.php/rh...

The future of hospitality is storytelling: Conceptualising the visitor’s journey | Research in Hospitality Management

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 21

#TBT to T&T alum Francine Sutton's 2022 publication, "A Content Analysis of Existing mHealth Applications for Potential Older Adult Use." Take a look! dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

A Content Analysis of Existing mHealth Applications for Potential Older Adult Use | Proceedings of the 40th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 20

T&T faculty member @terpsinoe.bsky.social recently published "Understanding What Amateur Nature Observers Value in Identification Field Guides: A Content Analysis." Check it out! dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Understanding What Amateur Nature Observers Value in Identification Field Guides: A Content Analysis | Proceedings of the 42nd ACM International Conference on Design of Communication

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 13

T&T faculty member @melstanfill.bsky.social recently published “Against ‘Toxic Fandom’: Fans, Harassment, and the Culture Wars" in the book _Participatory Culture Wars: Controversy, Conflict and Complicity in Fandom_. Check it out! uipress.uiowa.edu/books/partic...

Participatory Culture Wars

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 7

#TBT to T&T faculty member Blake Scott's 2022 publication, "Reconfiguring the Relationship between Graduate Professional Writing and Rhetoric & Composition Programs—Innovations toward Transdisciplinary Integration." Take a look! ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...

Extended Abstract: Reconfiguring the Relationship between Graduate Professional Writing and Rhetoric & Composition Programs—Innovations toward Transdisciplinary Integration

Drawing on the conceptual framework of “transdisciplinary intra-action,” this panel discusses the integration of a Graduate Certificate in Professional Writing and a Master of Arts in Rhetoric & Compo...

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 6

T&T alum David Morton recently published a commentary on the history of indie film-making in Florida. Check it out!
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Commentary: Florida can be great home for indie filmmakers

Under the auspices of Gov. Bob Graham, Florida was a major hub for filming TV and films. It needs another visionary to rebuild the industry here.

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 5

Last week, we had FOUR incoming T&T students present the research they completed as part of the Summer Mentoring Fellowship: LJ Connolly, Christina Restrepo Nazar, Erin Webreck, and Teddy Duncan (not pictured).

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UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Aug 4

Congratulations to our three Summer 2025 graduates, Hanan Hafiz, Shelley Maccini, and Ryu Yamamoto!

UCF Texts & Technology PhD @ucftandt.bsky.social · Jul 31

#TBT to T&T faculty member Joel Schneier's 2022 paper, "Achievement motivation in writing: Exploring the pursuit of multiple goals and keystroke behaviors during writing tasks." Take a look! repository.isls.org/handle/1/8449

Repository of the International Society of Learning Sciences: Achievement Motivation in Writing: Exploring the Pursuit of Multiple Goals and Keystroke Behaviors During Writing Tasks

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