A new Ph.D. for a new era

Reviews key issues face by our English department as we developed and proposed our new Ph.D. in Texts and Technology, a research program that melds textual studies with new digital technologies. Research will include historical and theoretical as well as empirical approaches to "texts" con...

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Published inProceedings. IEEE International Professional Communication Conference pp. 245 - 249
Main Author Dombrowski, P.M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Piscataway NJ IEEE 2002
Subjects
Applied sciences
Computer science
Computer science education
Computer science; control theory; systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Educational programs
Exact sciences and technology
Face
Information systems. Data bases
Information technology
Memory organisation. Data processing
Planets
Professional communication
Proposals
Software
Virtual reality
Writing
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Summary:Reviews key issues face by our English department as we developed and proposed our new Ph.D. in Texts and Technology, a research program that melds textual studies with new digital technologies. Research will include historical and theoretical as well as empirical approaches to "texts" conceived broadly to include words, images, multimedia, hypertext, interactivity, simulations and virtual reality. As first coordinator of this program, I have found chief concerns to be disciplinary boundaries and information technologies. Questions arose about the appropriateness of this program for an English department and about the digital intensiveness of the program. Our resolution of these concerns will be of interest to those developing doctoral program or bringing technological emphases to existing programs in humanities areas.
ISBN:0780375912
9780780375918
DOI:10.1109/IPCC.2002.1049107