Blair, Kris Visiting Scholar

Dr. Kristine Blair, Visiting Scholar from Bowling Green State University, presented on "Digital Scholarship and its Impact on the Humanities"

WRTC was pleased to welcome celebrated rhetoric scholar Kristine Blair to campus recently as she discussed digital scholarship and its impact on the humanities. Blair, is a professor and former department chair of English at Bowling Green State University and is the editor of the international journal Computers and Composition, a flagship publication in rhetoric. She is also the editor of the online journal, Computers and Composition Online and so brings with her a wealth of editorial experience.

More than 50 faculty and graduate and undergraduate students from several departments were on hand to enjoy Blair’s presentation on “Digital Media and the Future of Humanities Scholarship” on Feb. 19. She also visited several classes, including theory and methods and editing course, and talked with the JMURJ and Lexia staffs about editing and publication in a digital age.

Though much of her visit centered around her position as an editor for two nationally known publications, she is also a prolific scholar in her own right. She is the co-author of three textbooks, editor of two edited collections and has written nearly 50 articles. She was the recipient of the Computers and Composition Distinguished Contributions to the Field award and the Conference on College Composition and Communication Technology Innovator Award. Her research interests include feminist research methodologies, digital composing practices and spaces, and assessment and scholarship practices in the academy.

Beyond the important contributions she has made to the scholarly conversation in rhetoric and composition, she is a dedicated teacher and advisor preparing countless doctoral candidates to take their place in the field. She also frequently engage in outreach work including directing the Digital Mirror Camp, a residential camp for tween girls interested in technology.