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Dr. Spencer D. Keralis

Adjunct Faculty

University of North Texas

Department of English

Email: Spencer.Keralis@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, New York University, 2016
    Major: English & American Literature
    Dissertation: Children of Wrath: Violence, Allegory, and the Mediation of Childhood in Antebellum America
  • MA, New York University, 2006
    Major: English and American Literature
    Dissertation: Transgressing Subjectivity: Postmodern Feminist Self-Fashioning in Galas & Acker
  • BA, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 2003
    Major: English
    Dissertation: "A Small Vial of Tears: Public Grief and the Puritan Press"

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Affiliate Graduate Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth Universiy. Virginia Commonwealth Universiy. (2012 - 2013).

Professional Memberships

  • ORCID 0000-0003-0903-5587. (April 2012 - Present).
  • American Library Association. (2012 - Present).
  • Digital Americanists. (2012 - Present).
  • Texas Library Association. (2012 - Present).
  • Texas State Historical Association. (2012 - Present).
  • C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists. (2011 - Present).
  • American Studies Association. (2008 - Present).
  • Society for the History of Children and Youth. (2008 - Present).
  • Charles Brockden Brown Society. (2005 - Present).
  • Modern Language Association. (2004 - Present).
  • Society of Early Americanists. (2004 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 1310 - College Writing I, 5 courses.
  • ENGL 1320 - First Year Writing II, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 2210 - Survey of World Literatures from Antiquity to 1700, 1 course.
  • ENGL 2220 - Survey of World Literatures from 1700 to the Present, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 3000 - Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, 1 course.
  • ENGL 3450 - Short Story, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 3830 - American Literature to 1870, 1 course.
  • SLIS 5841 - Digital Curation Fundamentals, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • University of Texas at Dallas, ATCM 3301 Digital Content Design, Spring 2019.
  • University of Texas at Dallas, ATCM 2335 Internet Studio, Spring 2019.

Non-Credit Instruction

  • Continuing Education, UNT Emeritus College, 75 participants. (September 29, 2015).
  • Continuing Education, UNT Emeritus College, 75 participants. (March 2015 - April 2015).
  • Continuing Education, UNT Emeritus College, 75 participants. (September 2014 - October 2014).
  • Continuing Education, UNT Emeritus College, 75 participants. (September 2014).

Directed Student Learning

  • Other, "THATCamp Digital Frontiers," (2013).
  • Other, "Digital Scholarship, Digital Humanities, and Data Visualization," (2012 - 2015).
  • Other, "Digital Scholarship Co-Operative," (2012 - 2013).
  • Other, "The Art of the New(est): Mobile and Social Photographs (Dissertation: Virginia Commonwealth University)," (2012 - 2013).
  • Other, "Digital Scholarship Co-Operative," (2011 - 2013).
  • Other, (2012 - 2012).

Awards and Honors

  • Nominated for Innovative Outreach Award, Texas Digital Library. (March 2017).
  • Summer Residency, Queer Zine Archive Project. (March 2017).
  • Book History Essay Prize, Book History. (2010).
  • Legacy Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society. (2009).
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship, Library Company of Philadelphia. (2008).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Keralis, S.D. (2016). Milking the Deficit Internship. Disrupting the Digital Humanities. http://www.disruptingdh.com/milking-the-deficit-internship/

    • Book

  • Keralis, S.D. (2010). Geography & Circumstance: Selected Poems, 1989-2009.

    • Book Chapter

  • Dorothy Kim & Jesse Stommel, Editors. (2018). Disrupting Labor in the Digital Humanities; or The Classroom is Not Your Crowd. Disrupting the Digital Humanities. Punctum Books. https://punctumbooks.com/titles/disrupting-the-digital-humanities/
  • S. Stark, M. Halbert, W. Moen. (2013). "Research Data Management in Policy & Practice: The DataRes Project". Research Data Management: Principles, Practices, and Prospects. (160) Washington DC, Council on Library & Information Resources. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub160
  • Keralis, S.D. (2012). "Data Curation Education: A Snapshot". The Problem of Data. (154) 43. Washington, DC, Council on Library and Information Resources. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96838/

    • Conference Proceeding

  • A. Najmi. (2013). "Engaging the Twitter Backchannel as Digital Scholarship: New Models for Analyzing Scholarly Engagement in Alternative Media.". Proceedings: Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc159534/

    • Encyclopedia Article

  • Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong, Editors. (2013). "Children's Aid Society". The Social History of the American Family. SAGE Reference. http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book240900?productType=Books&sortBy=defaultPubDate%20desc&subject=D00&fs=1
  • Marilyn J. Coleman & Lawrence H. Ganong, Editors. (2013). "Pets". The Social History of the American Family. http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book240900?productType=Books&sortBy=defaultPubDate%20desc&subject=D00&fs=1

    • Journal Article

  • Keralis, S.D., Waugh, L. (2013). The Value of Open Access to Undergraduate Research. The Eagle Feather. 10 Denton, University of North Texas Honors College. https://eaglefeather.honors.unt.edu/2013/article/287#.XGlsmOhKjIU
  • Keralis, S.D. (2012). "Feeling Animal: Pet-Making and Mastery in The Slave's Friend". Other. 22 (2) OH, Ohio State University Press. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc102275/
  • Keralis, S.D. (2010). "Pictures of Charlotte: The Illustrated Charlotte Temple and Her Readers". Other. 13 Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc97934/

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Keralis, S.D., Leuzinger, J.A., Rowe, J.L. (2017). Providing Inclusive Services to Transgender Patrons. Texas Library Journal. Fall (93:3) 82-83. Austin, Texas, Texas Library Association. http://www.txla.org/TLJ

    • Personal Essay

  • Sukhdev Sandhu, Editor. (2008). "The Silicon Dream: Breaking Glass on the Small Screen". Texte und Töne. 1 (1) New York, NY, Texte und Töne. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181697/

    • Research Report

  • Editor. (2013). Research Data Management: Principles, Practices, and Prospects. (160) 99. Washington, DC, Council on Library Information and Resources. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub160

    • Zine

  • Keralis, S.D. (2017). An Introduction to Copyright for DIY Makers. 24. Denton, Laughing Mouse Press. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw7kaafzLfjJSVFZSS04RVk3UUU/view

Presentations Given

  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), Helping Faculty Help Themselves: Practical Approaches to Research Data Management Support, (2014 - 2014).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), The Challenge of Open Access and the Humanities, (2014 - 2014).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Border Trouble: On the Frontiers of Digital Scholarship", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Distant Reading Up Close: Using Voyant for Text Analysis", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Author), "Engaging the Twitter Backchannel as Digital Scholarship: New Models for Analyzing Scholarly Engagement in Alternative Media.", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), "How Digital Libraries Can Create a Culture of Open Access on Campus.", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "How Soon Is Now?: On Being Human in the Digital Humanities", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "On Being a Wild Thing: Growing Up Queer with Maurice Sendak.", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Research Data Management and Scholarly Communications", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Scholarly Communication in the Digital Humanities", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), "The Library Publishing Coalition Project", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "The Problem of Data: iSchools and the New Data Professional", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "What Are the Digital Humanities and What Do They Want from Libraries?", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "What Can Amanda Palmer Teach Us About Funding Digital Humanities Projects?", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Working with Messy Data Using OpenRefine.", (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), Meeting the Challenge: Research Data Management in Academic Libraries, (2013 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Distant Reading Up Close: Using Voyant for Text Analysis", (2012 - 2012).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Doing Things with PhDs in Academic Libraries", (2012 - 2012).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Feeling Animal: Pet-Making and Mastery in The Slave's Friend", (2012 - 2012).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "Principles of Research Data Management.", (2012 - 2012).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "The California Digital Library's Data Management Plan (DMP) Tool.", (2012 - 2012).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), "The Squirrel on a Golden Chain: Cruelty, Captivity, and the Making of Enlightenment Boyhood", (2012 - 2012).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), Beyond Bibliography: Considering Bibliography as an Applied Data Set, (2012 - 2012).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Moderator), Meeting the Challenge of Data Management Support in Academic Libraries, (2012 - 2012).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), The Susanna Rowson Digital Compendium: Rethinking Data in Humanities Research, (2012 - 2012).

    • Demonstration

  • Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Using Google Forms for Outreach & Assessment, Texas Library Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2018).

    • Invited Talk

  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), AALL 2017, “Meeting the Legal Information Needs of Transgender Library Patrons: Research Findings, Legal Issues, and Cataloging Challenges.”, American Association of Law Libraries, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

    • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Keralis, S.D., Fall 2015 Lavender Graduation, “Becoming the Storm”, UNT Pride Alliance, Office of Equity & Diversity, Denton, TX, (2015).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), Human Library, “Libraries and the Politics of Radical Inclusion”, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Keralis, S.D., Open Access Week, Undiscovered Publics: Open Access and the (Digital) Humanities, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, University of Texas at Arlington, (2015).

    • Lecture

  • Keralis, S.D., Disrupting Student Labor in the Digital Humanities Classroom, The Rice Digital Humanities Group, Rice University, Houston, (2016).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), Smith, S. (Author & Presenter), UNT Emeritus College, Banned and Challenged Books, UNT Emeritus College, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2015).
  • Jacobs, C.E. (Author & Presenter), Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), Armintor, M.N. (Author & Presenter), "They Leave Me and I Love Them More": A Symposium on the Legacies of Maurice Sendak, "Do Little Boys Dream in Breeches?" Presentation given with Dr. Spencer Keralis and Dr. Marshall Armintor at "They Leave Me and I Love Them More": A Symposium on the Legacies of Maurice Sendak, April, 2013. Event hosted by the Digital Scholarship Cooperative and sponsored by an Outreach Grant from the Society for the History of Children & Youth, Society for the History of Children & Youth, University of North texas, United States of America. (2013).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), Hobson, K. (Panelist), Leuzinger, J.A. (Moderator), Texas Library Association Annual Conference 2016, “Transforming Services for Transgender Patrons”, Texas Library Association, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Burns, D. (Presenter), Keralis, S. (Presenter), Digital Frontiers, Beyond the Map: Visualizing the Nineteenth-Century American Children’s Book Trade Directory, UNT Libraries, Richardson, TX, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Moderator), Mirza, R. (Panelist), Barham, R. (Panelist), Smith, S. (Panelist), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, Encouraging Digital Scholarship in Graduate Education, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Commerce, Texas, United States of America. (2015).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), Waugh, L. (Panelist), Helge, K. (Panelist), American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, "The Rx for Open Access?", American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Grapevine, TX, (2014 - 2014).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), Texas Library Association, "Open Access and the Humanities: What Are They Afraid Of?", San Antonio, TX, (2014 - 2014).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Other), THATCamp Collaborate, Labor Ethics in the Digital Humanities, Texas A&M Libraries, College Station, TX, (2014 - 2014).
  • Condrey, C. (Panelist), Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), Iakovakis, C. (Panelist), Mirza, R. (Panelist), Najmi, A. (Panelist), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2014 Conference, Emerging Opportunities in Open Access, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2014).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), c19, "The Vanity of Systems: Data Management for Humanists", Berkeley, CA, (2012 - 2012).

    • Other

  • Keralis, S.D. (Presenter), Smith, S. (Coordinator/Organizer), UNT Equity and Diversity Conference, Collaborating with Strangers on Diversity and Inclusion, Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity at the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2016).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), Currier, B. (Panelist), White, T. (Panelist), Texas Library Association Conference, Trans-inclusive Libraries: A Win for Our Community, Texas Library Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2018).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), American Studies Association Conference 2017, Disrupting DH, Dissident DH, American Studies Association, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), 2017 LAUC-B Conference: “Focus on the Visual: Digital Humanities and Libraries”, Memories, Memes, and Metadata: Toward a Picture Theory for Digital Humanities, Librarians Association of UC-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), Texas Library Association, Pride at Your Library: LGBT Programming in Academic Libraries, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Panelist), MLA 2016, Milking the Deficit Internship, Modern Language Association, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2016).

    • Paper

  • Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), MLA 2017, “Owning Your Labor Is a Skill: What We Should Teach in the Secondary Ed DH Classroom”, Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), MLA 2017, “Childhood Studies at the Digital Turn", Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Keralis, S.D., Potvin, S. (Author & Presenter), Grumbach, E. (Author & Presenter), Sewell, J. (Moderator), Texas Library Association Conference 2016, Linked Data & Digital Humanities, Texas Library Association, Houston, (2016).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), Roberto, K. (Author & Presenter), Hobson, K. (Author & Presenter), Leuzinger, J.A. (Moderator), Texas Library Association Conference 2016, Transforming Services for Transgender Patrons, Texas Library Association, Houston, (2016).

    • Poster

  • Barham, R. (Presenter), Keralis, S.D. (Presenter), Digital Humanities Conference, A Visual Argument: Embedded Omeka Support for Art History, University of Texas at Arlington., Arlington, TX, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Barham, R. (Presenter), Keralis, S.D. (Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, Embedded Omeka Support for Art History, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Texas A & M Commerce, Commerce, TX, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).

    • Symposium

  • Keralis, S.D. (Author & Presenter), Hecker, J. (Author & Presenter), OUTsider Festival, Queering the Book Arts, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits

  • Curatorial Work. Martin, J.E., Keralis, S., "Graphic Medicine: Ill-conceived and Well-drawn!", UNT Libraries/National Library of Medicine, Denton, TX, United States of America. (January 29, 2018 - March 10, 2018).
  • Curatorial Work. Martin, J.E., Keralis, S., "Bam! Pow! Boom!: Comics in the Library", UNT Libraries, Denton, TX, United States of America. (April 10, 2017 - August 15, 2017).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "The Big Tent on the Digital Frontier: An Interview with Spencer Keralis," dh + lib. (March 30, 2016).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Keralis, S.D., "ORED Small Grant: Queer Zine Archive Project Residency," sponsored by Office of Research and Economic Development, University of North Texas, $825 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), Leuzinger, J.A. (Principal), Rowe, J.L. (Co-Principal), Hobson, K. (Supporting), Roberto, K. (Supporting), "Dean's Innovation Grant: TX-Gender Project for Libraries," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $2400 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), Way, J.E. (Co-Principal), Baxter, D.A. (Supporting), Barham, R. (Supporting), Andrews, P. (Supporting), Burns, D. (Supporting), Treat, L. (Supporting), Smith, S. (Supporting), Henson, B. (Supporting), "Faculty Mentoring Grant: Critical Digital Pedagogy," sponsored by Vice Provost for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Keralis, S.D., "Great Stories Club -The Art of Change: Creation, Growth and Transformation," sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities/American Library Association, Federal, $2500 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), "ACH Sponsorship Award - Digital Frontiers," sponsored by Association for Computers and the Humanities, Private, $750 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), Leuzinger, J.A. (Co-Principal), "Green Light to Greatness Award: Optimizing Satellite Library Collection Awareness and Use through Creative Programming," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2013 - 2014).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), "Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys," sponsored by American Library Association & National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $3500 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), "Muslim Journeys Bookshelf Award," sponsored by American Library Association & National Endowment for the Humanities, Federal, $1000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), "Outreach Grant: Symposium on the Legacies of Maurice Sendak," sponsored by Society for the History of Children & Youth, Private, $500 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), "Planning Grant: Digital Scholarship Co-Op," sponsored by Summerlee Foundation, Private, $5000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).
  • Keralis, S.D. (Principal), "Planning Grant: Digital Scholarship Co-Op," sponsored by Summerlee Foundation, Private, Funded. (2012 - 2013).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Digital Scholarship Workgroup. (September 2016 - Present).
  • Faculty Advisor (Advisor on LGBT Issues), President's Advisory Committee. (July 2016 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Committee on the Prevention & Education of Sexual Assault & Intimate Partner Violence. (July 2014 - Present).
  • Task Force Member, Taskforce on the Status of Transgender Persons. (September 2013 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Spiritual Life Council. (July 2016 - September 2016).
  • Committee Chair, LGBTQIA Subcommittee Chair, Committee on the Prevention & Education of Sexual Assault & Intimate Partner Violence. (July 2014 - December 2015).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication. (2013 - Present).
  • Conference-Related, Digital Frontiers. (October 2011 - Present).
  • Officer, President/Elect/Past, Texas Library Association GLBT Roundtable. (April 2014 - April 2017).
  • Committee Member, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative. (2012 - 2016).
  • Conference-Related, Texas Digital Humanities Consortium. (2014 - 2015).
  • Conference-Related, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative. Commerce, TX. (January 2015 - August 7, 2015).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Book History. (2014).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage. (2014).
  • Workshop Organizer, Share Denver. Denver, CO. (2013 - 2014).
  • Conference-Related, University of North Texas Open-Access Symposium. Ft. Worth, TX. (2013 - 2014).
  • Committee Member, Library Publishing Coalition. (2012 - 2014).
  • Conference-Related, The Library Publishing Coalition. (2012 - 2014).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, iConference. (2013).
  • Conference-Related, THATCamp Digital Humanities and Libraries. (2013).
  • Committee Member, National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA). (2012 - 2013).
  • Conference-Related, University of North Texas Open-Access Symposium. Dallas, TX. (2012 - 2013).
  • Conference-Related, The DataRes Symposium. Washington, DC. (2012).
  • Conference-Related, University of North Texas Open-Access Symposium. Denton, TX. (2011 - 2012).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland. College Park, MD. (2008).
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland. College Park, MD. (2008).
  • Interaction with Industry, Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program. Denver, CO. (2008).
  • Interaction with Industry, Family Care International. New York, NY. (2005).

Consulting

  • Academic, Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas, United States of America. (2016).
  • Academic, Texas A&M University Library, College Station, Texas, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Academic, Richland College, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Academic, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).