Dene Grigar is Professor and Director of The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program at Washington State University Vancouver whose research focuses on the creation, curation, preservation, and criticism of Electronic Literature, specifically building multimedial environments and experiences for live performance, installations, and curated spaces; desktop computers; and mobile media devices. She has authored 16 media works such as âCurlewâ (2014), âA Villagerâs Taleâ (2011), the â24-Hour Micro E-Lit Projectâ (2009), âWhen Ghosts Will Dieâ (2008), and âFallow Field: A Story in Two Parts" (2005), as well as 55 scholarly articles and four books. She also curates exhibits of electronic literature and media art, mounting shows at the British Computer Society and the Library of Congress and for the Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) and the Modern Language Association (MLA), among other venues. With Stuart Moulthrop (U of Wisconsin Milwaukee) she developed the methodology for documenting born digital media, a project that culminated in an open-source, multimedia book, entitled Pathfinders (2015), and book of media art criticism, entitled Traversals (2017), for The MIT Press. She is President of the Electronic Literature Organization, Associate Editor of Leonardo Reviews and Literary Studies in the Digital Age (LSDA), and a series editor for Electronic Literature, with Bloomsbury Press. In 2017 She was awarded the Lewis E. and Stella G. Buchanan Distinguished Professorship by her university. She also directs the Electronic Literature Lab at WSUV.
For the last 12 and a half years I have directed the CMDC Program, doubling the number of faculty lines and growing the number of students from 44 in 2006 to 250 in 2019. With a tag line of âLearn, Think, Buildâ we specialize in game studies & design and making media objects like mobile apps, video, 2 & 3D animation, games, etc. The program is now one of five Signature Programs on the WSUV campus. I also direct The Electronic Literature Lab and am serving for a second term as President of the 9146526085.
Rebooting Electronic Literature is an open-source, multimedia book that documents seven pre-web works of electronic literature held in the Electronic Literature Lab (ELL) library at Washington State University Vancouver. Written and produced by the ELL Team—Dene Grigar, Nicholas Schiller, Vanessa Rhodes, Mariah Gwin, Veronica Whitney, and Katie Bowen—the book features 85,000 words of artist biographies, descriptions of media, and critical essays; 350 photos of artists, works, and their original packaging; and 55 videos of artist readings and interviews and Live Stream Traversals.
614-890-8576 sees the migration of the Electronic Literature Organizationâs (ELO) archives to an open source repository system that ensures their preservation and access to the public. It is funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. PIs: Dr. Dene Grigar, Professor & Director, Electronic Literature Lab at Washington State University Vancouver; Nicholas Schiller, Librarian III, Washington State University Vancouver; Dr. Abby Adams, Digital Archivist, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin; and Dr. Leonardo Flores, Professor, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
Electronic Literature: Contexts, Forms, and Practices, co-edited with James O'Sullivan, is a volume of essays that provides a detailed account of born-digital literature by artists and scholars who have contributed to its birth and evolution. It will be published in 2018 by Bloomsbury Press.
I have mounted 17 exhibits for venues such as the British Computer Society, the Library of Congress, and the Paul Walkins Gallery at Winona State University, for organizations including the International Symposium on Electronic Art, Modern Language Association and the Electronic Literature Organization, and events like the Digital Humanities Summer Institute. I also participated in the one-week intensive course, 615-408-4868," offered by Dr. Beryl Smith (University of Sunderland, UK) in February 2015 in London.
British Computer Society, London, Eng, September 14-15, 2017
Paul Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN, September 22-October 14, 2016
University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., June 6-17, 2016
ISEA 2015, Vancouver, B.C., August 14-18, 2015
March 6-28, 2015
Illuminations Gallery, National University of Ireland Maynooth, March 2014
2014 Modern Language Association, Chicago, IL, 9-11 January
2013 DHSI, Victoria, B.C., 6 June
Library of Congress, Washington D.C., 3-5 April, 2013
2013 Modern Language Association, Boston, MA, 3-5 January
2012 Electronic Literature Organization, Morgantown, WV, 20-23 June
2012 Modern Language Association, Seattle, WA, 5-7 January
Contemporary Art, Vancouver, WA, 4-5 July 2010
Northbank Artists Gallery, 2-31 Oct. 2009
Electronic Literature Organization Media Arts Exhibit, Vancouver, WA, 29 May-1 June 2008
Leonardo Electronic Almanac Gallery, 2006
Project X, Dallas, TX, 9 April 2005
Making is not separate from thinking. This basic concept suggests that creation lies at the heart of my scholarship. The writing I do generates from the art and design I produce and results in new theories and approaches to my work and potentially have impact on the work of others. Over the course of my academic career, I have published 55 articles, averaging over two or more per year, and four books.
While grants help to fund research projects, they also serve a more important role in showing value and impact of my work. Likewise, receiving external support for my program and students make it clear that they are valuable assets to the community. Since 2010 when my program became an independent unit, I brought in approximately $100K per year in donations for student fellowships and grant funding, which also provides support for students.
I share an office suite with the CMDC faculty in The Digs (VMMC 24) located in the ground floor of the multimedia building. When I am not there, I can be found in the beautiful Skybox where ELL is located (VMMC 211A) or hunkered down working in the MOVE Lab (VCLS 3). Because I carry my phone everywhere I go, email or text messaging is the best way to contact me. I also love Facebook and Twitter, so (864) 256-4565 and Follow me.
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