Department of English
New York University
244 Greene St.
New York, NY 10003, USA
Citizenship:
United States of America and Republic of Lithuania (European Union)
Education
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- PhD, English Language and Literature, 2014
- Dissertation: “The Site of the Novel: Objects in American Realism, 1930–1940”
- Advisors: Lauren Berlant & Kenneth W. Warren
- AM, English Language and Literature, 2005
- AB, English Language and Literature, 2004
Employment History
Assistant Professor / Faculty Fellow, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New York University, New York, NY 2015–present
Web/Application Development Assistant. Humanities Computing, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2013–2014
Assistant in Learning Technologies. Center in Paris, University of Chicago, Paris, France, 2009–2012
Computer Support Technician. Social Sciences Computing Services, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2003–2009
System Administrator. College IT, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1998–2003
Collaborations & Projects
- Torn Apart / Separados. 2018.
- Mapping the Text, New York University
- Founder and Organizer of inaugural conference. April 2017–present
- xpMethod: Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities, Columbia University
- Contributor. January 2016–present
- NewYorkScapes, New York University
- Researcher. October 2015–present
- Mapping Expatriate Paris: The Shakespeare and Company Lending Library Project, Princeton University, Joshua Kotin, PI.
- DH Advisor. September 2016–present
- “Mapping Mughal India, 1500–1600 CE,” Columbia University, Manan Ahmed, PI.
- Lead Programmer. March 2017–present
- NYCDH
- Workshop instructor at NYCDH Week, February 2017–present
- The JavaScripting English Major. 2017
- “Fabula and Sjužet in ‘Wandering Rocks.’” Public beta, 2017.
- Digital Experiments Working Group, New York University
- Faculty Advisor. September 2016–present
- Digital Research Tools Directory
- GeoHumanities Editor. August 2014–present
- “text_divider.” 2016.
- “Let the Great World Spin Maps.” Public beta, 2016.
- NYWalker. Public beta, 2016.
- “Mapping Post-war American Poetry.” (with Joshua Kotin). Forthcoming.
- “Observation counter.” Public alpha, 2015.
- “Narrative-distance.” 2015.
Language & Computational Skills
Human Languages
- Native-level fluency: English and Lithuanian
- Good understanding: French, Portuguese, and Spanish
- Functional knowledge: Russian and German
- Foundations: Hindi/Urdu, Mandarin
Computational Skills
- Languages: Ruby, JavaScript, \LaTeX, Python, R, and PHP.
- Applications and frameworks: Turf.js (contributor), ArcGIS, Qgis, Carto, GeoDa, Final Cut, Logic, Adobe Creative applications, Rails, Sinatra, D3.js, Leaflet.js, Kartograph, Natural Language Toolkit, Twitter API, and Ember.
Honors & Grants
- New York University, New York, New York
- Department of English Committee on Events and Public Programming grant for “Mapping the Text 2018” ($3000) 2018
- Center for the Humanities Grants-in-Aid grant for “Mapping the Text 2018” ($2000) 2018
- Vilnius Gediminas Technical Univeristy, Vilnius, Lithuania
- European Commission Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Mobility Grant (€989) 2015
- European Commission Erasmus+ Staff Teaching Mobility Grant (€683) 2014
- Research Council of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
- European Union Structural Fund Grant for Short-Term Scholarly Visit (€2,323) 2014
- University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Division of the Humanities Conference Grant ($400) 2014
- Walter and Carol Blair Dissertation-Year Fellowship ($20,000) 2012–2013
- Assistantship in Learning Technologies ($12,500 + €8,300 housing) 2011–2012
- Assistantship in Learning Technologies ($10,000 + €8,300 housing) 2010–2011
- Assistantship in Learning Technologies ($10,000 + €8,300 housing) 2009–2011
- General Honors, Honors in English Language and Literature 2004
Publications
Peer-reviewed:
- “Mixed Methodological Digital Humanities.” Forthcoming in Debates in the Digital Humanities 2018, ed. Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018.
As reviewer:
As cartographer:
- “Hyderabad State-Bombay Presidency Frontier Zone c. 1900” in Beverley, Eric Lewis. “Frontier as Resource: Law, Crime, and Sovereignty on the Margins of Empire.” Comparative Studies in Society and History 55, no. 2 (2013): 241–272. doi: 10.1017/S0010417513000029.
- “Reorganization of Princely Hyderabad” in Datla, Kavita. The Language of Secular Islam: Urdu Nationalism and Colonial India. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2013.
- Multiple maps in Howard, Hugh. Mr. and Mrs. Madison’s War: America’s First Couple and the Second War of Independence. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press, 2012.
- “Pakistan” in Ahmed, Manan. Where the Wild Frontiers Are: Pakistan and the American Imagination. Charlottesville, VA: Just World Books, 2011.
In popular/trade press (selection):
Workshops, Conferences, & Lectures
Workshops (selection):
Panel Presentations (selection):
- “DH in the Moment: Reaction, Response, Relevance.” Panelist.
- “AR/VR, Data Visualization & Mapping.” Panelist.
- “Fabula and Sjužet in ‘Wandering Rocks.’”
- “Culture Mapping in the Classroom: Research-led Teaching and Geospatial Data.” Panelist.
- “Mapping the Literature of New York City.”
- “Geocritical Explorations inside the Text.”
- Presider and convener of a Special session at the 130th Annual Convention, Modern Language Association, Vancouver, Canada. January 2015
- “Robert Jordan’s Nearest Neighbor: A For Whom the Bell Tolls GIS.”
Invited Lectures:
- “Oedipa’s Rocks: Wandering without a Map,” critical keynote.
- “Transversing Spaces,” English Graduate Student Organization Conference, University at Albany, USA. March 2018
- “Romanų kartografija: kiekybinių ir kokybinių tyrimų mišinys.”
- Lietuvių katalikų mokslo akademija, Putnam, Connecticut, USA. October 2017
- “Data, Data Visualization, and Literary Analysis: From NYWalker to the Essay.”
- Bobst unCOMMON Salon, New York University, New York, New York, USA. April 2017
- “Making Maps: Mixed Methods and Everyday Criticism.”
- Center for Digital Humanities, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. April 2017
- “What’s so Punk about Steampunk? European Nation-States, City-States, and Withered States.”
- Sla307, New York, New York, USA. June 2016
- “Everyday Criticism; or, The View from the Ground Floor of the World Trade Center.”
- English Department, New York University, New York, New York, USA. October 2015
Service & Professional Activities