Public Scholarship

Presentation: Interactive Presentations The Long Road

The Transformative Power of Publishing

Earlier this summer, I had the honor of offering the closing keynote address of the 2019 Association of University Presses annual conference held in Detroit. The address was entitled The Transformative Power of Publishing, and…

Christopher LongAugust 5, 2019

The Seal of the Association of American Universities

Digital Scholarship

A Few Reflections on the TOME Initiative

WASHINGTON, DC - Today a group of colleagues from the Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, and Association of University Presses met to advance the Towards an Open Monograph Ecosystem (TOME) initiative. It…

Christopher LongJuly 31, 2018

Presentation: Interactive Presentations

Creating and Sustaining Digital Scholarly Communities

The Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University invited me to give two talks on the value of creating and nurturing online digital scholarly communities on April 19, 2018. The two presentations afforded me…

Christopher LongApril 19, 2018

Dean Digital Humanities Digital Scholarship The Administrative Life The Long Road

Investing in Humanities Publishing

To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at the headquarters of the Association of American Universities in Washington, D.C. early last week to take part in a discussion about a…

Christopher LongAugust 8, 2016

Presentation: Academic Presentations The Long Road Vita

Going Viral with Your Scholarship

Sharing your work online, especially in its early phases of development, can open new paths of inquiry and establish connections with scholars who can enrich your work.

Christopher LongMay 10, 2016

The Long Road The Public Philosophy Journal

The @PubPhilJ Paradigm

At Bucknell's Digital Scholarship Conference last fall, Zeynep Tufekci made a compelling case for public academic writing. Her keynote address, Researching Out Loud: Public Scholarship as a Process of Publishing Before and After Publishing, argued…

Christopher LongJanuary 25, 2015

Digital Research Digital Scholarship The Long Road

Public Writing

This experiment in academic public writing began with a compliment. In a Twitter conversation with @ProfessMoravec, I came across her Rationale for Academic Writing in Public in which she discusses how and why she has…

Christopher LongFebruary 20, 2014

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