SAH Commons | Sarah Ruth Jacobs | Activity https://sah.hcommons.org/members/srujacobs/activity/ Activity feed for Sarah Ruth Jacobs. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:53:59 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 f75df3153c841952cd70fbbbe8f6da3c Sarah Ruth Jacobs started the topic CFP: Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy, May 15, 2019 in the discussion TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-journal-of-interactive-technology-and-pedagogy-may-15-2019/ Wed, 23 Jan 2019 02:10:32 -0500 The peer-reviewed and open access Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy is now accepting submissions for its upcoming general issue, edited by Shelly Eversley (Baruch College) and Krystyna Michael (The Graduate Center, CUNY). JITP’s mission is to promote open scholarly discourse around critical and creative uses of technology in teaching,…[Read more]

]]> 0 0619c963725d183d32318b78c5b5c308 Sarah Ruth Jacobs deposited MLA 2019: Abstracts for Special Session 728, Readership Studies in the Age of Digital Media in the group TC Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1625214/ Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:26:03 -0500 This panel considers the question of how traditional readership studies and reception theory have evolved methodologically, materially, and theoretically in the context of digital reading and online networks. While the panelists find common theoretical ground between studies of pre-and-post-internet networks of readers, they also chart substantive…[Read more]

]]> 0 0dbb33cea1a165912fb1f2a4ded26c30 Sarah Ruth Jacobs deposited MLA 2019: Abstracts for Special Session 728, Readership Studies in the Age of Digital Media https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1625128/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:02:59 -0500 This panel considers the question of how traditional readership studies and reception theory have evolved methodologically, materially, and theoretically in the context of digital reading and online networks. While the panelists find common theoretical ground between studies of pre-and-post-internet networks of readers, they also chart substantive…[Read more]

]]> 0 eb14c2946d3fd6e3509d128ef4bb2a7e Sarah Ruth Jacobs started the topic Nov. 15, 2018 CFP for the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy in the discussion Digital Humanities https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/nov-15-2018-cfp-for-the-journal-of-interactive-technology-and-pedagogy-2/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 17:21:22 -0400 <h4 align=”center”><i>The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
</i>General Issue</h4>
<p align=”center”><b><i></i></b>Issue Editors:
Luke Waltzer, The Graduate Center, CUNY
Lisa Brundage, Macaulay Honors College, CUNY</p>
<p align=”center”>Editorial Associate:
Teresa Ober, The Graduate Center, CUNY</p>
 
<p align=”center”>The Journal of…[Read more]

]]> 0 2f0439fdfdb8b21e3a75261af098e7bd Sarah Ruth Jacobs started the topic CFP Due Nov. 15, 2017: The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy in the discussion Methods of Literary Research https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/digital-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-due-nov-15-2017-the-journal-of-interactive-technology-and-pedagogy/ Mon, 25 Sep 2017 03:05:31 -0400 <p class=”rtecenter” style=”text-align: center;”>The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy
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<p class=”rtecenter” style=”text-align: center;”>General Issue Call for Submissions: Due November 15, 2017</p>
<p class=”rtecenter” style=”text-align: center;”>Issue Editors:
Laura Wildemann Kane, University of Tampa
Michelle A. McSweeney,…[Read more]

]]> 0 c9d61ab7daab6fa753a5c26f2498b530 Sarah Ruth Jacobs edited the blog post Financing the Life of the Mind in the group Connected Academics https://connect.mla.hcommons.org/financing-the-life-of-the-mind/ Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:23:46 -0500 By Sarah Ruth Jacobs

For a while, I was able to carve out a life on a grad student teaching salary of around $22,000 before taxes. I didn’t have any other mouths to feed, and I lived to learn and pursue my own interests. Then tragedy struck when the person closest to me developed a serious illness. Suddenly the weight of that person’s obl…[Read more]

]]> 72a7e09d16f02d612c0f056a390a1cb2 Sarah Ruth Jacobs wrote a new post, Financing the Life of the Mind, on the site Connected Academics https://connect.mla.hcommons.org/?p=1178 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:40:21 -0500 By Sarah Ruth Jacobs

For a while, I was able to carve out a life on a grad student teaching salary of around $22,000 before taxes. I didn’t have any other mouths to feed, and I lived to learn and pursue my o […]

]]> d330374be7cdbf0ee9db80d69b2b94e3 Sarah Ruth Jacobs replied to the topic Connecting Academics: What Would You Like to Do? in the discussion Connected Academics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/connected-academics/forum/topic/connecting-academics-what-would-you-like-to-do/#post-7939 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 06:05:48 -0400 Hi Nicky, yes, I worked a year in New York book publishing, and I’ve published a few things online, so that experience definitely helps. I’ve gotten some calls/interviews. I guess the market here in the US is different as opposed to Canada in that there isn’t a huge barrier to entering academic publishing. It does help to know someone, of course.…[Read more]

]]> 0 7e0c23f1265874985a538b8edead7289 Sarah Ruth Jacobs replied to the topic Connecting Academics: What Would You Like to Do? in the discussion Connected Academics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/connected-academics/forum/topic/connecting-academics-what-would-you-like-to-do/#post-7928 Thu, 18 Jun 2015 03:17:30 -0400 I’ve been applying to online journalism/online copywriting jobs.

]]> 0 a1333716f366ce032d0c86f3f7513382 Sarah Ruth Jacobs replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion Connected Academics https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/connected-academics/forum/topic/introductions-2/#post-7824 Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:42:00 -0400 Hello there and thanks for the group invite. I’m an ABD student in American literature at the CUNY Graduate Center. After working in academia for about nine years now, I am venturing into other pastures, for both financial reasons and to improve my skillset. I have been applying to a variety of jobs (web editing/publishing, alt-ac, personal…[Read more]

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