Excited as I am getting ready for the first day of class of the 10th iteration of Adventures in Digital History, an undergraduate class I started teaching in 2008. Can’t wait to see the projects the students come up with this semester!

In Chicago for the American Historical Association annual conference. If you are going to be here and want to catch up I am here until Sunday. #aha2026

My semi-annual request for nominations for the digital history reviews section of the Journal of American History. Self-nominations welcome. www.oah.org/publications...

Get Dirty, Go Wash! umweagles.com/news/2025/11...

Moving on up: www.umw.edu/news/2025/09...

Nine years later, still one of the best NYT articles.

Saturday summer evening at Wolf Trap with family and friends.

Good to see UMW do so well In the @princetonreview.bsky.social rankings. www.umw.edu/news/2025/06...

As a member of the advisory team, I am excited to share the launch of The Barbara Johns Story website. Explore her civic action with schoolmates in 1951, their impact, and ongoing relevance in the historical fight for equality in America's public schools. www.TheBarbaraJohnsStory.org

So many who have worked in DH have imitated the leadership, work, and humanity that @brettbobley.bsky.social has shared with all of us. 12 years ago & before/since, at a conference of aspiring DHers, Brett, in his special way, made such an impact on a group of us who are still changing academia.

13 years ago, the senior class asked me to speak to the graduating seniors as their convocation speaker. I thought the words I said then might still be relevant, even if the pop culture references and inside Mary Wash references might not be. techist.mcclurken.org/umw/2012-umw...

The conclusion is a little too pat, but this is a lively, readable article genuinely wrestling with a hard issue. +

@jenorr.bsky.social and I are headed to Paris for 4 days. What is the one location/museum/restaurant/church/tour/croissant/wine/store/thing that we should not miss?

About 5-6 inches of snow in Springfield so far today. More to come. Initial shoveling already being filled in.

GoBirds

What a terrific experience, presenting with my eldest at @educonphilly.bsky.social for the first time. Great discussions and what a privilege to share teaching conversations with a future educator.

The world needs more good, accurate, and trustworthy information. I want to help scholars get their research and ideas out into the world by using digital tools and media. I’d like to create a few How-To videos. What topics and tools would you like to learn about? What would be helpful to you?

Hey #DigitalHumanities folks, I'd love your help! I'm putting together a list of sample projects for the history senior capstone. I'm looking for projects that are: - solo-authored - by a student - sustained engagements with a research q (akin to a 15-20 pg paper) - shared with student's permission

@historians.org & the AHA Digital History Working Group are applying for an NEH digital humanities grant. Historians, please take this quick 2-question survey about your interest in digital tools & methods for research/teaching. Help shape future DH workshops & share with interested colleagues.

My semi-annual request for nominations for the digital history reviews section. Self-nominations welcome. www.oah.org/publications...

Terrific showing for today’s Digital History Projects Showcase! 16 projects from concept to mature DH projects and everything in between. Thanks to @kalanicraig.bsky.social @historians.org, the many presenters and appreciative audience who joined us. See you next year in Chicago! #DH

Coming to #AHA25 and want to hear about latest digital history projects? Have ?s about how to use dig tools in teaching or research? Join us on Sat @ 130 at the Digital Projects Showcase w/14 lightning talks. Come back @ 3:30 for chance to ask Digital Historians ?s on dig tools/projects/pedagogy.

Going to #AHA25? Do you teach a survey course? Are you looking for an assignment you can easily incorporate that engages students and improves access and outcomes? Come join me, @hngreen.bsky.social, @drmendozan.bsky.social and Sara Rzeszutek at 3:30 Friday in the Hilton Murray Hill West (2nd floor)

Come join us at UMW — if you have any questions about the position or the school, please reach out to me. Please share! jobs.umw.edu/jobs/chief-i...

On the last day of our US History in Film class, I was honored to present to student scholars their “Oscars” for the top 5 digital review projects and top 5 green-screen videos analyzing a film. Glad to have their classmates recognize the strength of their semester-long work.

Can’t wait to present with our eldest for the first time. Grateful to share the joy of teaching with @katethegreatweatherall and for us to share that with others at @educonphilly.bsky.social, our family conference.

As so many people arrive here, let me just say, “Hello & welcome” & ask that you submit nominations of Digital History projects to the JAH. Projects can be of all sizes and shapes but be related to American History. We are also looking for book-equivalent DH projects. www.oah.org/publications...

Many new people here. 1st, welcome! 2nd, I’m a history teacher, digital humanist, higher ed administrator, journal section editor, @marywash and @johnshopkins.bsky.social alum, proud father & husband.

Curious about why and how the U.S. Census Bureau ran its Census of Religious Bodies? The Religious Ecologies team at @rrchnm.bsky.social just released a new introductory video explaining the history (at the bottom of the page here). 🗃️

Final call. Let me know if you want me to add you to the list. Still plenty of room. go.bsky.app/Ej43Kbg

Started putting together a starter pack on digital pedagogy. Woefully inadequate but just what I could stitch up based on a few minutes of trolling through the bios and my own follows. Please drop a line to get added! Would love to connect. go.bsky.app/Pw5MHTe

Is there a digital pedagogy starter pack yet? Or should I hop on that?

To my new followers in history departments: My contingent position at Minnesota State University wraps up this term. I’m actively on the job market for a full-time role, but in the meantime, I'm seeking an online teaching opportunity (synchronous/asynchronous) for the spring. www.johnlegg.org

The starter pack for the world we live in? So much a product of the world made by colonialism. Made a super quick first pass and it was easy to get to 125 folks and a few orgs (mostly) working in the early Americas. Let me know who's missing/ new here! #VastEarlyAmericas go.bsky.app/RDvzxbj

My favorite “meeting” today was the 75 minutes with my US History in Film class, discussing the 1946 film, Best Years of Our Lives, as a primary source about a moment in time when the nation thought the future was going to be one thing, and grappled with what the future might hold.

A fun Saturday afternoon with @reduced.bsky.social at the Reston Community Center performing their Complete History of America—Special Election Edition. An Orr-McClurken tradition (literally @jenorr.bsky.social and I went on our first date to a version of this show at the Folger nearly 30 years ago)

Any digital archivists out there looking for a 2-year gig in NYC? CUNY is hiring. This job will help scope out big picture plans for CUNY's digital archives infrastructure and also work one-on-one with archivists across CUNY campuses on digital preservation needs. #LISjobs #archives #digipres

🗃️ It's that time of year! The Richards Center is searching for one postdoc fellow in Civil War Era history (~1830s-1890s) & one in African American history (any era). These are TWO yr fellowships w/ no teaching/service. Apps due NOV. 1. CWE posts Mon, AFAM ⬇️ psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

Please just read Jeffrey McClurken and then set your obsession with handwriting free 🕊️ techist.mcclurken.org/learning/on-...

As the son and spouse of a public school teacher (& a father of a future public school teacher), this a 1000x over.

Correction: The link has example syllabi for incorporating these tools into your teaching (no slides) #DH2024 zenodo.org/records/1325...

Hearing from @laurenfklein.bsky.social and @grockwel.bsky.social about Visualization Ethics: A Case Study Approach. Example of a question they consider: Is it ethical to teach visualizations that have problematic origins? More information at bit.ly/vizethics #dh2024

Have enjoyed the last 3 days at #DH2024 hosted by @rrchnm.bsky.social & seeing so many friends, often for the 1st time in person since COVID. Also chaired an interesting hybrid session on mapping/visualization. Sorry I haven’t been able to see everyone & that I won’t be able to make the last day.

Absolutely thrilled that Diane Jakacki and my edited volume, *What We Teach When We Teach DH*, has just launched in its open-access version on the Debates on DH website. dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/wha...

Devastated to hear this news. Pete was just a few years ahead of me as fellow historians who studied the Civil War. He was always so supportive of my work and of that of many junior scholars’ work. He has left us too soon. My heart aches for his wife & children. gettysburgian.com/2024/07/coll...