Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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“The Warrior Women Project: An Open-access Critical and Teaching Edition of Dianne Dugaw’s‘Warrior Women’ Ballads.”
“The Warrior Women Project: An Open-access Critical and Teaching Edition of Dianne Dugaw’s‘Warrior Women’ Ballads.” The Eighteenth-Century Common (11 November 2023) (1,443 words)
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“The Lady’s Museum Project: An Open-Access Critical and Teaching Edition of Charlotte Lennox’s the Lady’s Museum (1760–61)”
“The Lady’s Museum Project: An Open-access Critical and Teaching Edition of CharlotteLennox’s the Lady’s Museum (1760–61).” The Eighteenth-Century Common (12 November 2023)(2,235 words)
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Bear River Review, 2023: “Sunday Morning”
This essay was published in the 2023 issue of the Bear River Review. The Gray Lady folds over the craftsman armchair aside my pretzeled legs: printed letters, curated words. Chopped paragraphs, bolded headlines. Sorted sections (obituaries first; Book Review last). Essentially, dots on a page. But also, nostalgia. My first home-delivered Sunday New York Times…
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“A Numerous and Powerful Generation of Triflers”: The Social Edition as Counterpublic in Charlotte Lennox’s the Lady’s Museum (1760–61) and the Lady’s Museum Project (2021–)
Kelly Plante and Karenza Sutton-Bennett. “‘A Numerous and Powerful Generation of Triflers’: The Social Edition as Counterpublic in Charlotte Lennox’s the Lady’s Museum (1760–61) and the Lady’s Museum Project (2021–).” Eighteenth Century Fiction 35, no. 2 (April 2023)
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Continuing to #WriteWithAphra: A Year of Collegiality and Compassion
Ashley Bender, Daniella Berman, Jenny Factor, Elizabeth Giardina, Catherine Keohane, Bénédicte Miyamoto, Kelly J. Plante, Elizabeth Porter, Bethany E. Qualls, Susannah B. Sanford, Karenza Sutton-Bennett. “Continuing to #WriteWithAphra: A Year of Collegiality and Compassion.” Aphra Behn Online: Interactive Journal for Women and the Arts, 1640–1830 11, no. 2 (Fall 2021)
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The Lady’s Museum Project
Karenza Sutton-Bennett and I serve as General Editors for the digital critical edition and learning community in-progress, The Lady’s Museum Project, at ladysmuseum.com.
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The Lady’s Museum Project: A Digital Critical Edition in Phase 1 of Its Development, Now Available for Teachers and Students to Learn Collaboratively through Charlotte Lennox’s Lady’s Museum (1760-61)
“The Lady’s Museum Project: A Digital Critical Edition in Phase 1 of Its Development, Now Available for Teachers and Students to Learn Collaboratively through Charlotte Lennox’s Lady’s Museum (1760-61).” Aphra Behn Online: Interactive Journal for Women and the Arts, 1640–1830 12, no. 1 (Spring 2022)
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The Secret History of Creative Nonfiction
A tour of pioneering women writers whom literary critics conveniently “forgot” Issue 76 / Exploring an Expanding Genre / Creative Nonfiction Magazine
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Review: Writing and Constructing the Self in Great Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century, eds. John Baker, Marion Leclair, and Allan Ingram
Review: Writing and Constructing the Self in Great Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century, eds. John Baker, Marion Leclair, and Allan Ingram. ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640-1830 (Summer 2021)
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The Poetry of Gertrude More: Piety and Politics in a Benedictine Convent
Jaime Goodrich and I served as General Editors for the digital critical edition, The Poetry of Gertrude More: Piety and Politics in a Benedictine Convent.
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The Warrior Women Project
I served as the Project Manager for The Warrior Women Project, a digital critical edition of the 113 “warrior women” early English broadside ballads, first unearthed and cataloged by Professor Dianne Dugaw.
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“The Mad Exploit She Had Undertaken”: A Critical Edition of Eliza Haywood’s The Female Spectator Book 14, Letter 1
Link to the Edition on The Warrior Women Project at Wayne State The story of the so-called “Aliena” appearing in the third of Eliza Haywood’s four-volume The Female Spectator—largely considered the first periodical by a woman, for women— is the story of a woman who dresses in military garb to pass as a sailor to remain…
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The Story of the Warrior Women Project: Using Technology to Connect Intersectionality and Digital Humanities Theory and Praxis.
Link to Essay at The Warrior Women Project Abstract: Digitized early English broadside ballads are widely available copyright-free, indexed and searchable complete with high-resolution images of their signature woodcut illustrations, transcriptions and facsimile copy-views on well-established databases including the University of California, Santa Barbara’s Early English Broadside Ballad Archive (EBBA), Gale’s Eighteenth Century Collections Online…
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Marketing Empire: Military and Companionate Marriage Recruitment in Early English, “Warrior Women” Broadside Ballads
Link to Essay at The Warrior Women Project Abstract: Early English broadside ballads are frequently seen as an entryway into the life of the typical commoner, into the mainstream popular culture, with scholars such as Joy Wiltenburg arguing that despite limitations, “the evidence of popular literature provides insights into a decisive link between the mainstream,…
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“An Undisputed Right to this Offering”: A Critical Edition of Eliza Haywood’s Dedicatory Epistle of The Female Spectator to Juliana Colyear, Duchess of Leeds
This free edition is part of my project to make portions of Haywood’s historically significant periodical (it is widely considered the first periodical by a woman for women) glossed and edited, and available to a wider audience that includes scholars, graduate and undergraduate students. This new digital edition is available to be explored at Human Abstracts…
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The Story of the Warrior Women Project: Connecting Intersectionality and Digital Humanities Theory and Praxis
“The Story of the Warrior Women Project: Connecting Intersectionality and Digital Humanities Theory and Praxis.” The Warrior Women Project (June 2020)
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Marketing Empire: Military and Companionate Marriage Recruitment in Early English, ‘Warrior Women’ Broadside Ballads
“Marketing Empire: Military and Companionate Marriage Recruitment in Early English, ‘Warrior Women’ Broadside Ballads.” The Warrior Women Project (June 2020)
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Review: Visuality in the Novels of Austen, Radcliffe, Edgeworth and Burney by Jessica A. Volz
Review: Visuality in the Novels of Austen, Radcliffe, Edgeworth and Burney by Jessica A. Volz. Eighteenth Century Fiction (Spring 2020)
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Bear River Review, 2020: “Psalm 139”
This essay was published in the 2020 issue of the Bear River Review. “Psalm 139” also placed second in the 2020 Oakland University literary nonfiction contest, alumni category. My son is with me, my son is me. Rain falls on the awning that frames the wet green backyard, and a triangle-shaped pillow molds my walmart.com…
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ECF, Spring 2020: “Book Review: Visuality in the Novels of Austen, Radcliffe, Edgeworth and Burney by Jessica A. Volz”
My review of Visuality in the Novels of Austen, Radcliffe, Edgeworth and Burney by Jessica A. Volz [Anthem Press, 2017. 252pp. ISBN 978-1783086603] will appear in the Spring 2020 issue of Eighteenth-Century Fiction (32.3).
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Module in Support of Folger Shakespeare Grant on WSU Library website: “Dividing the Kingdoms: Interdisciplinary Methods for Teaching King Lear to Undergraduates: Philosophy”
I co-developed the Going Beyond Lear: Philosophy and Hamlet module with two colleagues and our professor, which was published on the Wayne State University website, Dividing the Kingdoms: Interdisciplinary Methods for Teaching King Lear to Undergraduates: Philosophy for The Folger Shakespeare Library’s “Teaching Shakespeare to Undergraduates” grant. The module includes four activities, two assignments (traditional and creative), and a…
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Prometheus Dreaming, June 2020: “Digging with Wolves”
This essay was originally published in Prometheus Dreaming in 2020. The below, edited version was published in the Bear River Review in 2021. Her left paw, then right paw, rear-paw rear-paw, trotted out onto the crunchy snow in the vast, sagebrushed valley of the wild country, her nose a magnet to the ground to track…
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Bear River Review, 2019: “My Toenail, Myself”
This essay was published in the 2019 issue of the Bear River Review. “My Toenail, Myself” also received an honorable mention in the 2019 Oakland University Literary Nonfiction Alumni Contest. The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred affections, They scorn the best I can do to relate them. Walt Whitman, Song…
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Bear River Review, 2018: “Boundaryless”
This essay was published in the 2018 issue of the Bear River Review. I stand at the edge of Kathmandu’s Thabahi Road as if before the banks of a tumultuous river, while I evaluate how safe it is to cross; the street, thick with pedestrians, dirt, cars, and men barreling by on tiny motorcycles, dodging…
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Oakland University Literary Nonfiction Contest, 2018: “The Legend of Pamela: Or, ‘Oh the Sword! The Sword!’”
Emerging victorious after conquering the first bosses presented in Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded, the Would-Be Ravishing Rake Mr. B. and his servant, “do as I’m told” Beastly Mrs. Jewkes, by marrying then subduing him, Pamela, our hero, has not seen the last of her trials on the quest from poverty to prosperity. Combining damsel-in-distress and hero qualities, she…
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PS Magazine, Dec. 2017: “Use the RIGHT Software Version”
This article appeared in the December 2017 issue of PS Magazine, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly. Published by the ASC (Army Strategic Command), PS Magazine has communicated preventive maintenance methods, illustrated with comic book-style art, to U.S. Army Soldiers since 1951.
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PS Magazine, Sept. 2017: “Which Software Versions for Which Machines?”
This article appeared in the September 2017 issue of PS Magazine, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly. Published by the ASC (Army Strategic Command), PS Magazine has communicated proper preventive maintenance methods, illustrated with comic book-style art, to U.S. Army Soldiers since 1951.
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PS Magazine, Dec. 2016: “Get EMS NG Customer Support”
This article appeared in the December 2016 issue of PS Magazine, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly. Published by the ASC (Army Strategic Command), PS Magazine has communicated preventive maintenance methods, illustrated with comic book-style art, to U.S. Army Soldiers since 1951.
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Operation, Maintenance, Repair, and Diagnostics Technical Manuals for the USMC Light Armored Vehicle Systems, 2014-2016
From November 2014 to 2016, as publisher & manager for the U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) technical publications, I tracked/scheduled project updates from assignment to completion. I used interpersonal skills to advocate for timely Light Armored Vehicle publishing by U.S. Marine Corps Logistics Command. Improved publishing process by establishing new tracking systems for…
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AFAR Magazine, Aug./Sept. 2013: “Time Travel to Jazz Age Detroit”
AFAR Magazine selected “Time Travel to Jazz Age Detroit” for an August/September 2013 special issue. Cafe D’Mongo’s Speakeasy, a tarnished gem hiding in plain sight in Downtown Detroit, encapsulates stylish patrons buzzing with alcohol and wallowing in Detroit’s glittering Jazz Age glory. Artifacts, oversized vintage photographs, and brass instruments drip from the green walls; live…
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Operation, Maintenance, Repair, and Diagnostics Technical Manuals for U.S. Military Vehicles, 2012-2014
From November 2012 to November 2014, as lead publishing specialist for the Electronic Maintenance System publishing program, I developed & coordinated support plans to create, publish, distribute & manage interactive & paper equipment publications in XML. I directed changes & drove the program schedule for software developer and helpdesk teams for a publishing suite that…
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Managing Editor, The EMS Insider monthly newsletter, 2012-2014
During my service from 2012 to 2014 as the assistant product manager for Electronic Maintenance publishing software used by the U.S. Army and other Department of Defense components, I served as managing editor for the monthly newsletter, The EMS Insider, and grew the newsletter’s readership by 15% to 1,000 subscribers. I achieved this by redesigning…
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Real Detroit Weekly: “Rosie Thomas: Sing, Laugh, Love…Then Get Knocked Up”
This article is cited on Thomas’s Wikipedia page and it appeared in the December 2, 2008 issue of Real Detroit Weekly, which now is rolled into the Detroit Metrotimes.
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Real Detroit Weekly: “Davide Squillace with Dubfire in the D”
This article appeared in the Nov. 19-25, 2008 issue of Real Detroit Weekly, which is now rolled into the Detroit Metrotimes.
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Real Detroit Weekly: “The Westin Book Cadillac: A Room with a View”
This article appeared in the Nov. 5-11, 2008 issue of Real Detroit Weekly, which is now rolled into the Detroit Metrotimes
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Real Detroit Weekly: “The Power of Pagans: Into the Mystic”
This article appeared in the Oct. 22-28, 2008 issue of Real Detroit Weekly
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Real Detroit Weekly: “Michigan Paranormal Encounters: I Ain’t ‘Fraid of No Ghost”
This article appeared in the Oct. 22-28, 2008 issue of Real Detroit Weekly, which is now folded into the Detroit Metrotimes.
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Oakland University Honors College Newsletter, Echo Cognitio, April 2008: “Shakespeare Behind Bars”
This article appeared in the April 2008 issue of Echo Cognitio, the Oakland University Honors College newsletter.
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The Oakland Press’s Suburban Lifestyles weekly: “Professors Published in Health Journals”
This article was published in the March 3, 2008 issue of Suburban Lifestyles Community Newspaper by The Oakland Press.
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The Oakland Press’s Suburban Lifestyles weekly: “The Meaning of Words” column
This article appeared in the Feb. 25, 2008 issue of Suburban Lifestyles Community Newspaper by The Oakland Press.
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