The Graduate Certificate in Textual and Digital Studies (TDS) covers a broad array of disciplinary practices whose central concern is the production, circulation, and reception of texts in material form. Scholars in textual studies include editors, philologists, historians of the book, manuscript and print culture specialists, comparative media historians, sociologists of literature, scholars of digital culture and digital humanists.
The TDS program serves students pursuing careers in academia, where sub-specializations in the Digital Humanities and Book and Media History are increasingly valued. The certificate also provides relevant coursework to students interested in careers related to information science, librarianship, intellectual property and copyright, archive management, and the curation of digital data and media.
Degree(s)/Certificate(s) offered
- Graduate Certificate in Textual and Digital Studies
Program director/interdisciplinary group chair
- Jeffery T. Knight, Associate Professor, Department of English
- Geoffrey Turnovsky, Associate Professor, Department of French & Italian Studies
Primary Staff Contact
- Karishma Manglani, Academic Programs and Services Specialist, Department of French & Italian Studies
Interdisciplinary Faculty Group Membership
The following are the core/voting Graduate Faculty members of the interdisciplinary group. For a complete list of faculty active in the program, see the program website.
- Beatrice Arduini, Associate Professor, Department of French & Italian Studies
- Jennifer Dubrow, Associate Professor, Department of Asian Languages & Literature
- Jeffrey Todd Knight, Associate Professor, Department of English
- Selim Kuru, Associate Professor, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
- Brian Reed, Professor, Department of English and Department of Comparative Literature, Cinema & Media
- Joseph Tennis, Associate Professor, Information School
- Geoffrey Turnovsky, Associate Professor, Department of French & Italian Studies