Jesse Draper
@jessedraperhnet
Freely accessible digital scholarship by and for scholars around the world. Leader | Educator | Ethics in AI H-Net - Executive Director DH@MSU - Core Faculty LGBTQ+ Father and Ally I stand with the oppressed worldwide Chicago Cubs | Liverpool FC fan
I have a couple of those up in my office, including this autographed beauty!
Very excited that the @h-net-humanities.bsky.social team had the opportunity to introduce H-Net Spaces, a free service and platform for scholars to build digital projects, at #aha2026
Great presentation at USIH 2025 last week! Proud of our team of graduate and undergraduate students (London Hawes, Maxine Levanduski, Brandon Bell and Katherine Dyal) collaborating with @leadr.bsky.social to build the H-Net Spaces Radical Historians Newsletter digitization project (coming soon!)
The academic job market is tough, and that offers incredible opportunity. H-Net's widely diverse, international membership are highly trained critical thinkers with expertly honed writing, public speaking, and problem solving skills. Access them directly at the H-Net Job Guide: jobs.h-net.org
I've been away on vacation with family so missed the opportunity to share the registration reminder... BUT IF YOU ARE REGISTERED!!! Check out the Strategies for Responsible AI in the Classroom roundtable I'm taking part in on Tuesday!
In March, H-Net cosigned a joint statement by the AHA/OAH condemning recent efforts to censor historical content on federal government websites, at many public museums, and across a wide swath of government resources. 1/
A New Job Guide Experience Today we’re proud to roll out the all-new H-Net Job Guide! We spent the last year working to integrate the Job Guide into the H-Net Commons platform with the following new features: 1/ #academicsky #jobs @h-net-humanities.bsky.social
We often miss the transformative power available in something as simple as "staying open." I took this photo of Telescope Peak in California from the middle of Badwater Basin in Death Valley. It's a stunning photo that, if we look for it, communicates more than the overwhelming beauty of nature. 1/
As a Chicago-area native and a child of the 80s, this hits all the right notes.
Looking forward to this from @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social As #AI is increasingly incorporated into #highered I consider myself skeptically pragmatic. I don’t think it’s a good idea, but here we are. Hoping this offers insight to fuel a more critically minded approach.
@leadr.bsky.social director @gilliansmac.bsky.social opens the panel on #AI as a Partner in Research and Learning at the 2025 @michiganstateu.bsky.social AI summit sponsored by the MSU Ethics Institute. #ethics #research #learning #academicsky
Might be time to finish reading this excellent book by my old friend @matthewhalteman.bsky.social and take the plunge.
Challenging Times Call for Innovative Solutions As hostility to our work pulls vital funding and threatens institutions, we must respond by finding new ways to collaborate free from government overreach. In that spirit, we are proud to announce, H-Net Spaces. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Solid turnout in Lansing today standing up to the Trump admin abuses of power. Show up and show ‘em out!
If you couldn’t make it at @michiganstateu.bsky.social today, there are other opportunities to join with others in solidarity in the Lansing area. It only works if you work it - come on out!
Faculty and students stand up for higher education in a union sponsored event at Michigan State University. Protest songs and multiple speakers standing against anti-education policies of the Trump administration. @michiganstateu.bsky.social
Ian Scott shares about the challenges of multilingual development in KC Works, a @kcommons.bsky.social global repository. #MSUGlobalDH
Kudos to @tophkat.bsky.social and @kmapesy.bsky.social and the presenters for handling the inevitability of tech issues in virtual presentations with patience and professionalism. All presenters were able to share their work despite pesky audio issues at the beginning. #MSUGlobalDH
Final day of the #MSUGlobalDH symposium begins with another recognition of federal attacks on scholarship and the power of showing up in the face of it to share our work. Here at MSU we also stand with international students whose visas were revoked by the Trump admin yesterday.
Doing double duty today as we discuss AI and assessment over the lunch break with members of the College of Arts and Letters faculty at @michiganstateu.bsky.social #AI #academicbkuesky #assessment
Returning presenter and centerNet keynote, Gimena del Rio Riande, opens the day with “Minimal Lab, Maximal Labor.” A presentation about AI, machine intelligence, and revisiting the question “What are Digital Humanities?” Also looking at the gap between research and teaching.
Powerful opening recognizing the attacks on scholarship in the US while celebrating 10 years of @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social and the importance of the work being done in the face of these challenges by presenters and attendees all over the world. @kmapesy.bsky.social @katetopham.bsky.social #dh
Buzzing excitement for the first day of in-person sessions at @michiganstateu.bsky.social for the 10th annual @globaldhsymposium.bsky.social Livestream here: go.cal.msu.edu/globaldh #digitalhumanities #dh