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  • Inside HigherEd: MLA's Big (Digital) Tent

    January 25, 2013
    In The News

    Inside HigherEd’s Serena Golden recently profiled the Modern Language Association’s “Avenues of Access: Digital Humanities and the Future of Scholarly Communication” panel.  As part of the presentation, Cathy gave a talk entitled “Access Demands A Paradigm Shift.”  Here’s what Golden had to say about Cathy’s presentation which parsed questions of scale and access in the digital…

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  • The Chronicle of Higher Education: Multiple Choice Exam Theory

    January 13, 2013
    In The News

    Prof. Jonathan Sterne, an associate professor of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, recently read Cathy’s book Now You See It in preparation for his fall course load.  The book spurred an in-depth consideration of multiple choice testing.  Sterne shared his ruminations on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s ProfHacker blog.  You can read the full text below…

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  • Inside Higher Ed: Why Students Gripe About Grades

    January 11, 2013
    In The News

    Reblogged from Inside Higher Ed  Why Students Gripe About Grades January 7, 2013 – 3:00am By Cathy Davidson You are the best teacher in the world and you’ve just turned in your grades for the best class you’ve ever taught. If you are a college professor you know what comes next: the barrage of complaints…

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  • Internet Time Blog: Jay Cross Reviews Now You See It

    Internet Time Blog: Jay Cross Reviews Now You See It

    January 9, 2013
    In The News

    Business and eLearning guru, Jay Cross, recently reviewed Cathy’s book Now You See It on his blog, Internet Time.  Cross calls it, “brilliant,” “extremely well-written,” and “nearly impossible to put down.”  You can read the review on Jay’s blog or see below for the full text.    — I finished reading Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It yesterday afternoon. It…

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  • Size Isn't Everything

    December 11, 2012
    In The News, Posts

    Reblogged from the Chronicle of Higher Ed For academe’s future, think mash-ups not MOOC’s By Cathy N. Davidson My reading material to and from London recently for the annual open-source programming event known as Mozfest, or the Mozilla Festival,included two glossy magazines focusing on the future of education: the November 19 cover story in Forbes and the entire…

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  • Duke Today: Davidson Discusses Upcoming Meta-MOOCs

    November 14, 2012
    In The News

    The Duke Today website featured two upcoming classes that Cathy Davidson will teach in the Spring semester.  One graduate and one undergraduate course will offer students a chance to participate in what she’s called a Meta-MOOC.  Read more. NEXT: A META-MOOC In the spring, two Duke professors will offer what they’re calling a “Meta-MOOC,” a face-to-face course…

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Latest From the Blog

Runners preparing for a marathon in Brooklyn. Spring 2026. Photo credit: Cathy Davidson
September 18, 2026

Leading Together: Creating Community Guidelines To Promote Institutional Change

Several years ago, when I was a relatively new Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University (our first VPIS there--and maybe anywhere), I…

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Where to find Cathy next

Upcoming Events

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Oct 22-25 American Studies Association (ASA) Annual Conference, Chicago (Details TBA)

October 22, 2026 - October 25, 2026 Chicago, Ill

Oct 22-25  American Studies Association (ASA) Annual Conference,  Chicago  (Details TBA)  

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Prof Cathy Davidson in conversation with U of Pacific Provost Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert

Residency

Innovator in Residence, University of the Pacific

November 2, 2026 - November 13, 2026 University of the Pacific, Stockton CA

For two weeks (Nov 2-13, 2026), Professor Cathy Davidson will be returning to the University of the Pacific for an extended residency where she…

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Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times

January 7, 2027 - January 11, 2027 Los Angeles, CA

Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times: An MLA Professional Development Event for Faculty. Details TBA

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Cathy Davidson awarded AAC&U Ness "Best Book" Prize for The New Education

Annual Meeting Keynote Opening Dialogue

January 20, 2027 - January 22, 2027 Seattle, Washington

Jan 20-22, 2027AAC&U Annual Meeting Keynote Opening Dialogue with Pres Lynn Pasquerella and Plenary Panel Session: Inciting Constructive Change in Destructive Times.  Cathy Davidson…

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About

Cathy N. Davidson

Cathy N. Davidson is a renowned scholar and the 2025 McGraw Prize recipient in Higher Education. A pioneer in technology and learning, she co-founded HASTAC and served as Senior Advisor to the Chancellor at CUNY. Appointed by President Obama to the National Council on the Humanities, she is the author of landmark books including The New Education and The New College Classroom. Her work explores the intersection of AI, cognition, and the future of institutional change.

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