Path: utzoo!utgpu!ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca!UTORONTO!HUMANIST Date: Mon, 15 Jan 90 22:15:16 EST Reply-To: Willard McCarty Sender: HUMANIST Discussion From: Willard McCarty Subject: 3.936 support at Austin (29) To: "Humanists at Toronto" Message-ID: <90Jan15.225122est.57923@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca> Newsgroups: list.humanist Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 3, No. 936. Monday, 15 Jan 1990. Date: Mon, 15 Jan 90 10:00:00 EST From: EIEB360@UTXVM Subject: 3.929 support of humanities comp Things have improved a little bit, though not all that much, since the University of Texas put Mary Dee Harris through the wringer: Fred Kemp graduated (1988) with a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Computers, and we have several more superb candidates coming along nicely. I must point out, however, that these are not joint English/CS degrees: they're English degrees. We have a very active Computer Research Lab with some very exciting work going on in such areas as hypertext and computer-mediated discourse (especially network based discourse)-- of course, as Director of the CRL, I have a vested interest in describing our work as exciting, but I believe the description is justified. But while we've achieved a certain measure of respect within the Department, and a good deal of support at least as far as staffing is concerned, we have yet to receive the requisite degree of material support: that hasn't changed, but we're working on it. (I'll start by trying to get my Mac fixed...) John Slatin, UT Austin (EIEB360@UTXVM)