Bio

Grant researches the creation and use of objects and processes by digital humanities practitioners. His dissertation, Computing the English Middle Ages: Electronic Objects and Processes, 1960-Present, combines social informatics and textual criticism to explore the social life of digital artifacts made by Old and Middle English scholars. His other areas of interest include digital preservation, metadata and markup languages, and theories of technology.

He holds a Master of Arts in English and will recieve a Master of Information Science (expected Summer 2012), both from Indiana University.

Grant combines information research with professional information practice. As a Senior Systems Analyst/Programmer, he has served IU in the analysis and development of pragmatic solutions to information technology problems. He has consulted on development best practices and advised the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management on issues of strategic planning.

He is married to Julie Kraft. A doctoral candidate at Indiana University, Julie studies adulterated food, forgeries, and counterfeits, as they relate to the rise in the idea of the professional in Victorian England.