Brian Croxall
Associate Research Professor
Provo, Utah, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Croxall is an Associate Research Professor and digital humanities librarian with 13 years of experience applying computational methods to literature and cultural data, currently based at Brigham Young University. He designs and manages digital scholarship projects from conception through implementation, blending hands-on technical work with pedagogy and collaborative project management. His research focuses on using computers to read poetry, novels, and archival materials such as conference programs, revealing patterns humans might miss. Past roles at Brown, Emory, and leadership at the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations show a track record of building centers, securing major grants, and scaling scholarly infrastructure. He holds a Ph.D. in American Literature and brings a rare combination of literary expertise and practical digital-tool fluency to research teams.
13 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D. American Literature, Ph.D. American Literature at Emory UniversityBA Humanities with English Lit emphasis, BA Humanities with English Lit emphasis at Brigham Young University
English, Dutch, French
Stackoverflow
259reputation
8kreached
1answer
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Github Skills (63)
ecology10
digital-humanities10
mallet10
anaconda10
creative-commons10
edtech10
spyder9
keyword-extraction9
python-development9
python9
language-server-protocol9
semantics9
manifold9
ide9
document-processing9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
briancroxall/digitalpedagogy
Feb 2015 - Jan 2020
Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Concepts, Models, and Experiments
Contributions:9 PRs, 34 pushes, 4 branches in 4 years 11 months
humanitiespythonpedagogy
briancroxall/peanuts-taxonomy
Feb 2020 - Jul 2024
Contributions:91 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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