Alex Wermer-Colan

Dr. Alex Wermer-Colan is the Academic and Research Director of Temple University Libraries’ Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio and Graduate Adjunct Faculty at Temple University. He teaches the Cultural Analytics Graduate Certificate Practicum course each semester. With a Ph.D. in English (critical theory, digital humanities, and comparative literature) from the Graduate Center, City University of New York, Alex focuses on computational approaches to cultural analytics and new media arts.

• Ph.D. in English, Graduate Center, City University of New York

Alex leads project development, class visits, consultations, and workshops at the Scholars Studio. His work spans digital pedagogy, critical making, data visualization, immersive technology, textual analysis, and web scraping. He also serves as Managing Editor of the Programming Historian and Executive Director of Philly Community Wireless.

His creative and critical writing has appeared in publications such as The Los Angeles Review of Books, New Directions, Harpers, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, and The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. Research areas include digital humanities, cultural analytics, and computational methods.

• Managing Editor, Programming Historian
• Executive Director, Philly Community Wireless

Alex contributes to digital scholarship through workshops, blog posts, and editorial roles, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration, open-access publishing, and community engagement.