Dennis Tenen

Dennis Tenen is an Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, affiliated with the English Department. He co-founded the Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities and specializes in research at the intersection of people, texts, and technology. His work emphasizes computational approaches to literary analysis and the poetics of digital textuality, notably through his book *Plain Text: The Poetics of Computation* (2017). His research spans digital humanities, literary theory, and experimental methodologies in cultural studies.

Education details are not explicitly provided in the text, though his academic role suggests a PhD in a relevant field. His recent publications explore themes like distributed agency in narratives, electronic book history, and computational archaeology of fictional space. Tenen actively engages with public discourse, as seen in his op-ed on vaccination resistance and contributions to podcasts and scholarly discussions.

He leads initiatives in experimental humanities research and has been involved in advocating for digital humanities spaces at Columbia. His work bridges traditional literary studies with computational methods, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue in the humanities.