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Mark L. Phillipson is a Lecturer in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and currently serves as Director of Graduate Student Programs and Services at the Center for Teaching and Learning. Previously, he directed the GSAS Teaching Center (2013-2015) and led the Digital Bridges initiative at the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (2006-2012), where he developed the multimedia analysis platform Mediathread.
His academic credentials include:
- B.A. from Columbia College (1988)
- Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1998)
- M.L.I.S. from Simmons (2006)
Phillipson specializes in 19th-Century British Literature with emphasis on Byron's exile narratives and Romantic-era publication technologies. His research bridges literary scholarship with digital humanities, examining how evolving dissemination methods—from historical print culture to contemporary new media—transform textual engagement and pedagogy. This interdisciplinary approach connects traditional literary analysis with educational technology innovation.
He has led high-impact projects including the Romantic Audience Project at Bowdoin College, featured by The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Washington Post. His publications span journals like Studies in Romanticism and Nineteenth-Century Literature, alongside books such as Wiki Writing: Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom (2008) and Digitization in the Real World (2010), demonstrating consistent integration of digital tools into humanities scholarship.
Through initiatives like Digital Bridges and Mediathread, Phillipson has established collaborative frameworks connecting faculty development, graduate pedagogy, and multimedia analysis. His work demonstrates sustained commitment to reimagining humanities education through technological integration while maintaining rigorous literary scholarship.
