Paul Fyfe

Paul Fyfe is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at North Carolina State University, directing the Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities and contributing to the CRDM PhD program. His work bridges Victorian literature and digital humanities, focusing on AI ethics and 19th-century media. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia (2009) and a B.A. from Wake Forest University (1998).

Research interests include Victorian media history, AI applications in humanities, and digital cultural analytics. Notable projects include 'Digital Victorians' (Stanford UP, 2024), leadership in NC State’s Center for AI in Society and Ethics (CASE), and multimodal AI analysis of 19th-century newspapers. Funded projects span NEH grants to Mellon fellowships.

Teaching spans Victorian literature and digital humanities, emphasizing hands-on learning with historical technologies and critical making. Advises CRDM PhD students and collaborates across institutions like Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. Awards include the NAVSA Donald Gray Prize (2016) and ACLS Burkhardt Fellowship (2018-19).