Jonathan Senchyne is an Associate Professor of Book History and Print Culture in the Information School (iSchool) and Director of the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture. He is also an affiliated faculty member in the Digital Studies and Material Culture Studies programs. He received his PhD from Cornell University and has been a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society. He was also the Pine Tree Foundation Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the Future of the Book in a Digital Age at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Jonathan researches and teaches the history of the book and print culture in early and nineteenth-century America. This also touches on work in American studies, American literary history, critical theory, material culture, digital humanities, library history and archival theory and practice.
A word from Kyung-Sun Kim, Director of Information School:
Jonathan Senchyne is regarded as one of the strongest and most original scholars in the field of print culture. Senchyne has served as the Director of the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture since 2015, and his service for the Center has reinforced Wisconsin’s reputation as a center of excellence in the humanities and digital humanities. Senchyne’s work has been critical for the iSchool to retain strength in the humanities as it grows to include more computational research in its new home in the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences. The iSchool appreciates his contribution and congratulates him on his well-deserved success.