N. Katherine Hayles, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Literature and Information Science + Studies and Professor Emerita of English

Digital Humanities; Electronic Literature; Literature, Science, and Technology; Science Fiction; Critical Theory

Contact Info:

Office Location:	101 Friedl Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 684-4127
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://nkhayles.com

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Rochester	1977
M.A.	Michigan State University	1970
M.S.	California Institute of Technology	1969
B.S.	Rochester Institute of Technology	1966

Specialties:

Modern to Contemporary
Critical Theory
American Literature

Research Interests: Digital Humanities; Electronic LIterature; Literature, Science and Technology; Science Fiction; Critial Theory

Digital Humanities Electronic Literature Literature, Science and Technology Science Fiction Critical Theroy

Keywords:

Artificial Intelligence • Communications Media • Consciousness • Control • Cybernetics • Digital media • Evolution • Human Body • Humanism • Language • Literature • Mass Media • Medicine in Literature • Narration • Science • Technology

Postdocs Mentored

• Tatiana Rapatzikou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2012/01-present)  
• Pierre-Louis Patoine (September 01, 2011 - spring 2012)  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Hayles, NK, Three species challenges: Toward a general ecology of cognitive assemblages, in The Ethos of Digital Environments: Technology, Literary Theory and Philosophy (May, 2021), pp. 27-45, ISBN 9780367643270
2. Hayles, NK, Novel corona: Posthuman virus, Critical Inquiry, vol. 47 no. S2 (January, 2021), pp. S68-S72 [doi]
3. Hayles, NK, Textual and real-life spaces: expanding theoretical frameworks, Studia Neophilologica, vol. 93 no. 2 (January, 2021), pp. 125-135 [doi]  [abs]
4. Hayles, NK, Morphing Intelligence: From IQ Measurement to Artificial Brains., Critical Inquiry, vol. 46 no. 3 (March, 2020), pp. 706-707, UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
5. Hayles, NK, Can computers create meanings? A cyber/bio/semiotic perspective, Critical Inquiry, vol. 46 no. 1 (September, 2019), pp. 32-55, University of Chicago Press [doi]