N. Katherine Hayles, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Literature

Please note: N. has left the "Information Science + Studies" group at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.

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, Subversion of the Human Aura: A Crisis in Representation, American Literature, vol. 95 no. 2 (June, 2023), pp. 256-279 [doi]  [abs]
2. Hayles, NK, Literary Cybernetics: The Point (of the Spear), New Literary History, vol. 54 no. 2 (March, 2023), pp. 1289-1294 [doi]
3. Hayles, NK, APPROXIMATING ALGORITHMS: FROM DISCRIMINATING DATA TO TALKING WITH AN AI, History and Theory, vol. 61 no. 4 (December, 2022), pp. 152-165 [doi]  [abs]
4. Hayles, NK, Ethics for cognitive assemblages: Who's in charge here?, in Palgrave Handbook of Critical Posthumanism, vol. 2 (November, 2022), pp. 1195-1223, ISBN 9783031049576 [doi]  [abs]
5. Zournazi, M; Hayles, NK, Creativity and Nonconscious Cognition: A Conversation with Mary Zournazi and N. Katherine Hayles, Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning, vol. 10 no. SI (September, 2022), pp. 164-176 [doi]  [abs]