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N. Katherine Hayles

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Literature
Literature
Box 90670, Durham, NC 27708-0670
101 Friedl Building, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


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

Current Appointments & Affiliations


James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Literature · 2018 - Present Literature, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emerita of Literature · 2018 - Present Literature, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emerita of English · 2018 - Present English, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published May 1, 2015
Duke Announces 2015 Distinguished Professors
Published April 22, 2015
Two Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Published August 27, 2014
Hayles to Deliver Inaugural Humanities Lecture in Indiana

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Recent Publications


Good technology is biophilic

Chapter · January 25, 2024 The star of science and technology studies and author of How We Became Posthuman and My Mother Was a Computer, it seemed very unlikely that the eminent N. Katherine Hayles would accept to be on The Good Robot. As youüll see from the references to her throu ... Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


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