Dr. Tanya Clement

Professor

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Biography

Tanya Clement is the Robert Adger Law Thos. H. Law Centennial Professor of Humanities and Director of the Humanities Institute at the University of Texas at Austin. She holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Virginia and a PhD in English from the University of Maryland. Clement's research centers on American Literary Modernism, Digital Humanities, and Archives. She investigates the interplay between digital information systems, scholarly research, and literary study, exploring how data, algorithms, and software shape the landscape of literary scholarship. As a lead investigator on the HiPSTAS project, she focuses on high-performance sound technologies and their application to literary archives. Clement's work has garnered funding from prestigious bodies such as the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her forthcoming book, "Dissonant Records: Close Listening Literary Archives," is set to be published by MIT Press. Through her collaborative efforts, she seeks to reimagine the ways knowledge is generated and disseminated within rapidly evolving cultural and technological contexts.

Research Interests

Courses

E 395M • Listening Lit Audio Archives AMS 391 • Intro Digital Humanities E 388M • Intro Digital Humanities INF 383H • Intro Digital Humanities

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
Application Checklist
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  • Three letters of recommendation
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Specialization Notes

General requirements for the Graduate School at UT Austin apply to all programs unless otherwise specified.