Associate Professor Bonnie Mak has been appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH), which promotes interdisciplinary study in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Her two-year term began on August 15.
As a member of the committee, Mak will serve in an advisory capacity and provide counsel on IPRH initiatives and program development. Additional responsibilities include participating in the selection of IPRH faculty, graduate student, and postdoctoral fellows, as well as recipients of the IPRH Prizes for Research in the Humanities and the Research Clusters competition. Mak was selected as an IPRH Faculty Fellow in 2012-2013.
"I am thrilled to join the Advisory Committee of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. The IPRH has played an important role in my development as an interdisciplinary scholar at the University of Illinois, and I look forward to working with my colleagues as we find new ways to continue supporting humanistic work across campus and beyond," Mak said.
Mak is jointly appointed in the iSchool and the Program in Medieval Studies. She teaches courses in the history and future of the book, and offers doctoral seminars on authenticity, reading practices, and knowledge production. Her first book, How the Page Matters (2011), examines the interface of the page as it is developed across time, geographies, and technologies. A second book-length project, Confessions of a 21st-Century Memsahib, offers a critique of the digital materials with which scholarship is increasingly conducted.