
Stanford University
Department of English
Matthew Jockers is Academic Technology Specialist and Consulting Assistant Professor of English at Stanford. His research and teaching are focused on Irish-American literature and humanities computing. Jockers writes custom software applications to support his research and is the developer of the Irish-American Literature database (IALD) hosted by the Western Institute of Irish Studies.
The Macro-Analytic Method: Quantitative Methods for Large Scale Literary Analysis is a project investigating and developing technologies for mining electronic literary corpora. Using custom software to process thousands of literary texts, the research provides a means for tracking and exploring literary history and stylistic trends over the course of centuries or throughout the expanse of genres.
Robert Barrick
Fellowship Administrator
rbarrick@stanford.edu
T 650.723.3054
F 650.723.1895
The Humanities Center’s fellowships are made possible by gifts and grants from the following individuals, foundations and divisions within Stanford: The Esther Hayfer Bloom Estate, Theodore H. and Frances K. Geballe, Marta Sutton Weeks, The Mericos Foundation, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Rockefeller Foundation, as well as from Stanford’s School of Humanities and Sciences, and the Office of the Vice-Provost for Undergraduate Education.