Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series presents Lauren Klein
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Tuesday, Apr 14, 2026 7pm
Location
Wilkes University Kirby Hall Salon
202 S River St
Details
Hosted by the Wilkes University English Department, the Allan Hamilton Dickson Spring Writers Series features a variety of authors, poets, directors and other accomplished writers annually. Guest speakers frequently read selections of their works and answer questions at the event.
All events are free and open to the public.
Lauren Klein is Professor of Data & Decision Sciences and English at Emory University, where she also directs the Digital Humanities Lab and the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network. Her research brings together computational and critical methods to explore questions of gender, race, and justice, both in early America and today. Klein is the author (with Catherine D’Ignazio) of the award-winning Data Feminism (MIT Press, 2020), and the editor (with Matthew K. Gold) of Debates in the Digital Humanities (Univ. of Minnesota Press), among other books and papers. Her next book, Data by Design: From the History of Visualization to the Future We Need, is forthcoming from the MIT Press in Fall 2026.
