Janet H. Murray papers

Janet Horowitz Murray, 1946-, BA in English, State University of New York at Binghamton; MA in English and American Literature and Language, 1968, Harvard University; PhD in English and American Literature and Language, 1974, Harvard University, came to MIT in 1971 as an instructor of literature, Department of Humanities and in 1973 became assistant professor of literature, Department of Humanities. Between 1978 and 1985 she held various positions, including research associate and lecturer. (For a short time she held these positions simultaneously.) In 1985 she was appointed principal research scientist for the Writing Program, and in 1990, was appointed ssenior research scientist, foreign languages and literatures. From 1984-1992 she was the project director of the Athena Language Learning Project (ALLP), which was primarily funded by a grant from the Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Project. From 1992 to 1996 she oversaw the Laboratory for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (LATH). In 1997, she became senior research scientist for the Center for Educational Computing Initiatives, a research division of the Center for Advanced Educational Services. Her work has focused on women's studies, Victorian studies, narrative form, computer assisted language learning, and natural language instruction through multimedia computer applications. She has written numerous articles and reviews and her books include Strong-Minded Women and Other Lost Voices from Nineteenth-Century England (1982, 1984) and Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace (1997).