Matthew Kollmer – Matthew Johannes Kollmer

About Matthew Kollmer

Matthew is a digital humanities scholar and information scientist with a background in U.S. literary history and creative writing. He's also a rare book specialist. He's currently pursuing a PhD in Information Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He also works as the proprietor of Evening Land Books. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an MA in Literary Studies from Washington State University. He's taught undergraduate writing courses for a decade. He lives in Illinois with his partner, Kristina, and their Boston Terrier, Sir Francis Bacon. His hobbies include book collecting, computer programming, creative writing, weight training, reading for leisure, and chess.

My PhD Field Exam Materials

By Matthew Kollmer March 1, 2025Digital Humanities, General, Life Updates, Research, Technical

This past week, I submitted a draft of my field exam portfolio (the narrative statement and reading list). It's helped me articulate my position in relation to larger scholarly fields.…

The Rare Books Feed: Breakdown of a Content Algorithm

By Matthew Kollmer November 2, 2024Digital Humanities, General, Rare Books, Side Projects, Teaching, Technical

Introduction About two months ago, I created the Rare Books feed on BlueSky. Ever since, I’ve been thinking that I need to release the specifics of the feed (to publish…