academic sandbox // julie meloni

Welcome! The sandbox contains information about me, courses I have taught or am teaching now, and scholarly-themed technical projects of my own or in collaboration with other folks.

Despite the "tech books by me" link, I am currently in the PhD program in literature at Washington State University. Prior to this wonderful time of waxing philosophical (and critical) about the Transcendentalists, nature writers, and other jolly sorts, I was the technical director of an interactive media company. My responsibilities included application planning and development, database design, system administration, and user interface consultation.

The term "sandbox," as I use it here, comes from the hacker world. A sandbox is a development environment in which projects are built and tested without running the risk of messing up a production system. Some such projects have had a home here in the sandbox before continuing on to their ultimate destinations, while others still percolate within this site. Typically these projects are password-protected but if you're curious about something just e-mail me.

Also included in this website are syllabi and handouts from courses I have taught.

Current students (Fall 2008) at Washington State University, select one of the course links below: