Kedrick James is the Director of the Digital Literacy Centre in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. His research interests span ecological and digital poetics, automation of literacy, and network theory. Recent projects include PhoneMe, geotagged social media for poets, Glitch Pedagogy, using disruptive strategies to reveal algorithmic processes, and Digital DIY exploring computational thinking through haptic play. Recent publications include Poetic Inquiry: Enchantment of Place (2017), a co-edited volume published by Vernon Press.