Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Communication and Culture 2003—2014
Dissertation: Frag: Computer Gaming Culture and Identity
Bowling Green State, University, Bowling Green, OH
MA in Popular Culture 2000—2002
Thesis: From L33t to Llama: A Deconstruction and Reconstruction of a First-Person Shooter Videogame Aesthetic
Ball State University, Muncie, IN
BA in English 1992—1997
Minor: Math
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Associate Instructor – Topics in Media History – Television History Summer 2010
Instructor of record. Developed course topic, syllabus, structure, and administered all grades
Associate Instructor – Interpersonal Communication 2004-2005, 2007, 2009-2010, 2011,2012
Instructor of record. Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Associate Instructor – Introduction to Communication and Culture 2006-2007
Instructor of record. Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Teaching Assistant – to Professor Chris Anderson in “Hollywood II” 2006
Met with students, graded all written work, conducted weekly film screenings at the Buskirk—Chumley Theater, and conducted lectures on select topics
Associate Instructor – Public Speaking 2003-2004, 2005, 2010
Instructor of record. Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Indiana University-Kokomo, Kokomo, IN
Future Faculty Fellow – Film Genres – Action Cinema 2008
Instructor of record. Developed course topic, syllabus, structure, and administered all grades
Future Faculty Fellow – New Media Topics – Videogame Studies 2008
Instructor of record. Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, IN
Adjunct Instructor – Interpersonal Communication 2007, 2009
Instructor of record. Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
Adjunct Instructor – Public Speaking 2007
Instructor of record. Online course. Administered all grades.
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Graduate Assistant – Introduction to Popular Culture 2000-2002
Instructor of record. Developed syllabus and overall course structure, and administered all grades.
PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS, AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“‘Damn, Do You Guys Get Any Sun’ White Guilt at LAN Parties.”
Paper presented at Digital/Media, Race, Labor, and Affect Conference Bowling Green, OH 2011
“’Damn, Do You Guys Get Any Sun’ How Gamers Talk about Race at LAN Parties.”
Paper presented at Cultural Studies Association Conference, Chicago, Il. 2011
Various Entries. Video Game Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. Mark J.P. Wolf, editor. Forthcoming 2012
“Cyborg Denial at LAN Parties”
Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI 2009
“I like to Know Who’s Shooting Me: An Ethnographic Examination of Social Videogame Playing”
Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC 2007
“The Disappearance and Reappearance of the Player in Videogame Advertizing”
Paper presented at the Digital Games Researchers Associate Conference, Tokyo, Japan 2007
“Verbal Artistry in Professional Wrestling”
Paper presented at the Cultural Studies Associate Annual Conference, Arlington, VA 2006
“I Have Met the Enemy and He is (Just Like) Us: Colonialism and Empire in Sid Meier’s Civilization”
Paper presented at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC 2006
“Gaming Mind, Gaming Body: The Mind/Body Split For a New Era”
Paper presented at the Digital Games Researchers Associate Conference, Vancouver, BC 2005
“Reexamining Storytelling in Half-Life and Doom: First Person Shooter with a Good Story”
Doom: The First-Person Reader. Costa & Nolan Publishers. 2005
AWARDS AND HONORS
Future
Faculty Fellowship – Indiana University Kokomo. Kokomo, Indiana 2008-20009
Interpersonal Communication
Teacher of the Year 2008
SERVICE
Departmental Technology Representative 2003-2008
Graduate Student Peer Mentor 2009-present