Curriculum Vitae

Education

1997-2001              BA in English and Philosophy from Morehead State University

2001-2003       MA in English from Morehead State University

Fall 2008         Entered coursework for PhD in Rhetoric and Textual Studies at Old Dominion University

Teaching Experience

Owensboro Community and Technical College:  Summer 2007-present

  • ENGL 101 Argument
  • ENGL 102 Writing
  • ENGL 161 Introduction to Literature

University of Evansville:  August 2006-present

Kentucky Wesleyan College:  August 2006-present

  • ENG 1301 Writing Workshop I
  • ENG 1302 Writing Workshop II
  • PC 1101 Writing Lab

University of Southern Indiana:  September 2003-present

  • ENG 101 Rhetoric and Composition I: Writing
  • ENG 201 Rhetoric and Composition II: Argument
  • ENG 105 Introduction to Literature

Morehead State University:  August 2001-May 2003

  • ENG 100 Writing I
  • ENG 099 Developmental Writing
  • Working within Writing Center to develop fundamental writing skills for both native English speaking and ESL students

Scholarship

Published Articles

“Narrative Reformulated: Videogames and Storytelling.”  CEA Critic 70.3 (Spring/Summer 2008):  20-34.

“When Harry Met Harry: Understanding and Interpreting Knowledge in Harry Potter.”  Hog’s Head Conversations.  Ed. Travis Prinzi.  Zossima Press, 2009.  Available at Amazon.

Presentations

Selected Poems.  MSU Reading Series.  Morehead, KY, April 2003.

“Grand Theft Narrative”  USI Faculty Colloquium Series.  Evansville, IN, 26 October 2007.

“Narrative Refigured: What Videogames are Doing to Storytelling.”  CEA 2008:  College English Association’s Annual Conference.  St. Louis, MO.  27-29 March 2008.

“Body as Index:  Signification of the Body in Don Delillo’s Recent Fiction.”  The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900.  Louisville, KY.  19-21 February 2009.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

“Games as Texts: Semiotics in Gameplay and Cutscenes.”  Meaningful Play 2008.  Michigan State University.  Lansing, MI.  9-11 October 2008.  Available here.

“Accounting for Affective Experiences in Video Games.”  SIGDOC 2009.  Indiana University.  Bloomington, IN.  5-7 October 2009.

Book Reviews

The Pleasures of Computer Gaming: Essays on Cultural History, Theory, and Aesthetics.  For the Resource Center on Cyberculture Studies.  August 2009.  Review available here.  Melanie Swalwell’s response available here.

Other Writing Projects

“Batman: Dark Knight, Dark Myth.” Journey to the Sea Issue 8 (Feb. 2009).  Available here.

I am a regular contributor to The Hog’s Head, an blog dedicated to discussing Harry Potter in literary, religious, and pop culture contexts.

Editorial Experience

Morehead State University 1999-2003

Editorial staff, Inscape: A Journal of Literary and Visual Arts, published by Morehead State University.

Edited and published two editions of Sticky Kitchen, a journal of literature and graphic storytelling in Spring and Fall 2006 by One Legged Cow Press.

Also edited Assemblage Without Technique by George Eklund, published in 2006 as the first installment of the Iron Belly Chapbook series by One Legged Cow Press.

Research Interests

Games Studies

Narrative and Rhetoric in game spaces

Interaction Design

Design of Communication

New Media

Participatory Cultures

Transmedia Storytelling

Media Literacy

Embodied experiences

Mediated experiences

Composition in interactive spaces

Technology in composition

Graphic novels

Pop Culture