Curriculum Vitae

written by Dave

Education

BA in English and Philosophy from Morehead State University

MA in English from Morehead State University

Currently working toward PhD in Professional Writing and New Media from Old Dominion University

Research Experience

Current projects in ODU’s CeME Lab:

  • Disaster Downtown: Researching current methods and designing a new system dedicated to crowdsourcing necessary information and data management during disasters and emergencies.
  • Usable DRM: How can Digital Rights Management become more usable for consumers? Can we maintain IP rights and allow for flexibility in use? Is a new IP model really necessary with the spread of participatory cultures? Or, are there layers within the current IP model that are unnecessary barriers for both users and IP rights holders?
Other projects:
  • Studying the usability of desktop and web-based social media management applications. How can users better manage and aggregate information from multiple SM platforms?

Teaching Experience

Owensboro Community and Technical College:  2007-2009

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

University of Evansville:  2006-2009

Kentucky Wesleyan College:  2006-2009

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

University of Southern Indiana:  2003-2009

  • ENG 101 Rhetoric and Composition I: Writing
  • ENG 201 Rhetoric and Composition II: Argument
  • ENG 105 Introduction to Literature
Old Dominion University: 2010
  • ENGL 131 Second semester composition and argument

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

“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

Currently a reviewer for Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Research.

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

I study affect and emotion in user experiences. My work attempts to develop an analytical model that can be used for both cultural research and interaction design. As media content and the design of users’ interactions has diffused across different platforms and user interfaces, users’ affective responses become fundamental to user experiences. To that end, my research spreads across all these interests:

Games Studies

Activity Theory

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

EDUCATION

BA English and Philosophy (2001) Morehead State University

MA English (2003) Morehead State University

Entered (2008) PhD Rhetoric and Media Old Dominion University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Owensboro Community and Technical College: Summer 2007-present

ENC 090 Basic Composition

ENGL 101 Argument

ENGL 102 Writing

ENGL 161 Introduction to Literature

University of Evansville: August 2006-present

WRTG 104 Exposition

WC 110 World Cultures I: The Ancient World to the Reformation

WC 120 World Cultures II: Emergence of the Modern World

FYS 120 First-Year Seminar: Image and Interactive Culture

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 100 Introduction to Rhetoric and Composition

ENG 101 Rhetoric and Composition I: Writing

ENG 201 Rhetoric and Composition II: Argument

ENG 105 Introduction to Literature

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



SCHOLARSHIP

Published Articles

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

“Interpret Your Findings Correctly.” In press, to be published in Hog’s Head Conversations by Zossima Press in 2009.

Presentations and Conference Papers

“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.

Published Peer Reviewed Proceedings

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

“Accounting for Affective Experiences in Video Games.” Proceedings of 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.

Other Writing Projects

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

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

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.