Welcome
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication of the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. My assigned teaching area is New Media Studies, and I specialize in the study of videogames. In 2008, I earned my Ph.D. by completing a dissertation on the textuality of videogame typography. Also, in 2008, Vanderbilt University Press will publish, Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games, the collection of essays I co-edited with Laurie N. Taylor.
This website is my professional presence on the web, and as such it contains links to my various projects. Of immediate interest, my class websites are all hosted here within a Drupal multisite portal. Also, my current CV lists information about all of my teaching appointments and scholarly publications, as well as my volunteer web design work.
If you need to get in touch with me, please check my contact info and availability on my contact pages.
Teaching
I am teaching two courses this fall: "Forms of Narrative" (ENGL 251A) and "New Media: The False and the Virtual" (ENGL 376MM). More information about these courses is available on my teaching page.
Research
My dissertation is on videogame typography, and I have published on a number of topics related to games and other digital media. My continuing research interests focus on the material textuality of digital artifacts.
Please see my curriculum vitae for more information.
Book
Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Videogames, forthcoming 2008 from Vanderbilt University Press. Edited by Zach Whalen and Laurie N. Taylor.
Other Sites to Visit
- Gameology.org
- ImageTexT
- TheVideogameText.com (soon)
Recent Publications
- "Deviant Materialities: Reflecting Surfaces and Hollow Bodies in CSI." Refractory: A Journal of Entertainment Media. 13 (2008).
- "Film Music vs. Video Game Music: The Case of Silent Hill." Music, Sound, and Multimedia. Ed. Jamie Sexton. Edinburgh: Edinburgh U P, 2007.
- "Game Studies and Web 2.0: Finding an Audience Online." Flow TV. Department of Radio-TV-Film at UT Austin. 9 February 2007.
