My research interests include film and videogame studies, emotion, digital humanities, and the philosophy of art. My teaching interests include online course development, classroom response systems, peer instruction, and cross-cultural dialog.
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Interests
- Emotion and media
- Film history, theory, and analysis
- Videogame studies
- Aesthetic legitimacy
Education
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PhD in Communication Arts, 2006
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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MA in Communication Arts, 2001
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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MA in English, 2000
University of Florida, Gainesville
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BA in Philosophy, 1995
Amherst College
Recent Publications
(2020).
SportsCenter: The Documentary? A Response to Pratt.
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
(2019).
Describing the Game Studies Canon: A Game Citation Analysis.
Proceedings of DiGRA 2019.
(2019).
Interactive Works and Gameplay Emotions.
Games and Culture.
(2016).
Video Game Sadness from Planetfall to Passage.
Video Games and the Mind: Essays on Cognition, Affect and Emotion.
(2014).
Melodrama and the Psychology of Tears.
Projections.
Teaching Experience
Film and Videogame Studies
- Introduction to Film Studies
- Film Theory+
- Film Analysis and Criticism +
- History of Cinema+
- History of World Cinema+
- Videogame Theory+
- Videogame Analysis and Criticism+
- Documentary Film Theory+
- Documentary Film History+
- Introduction to Video Production+
Interdisciplinary Studies
- Evolutionary Theories of Art and Culture+
- Philosophy and Psychology of Emotion+
- Theories of Embodiment+
Research, Writing, and Argumentation
- Expository and Argumentative Writing
- Logic and Intellectual Inquiry
- Public Speaking
Student Supervision
- Supervision of undergraduate senior theses (5)
- Supervision of graduate students theses (1)
- PhD student committee member (4)
+ indicates course taught at both graduate and undergraduate levels