The Psychology of Zelda has allowed me to travel throughout the United States to promote the book. This type of travel would typically be limited to going to Barnes and Noble throughout Ohio to sign copies of the book. I have been fortunate enough however to go to conferences to present the research associated with …
A preview of my conference schedule for the next couple of months as it relates to game studies.
The following was my panel pitch for the 2018 SxSW Conference for the Intelligent Future track With the recent focus on the region (thanks to books like “Hillbilly Elegy,” “White Trash,” and others), it is important for interactive professionals and organizations to start looking at Appalachia as an avenue of potential expansion. This discussion will …
In addition to working on my SxSW proposals for 2016, two conference presentations, and the various other academic pieces I written in the past six weeks, I have also been hired in by Geek Bar DLC to be a quasi “academic-in-residence” and write a series of articles. This assignment was kicked off by my article that I wrote …
The following was my panel pitch for the 2016 SxSWEDU Conference Ohio Northern University (ONU) created a new program “Multimedia Journalism” as a response to the change the media economy. Part of this change meant folding the local campus newspaper (Northern Review) into the rest of the media at ONU and publishing a digital edition, instead …
According to the Brookings Institution (2004) and several other key economic and technology thinktanks, there is a notable skills gap occuring in the marketplace that is affecting businesses (especially businesses in the tech sector) in their ability to find skilled employees to fill entry & mid-level job openings. This session is designed to discuss and …
The following was my panel pitch for the 2013 SxSW Conference for the Government and Civic Engagement track During the course of previous election cycles, it is easy to observe how the ideas and the beliefs of the candidates at the national and regional levels get boiled down to sound bites and talking points. As a casual political observer, …
The one regret I had from attending SxSW was that I didn’t plan out the panels that I wanted to watch. I was more concerned about finishing my presentation that was going out and enjoying myself. My plan for SxSW if I get accepted to present this year is to have my presentation completely done …
The SxSW 2012 Panelpicker has finally opened up and our panel is listed. The battleplan for our panel “Festivals in the Age of Instant Access” will be to answer these questions in the first half of the panel: How do presenters communicate with connected conference community? How do attendees transition information from the conference to …
The submission deadline for SxSW is this Friday. This year I wanted to focus on the structural issues surrounding the conference system. So I starting working around this theme on “How being Hippy Hipster Punk helps with the Creation & Transmission of Knowledge.“ Also, I knew that I wanted to have some support for the hour-long …