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Jeremy Sarachan
Department of Media and Communication
St. John Fisher College
3690 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618
585-385-7277
[email protected]
@jeresarachan
TEACHING
● Chair (2015-present); Associate/Assistant Professor, Department of
Media and Communication (formerly Communication/Journalism), St.
John Fisher College
Courses (Fall 2008-current):
○ COMM 468: Advanced Web Design
○ COMM 367: Emergent Media & Web Culture
○ COMM 362: Interactive Media Design
○ COMM/ENGL 329: Film and Television Analysis
○ COMM 269: Web Design
○ COMM 263: Digital Media.Social Media
○ COMM 261: P1 Documentary Film
○ COMM 250: Speech Communication
○ COMM 199: RW Research-based Writing: Virtual Worlds
○ COMM 100: Introduction to Mass Communication
○ Digital Cultures & Technologies 490: Senior Project
○ Digital Cultures & Technologies 480/481: Pedagogy and Technology I/II
○ Digital Cultures & Technologies/Arts 259: P1 Algorithmic and Data Art
○ Digital Cultures & Technologies 181: LC Introduction to Digital Media
○ Digital Cultures & Technologies/Computer Science 158: P4 Introduction
to Computational Media
● Visiting Instructor and Adjunct Instructor,
Department of Communication/Journalism, St. John Fisher College
Courses (Spring 2005-Spring 2008 and Spring 2002-Fall 2004):
○ COMM/Computer Science 369: Web Design
○ COMM 334: Photography for the Media
○ COMM 250: Speech Communication
○ COMM 199: Research-based Writing: Cyberculture
○ COMM/ARTS 109: Film and Society
○ COMM 100: Introduction to Mass Communication
○ Interdisciplinary 101: Freshman Seminar
● Adjunct Instructor, Art Institute Online, Pittsburgh, PA
Course (Summer 2005): Digital Image Manipulation
● Adjunct Instructor, Department of Computer Science, St. John Fisher
College
Courses (Spring 2002-Fall 2004):
○ Computer Science 220: Multimedia Literacy
○ Computer Science 170: Internet Resources
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Adjunct Instructor, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, Monroe
Community College
Courses (Spring 2000-Spring 2003):
○ COMM 260: Computer Graphics: Image Manipulation
○ COMM 167: Design for Online Publishing
○ COMM 104: Introduction to Graphic Production Lab
○ COMM 100: Basic Visual Communication
● Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Rochester
○ Course (Fall 1990): Recitation sections for Psychology 101
EDUCATION
● M.S., Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology (1999)
Concentrations: Multimedia, Web Design and Programming
○ Master’s Project: The Development of Content and User Interface
Prototypes for Enhanced Digital Television Programs
○ G.P.A. 4.0/Graduate Scholarship
● Certificate of Management Studies, University of Rochester (1993)
○ Courses include: Management Information Systems, Statistics,
Economics, Public Policy Analysis
○ G.P.A. 3.7
● B.A., Film Studies and Psychology, University of Rochester (1991)
○ Areas of Study: Media Studies, Film Theory, Filmmaking, Photography,
Social Psychology, Perception, Political Theory, Creative Writing
○ Film Studies Honors Thesis: Narrative Structures in News Coverage of
the Gulf War
○ G.P.A. 3.8/Magna Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa
● Liberal Arts, Cornell University (attended 1987-1988) G.P.A. 3.5
RESEARCH
JOURNAL ARTICLES (Peer-Reviewed)
● J. Sarachan. “Exploring the Online Playground: Understanding Motivation in
Children’s Virtual Worlds.” Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds. (Volume 5,
Number 3). Winter 2013.
● J. Sarachan, N. Burk, K. Day, M. Trevett-Smith. “Avatars Talking: The Use of
Virtual Worlds within Communication Courses.” Journal of Interactive Learning
Research. (Volume 24, Number 1). January 2013.
● J. Sarachan. “The Path Already Taken: Technological and Pedagogical Practices
in Convergence Education.” Journalism & Mass Communication Educator.
(Volume 66, Number 2). Summer 2011.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (Peer-Reviewed)
● J. Sarachan. “Virtual Floortime: Using Games to Engage Children with Autism
Spectrum Disorder.” Proceedings of the 2012 International Games Innovation
Conference.
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=6329
852
● J. Sarachan. “Exploring the Virtual Toy Box: Virtual Worlds and Young
Children.” Proceedings of the 2012 iConference.
http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2132282
BOOK CHAPTERS
● J. Sarachan. “Doctor Who, Slacktivism and Social Media Fandom.” Doctor Who:
Fan Phenomena, ed. Paul Booth. Intellect. (2013).
● J. Sarachan and K. Reinson. “Public Issues, Private Concerns: Social Media and
Course Management Systems in Higher Education.” Educating Educators with
Social Media, ed. Charles Wankel. Emerald Publishing. Peer-reviewed. (2011)
● J. Sarachan. “Doctor Who Fan Videos, YouTube, and the Public Sphere.”
Ruminations, Peregrinations, and Regenerations: A Critical Approach to Doctor
Who, ed. Christopher Hansen. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (2010)
● J. Sarachan. “Profile Picture, Right Here, Right Now.” Facebook and Philosophy:
What’s on Your Mind? ed. D.E. Wittkower. Open Court Publishing Company.
(2010)
ESSAY in ACADEMIC JOURNAL
● J. Sarachan, “Limiting Screen Time is Not the Key to Parenting in the Digital
Age.” International Journal of Learning and Media. (Volume 3, Number 4)
November 2012.
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/IJLM_a_00082
ESSAYS PUBLISHED ONLINE
● J. Sarachan, “'Can't You?': Temple Grandin, Montage, and Thinking Styles.” In
Media Res. (2014)
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2014/05/14/cant-youtemple-grandin-montage-and-thinking-styles
● J. Sarachan, “Considering Memes and Mashups: Visual Analysis On Your Own
'In Media Res' Site.” In Media Res. (2013)
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2013/03/06/consideringmemes-and-mashups-visual-analysis-your-own-media-res-site
● J. Sarachan, “Augmented Reality and the Loss of the Exploratory Impulse.” In
Media Res. (2012)
http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2012/05/24/augmentedreality-and-loss-exploratory-impulse
● J. Sarachan, “A Question of Taste: Cultural Identity on Chopped.” In Media Res.
(2011) http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2011/09/27/questiontaste-cultural-identity-chopped
BOOK REVIEWS
● J. Sarachan. “‘Review of A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and their
Players by Jasper Juul.” E-Learning and Digital Media. (Volume 9, Number 1).
2012.
http://www.wwwords.co.uk/ELEA/content/pdfs/9/issue9_1.asp
● J. Sarachan. “Review of Making the Move to eLearning: Putting Your Course
Online by Kay Lehmann & Lisa Chamberlin.” E-Learning and Digital Media.
(Volume 8, Number 1). 2011.
http://www.wwwords.co.uk/elea/content/pdfs/8/issue8_1.asp
OTHER PEDAGOGICAL PUBLICATIONS
● J. Sarachan. “Google Yourself! Online Branding & Social Media Privacy.” J/i
Educator. April 2012. http://jieducator.cqpress.com/google-yourself-onlinebranding-social-media-privacy/
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
● “Play Pong! Shake Hands with Other Attendees!” 2015 New Media Consortium
Conference in Washington, D.C.. (June 11, 2015)
● “Find an Art Gallery and Show Off Student Work.” 2015 New Media Consortium
Conference in Washington, D.C.. (June 10, 2015)
● “Cyborg Pedagogies: Exploring the New Pedagogical Spaces of Composition”
(with Wendi Sierra and Scott Reed). Technoliteracy In(ter)ventions:
Computers and Writing 2015 at University of Wisconsin-Stout. (May 31, 2015)
● “Digital Cultures and Technologies at St. John Fisher College.” Conference on
Instruction and Technology at Cornell, Ithaca, NY. Poster. (May 28, 2014)
● “Mobile Apps for Everyone: Using App Inventor to Introduce Basic Coding
Skills.” Conference on Instruction and Technology at SUNY-IT, Utica, NY. 75Minute Workshop. (May 23, 2013)
● “Digital Cultures & Technologies (A New Major).” HASTAC (Humanities, Arts,
Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory) at York University, Toronto,
ON, Canada. Poster. (April 26-27, 2013)
● “‘Missing Daddy’: The Exclusion of Fathers in Mainstream Parenting
Magazines.” Northeast Popular Culture Association Annual Conference at St.
John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. (October 27, 2012)
● “Virtual Floortime: Using Games to Engage Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorder.” International Games Innovation Conference at Rochester Institute of
Technology, Rochester, NY. (September 8, 2012)
● “Media Analysis: Using ‘In Media Res’ as a Model for Undergraduate Writing.”
Faculty Institute on Teaching and Learning: Innovative Course Design at
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. (May 30, 2012)
● “Where’s the Briefcase? Going Paperless in a Tech-Friendly Classroom.”
Educational Technology Day at Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY. (March 22, 2012)
● “Educating the Neurotypicals: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mainstream and
User-generated Media.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference at
St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY. (March 16, 2012)
● “Exploring the Virtual Toy Box: Virtual Worlds and Young Children.”
iConference at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Poster.
(February 8 and 9, 2012)
● Responding to Assigned Readings with YouTube.” Association for Education in
Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2011 Annual Convention in St.
Louis, Missouri. Poster. (August 10, 2011)
● “Facebook Games: A Content Analysis of Users' Comments.” 7th Annual Media
in Transition Conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts. (May 14, 2011)
● “Student Produced Documentaries on the Web.” HASTAC 2010: Grand
Challenges and Global Innovations in Second Life. Online Presentation. (April
17, 2010)
● “Self-Representation on Facebook.” Contests and Continuities: The 57th
Meeting of the New York State Sociological Association at St. John Fisher
College, Rochester, NY. (October 16, 2009)
● “The Path Already Taken: Technological and Pedagogical Practices in
Convergence Education.” Association for Education in Journalism & Mass
Communication (AEJMC) 2009 Annual Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.
(August 7, 2009)
● “Experimentation and Artistic Creation: Storytelling and the Digital Media
Course.” 2009 Summer New Media Consortium Conference in Monterey,
California. (June 12, 2009)
● “An Interactive Poster Session in Second Life.” 2009 Summer New Media
Consortium Conference in Monterey, California. Poster. (June 11, 2009)
● “Your Biggest Fan: Using Facebook Pages as a Course Management Tool.” SUNY
2009 Conference on Instructional Technologies at SUNY-Oswego, Oswego, NY.
(May 20, 2009)
● “Using Storytelling to Introduce Principles of Podcasts and Wikis.”
Convergence and Society: The Participatory Web at University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. (October 10, 2008)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
● “Negotiating Through the Banter: The State of Social Media in Higher
Education.” for the SUNYRA Conference at the Radisson Hotel Rochester
Riverside. (June 13, 2014)
● “Exploring the Online Playground: A Presentation of Research.” for COMM
420: Senior Seminar (class) taught by Dr. Lauren Vicker at St. John Fisher
College. (November 7, 2012)
● “Virtual Worlds and Mainstream Media.” Third Friday Session at St. John Fisher
College. (March 18, 2011)
● “Facebook, Twitter, and iPhones: How Social Networking and Mobile
Technologies Improve Learning and Prepare Students for Careers in the 21st
Century” with Mark Rice. First Friday Lecture Series at St. John Fisher College.
(November 4, 2009)
● “A Media or A Place: Virtual Worlds as a Form of Interpersonal
Communication” at Philosophy Day (focusing on Marshall McLuhan) at St. John
Fisher College. (November 20, 2008)
● “Using Computer-Mediated Communication in Large-Group Lectures.”
Computer Ethics Conference at St. John Fisher College. (2004)
SERVICE: ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE TRAINING SESSIONS
● “Trust, Self-Direction (and Technology) in the Classroom.” LC Faculy
Development Day. (January 13, 2015)
● “Using VoiceThread Technology to Enhance Learning.” LC Faculty
Development Day. (August 26, 2014)
● “Creating Connections with Social Media and iTunesU in the Classroom and
Beyond.” PETAL. (January 6, 2011)
● “Tech Tools for Teaching: Quick and Easy Tech Ideas for the Classroom.”
PETAL. (February 11, 2010)
● “Be Friends (?) With Facebook.” PETAL. (February 12, 2009)
● “Using the Web in the Classroom.” PETAL. (January 8, 2009)
● “Using Educational Technology.” PETAL. (February 14, 2008)
● Numerous Blackboard Training Sessions (PETAL and Blackboard 3rd
Thursday). (2007-2010)
SERVICE to the PROFESSION
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Reviewer for Teaching Journalism and Mass Communication. Online peer
reviewed journal published by AEJMC. (December 2011-present)
Reviewer for Games and Culture. Peer-reviewed journal published by Sage.
(2014-2015)
External Examiner for Senior Honors Thesis at Hobart and William Smith
College (Media and Society Program): “Information Flows: Uninhibited
Connectivity and the Global Media” by Joseph M. Quigley ‘13. (May 6, 2013)
Reviewer for GIFT [Great Ideas for Teachers] Competition, sponsored by
AEJMC. (April-May 2012 and April-May 2013 and April-May 2016)
Reviewer for Midwinter AEJMC Conference 2012/Visual Communications
division. (December 2011)
Associate Editor, Journal of Virtual Worlds and Education. Online peerreviewed journal. (June 2009-August 2011)
“Best of the Web” Reviewer. AEJMC Divisions of Communication Technology
and Visual Communication. (Spring 2010, Spring 2011)
Chapter Reviewer for advance copy of Media Today: An Introduction to Mass
Communication (4th Edition) by Joseph Turow for Taylor and Francis. (2009)
SERVICE at ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE
● Current:
○ Web Advisory Team (Fall 2015-present)
○ Campus Planning-Basil Subcommittee Group (Fall 2015-present)
○ Museum Studies Program Advisory Committee (Spring 2013-present)
○ Digital Cultures and Technologies Program Director (2010-present)
○ Arts Minor Advisory Committee. (2009-present)
● Past
○ Educational Technology Roundtable. (Spring 2013-Spring 2015)
○ Learning Circle: Core Capstone (Summer 2015)
○ Long Range Planning and Budgeting Committee (SRC Representative)
(2014-2015)
○ Academic Master Plan Committee (Spring 2014-Spring 2015)
○ Dean’s Advisory Council, including the Strategic Planning Subcommittee
(School of Arts and Sciences) (Fall 2012-Fall 2014)
○ Strategic Review Committee (April 2012-April 2015)
○ Chair and Program Director Duty Task Force (2014)
○ English Department Search Committee [for Digital Cultures-related
position] (2012-2013)
○ Arts & Sciences Promotions Working Group. (2009, 2012)
○ Subcommittee to revise P1 (Arts) Core Goals. (2012-2013)
○ Educational Technologist Search Committee. (2011)
○ Anthropology Department Preliminary Search Committee. (position not
funded; 2011)
○ Academic Affairs Trustee Committee. (2010-2012)
○ Learning Management System (LMS) Exploratory Committee. (20102011)
○ 199 Assessment Committee. (2010)
○ Educational Technology Governance Committee (various
subcommittees). (2009-2013)
○ Blackboard Administrator. (2007-2011)
○ Freshman Seminar Instructor/Faculty Advisor. (2004-2008)
○ Webmaster for the Center for Academic Excellence. (2007-2010)
○ Educational Technology Experimental Group. (2007-2009)
○ Webmaster for PETAL. (2006-2010)
○ PETAL Committee Member. (2005-2011)
○ Core Curriculum Committee Member. (2005-2008)
○ Directed plays for the St. John Fisher Festival of One Acts and Theatre in
a Day. (2005, 2006)
ST. JOHN FISHER COLLEGE FILM FESTIVALS
● “Blair Witch Project.” It’s Witchcraft: The Legends and Realities of Witches.
Served as host and moderator. (October 29, 2009)
● “Strange Days.” Explorations in Media Studies Film Festival: Film and the
Computer. Served as host and moderator. (April 14, 2009)
COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS and SERVICE in the COMMUNITY
● “What Comes Next? Technology in College.” Presentation at the Harley School
to 170 students in grades 9-12. (April 18, 2012)
● “Writing the Film Review.” High School Journalism Workshop at St. John Fisher
College. (November 2010)
● “Digital Storytelling in the Classroom.” Teaching, Learning & Technology
Conference for K-12 at Nazareth College. (August 2010)
● “How to Choose a Digital Video Camera and Editing Software.” Rochester Computer
Society Inc.. (October 2005)
● School of Jewish Life and Learning Council for the Temple Sinai Religious
School. (2012-current)
● Web committee for Winton Road Nursery School. (2008-2010)
● Webmaster for Temple Sinai (2014-current)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
● Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
● Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
● Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC)
AWARDS
● St. John Fisher Learning Circle Grant ($1500) to attend New Media Consortium
Conference at MIT. (2012)
● St. John Fisher Faculty Development Grant ($1332) for research involving
children’s virtual worlds. (2011)
● St. John Fisher: numerous travel grants for conference presentations.
● Special Opportunity Grant for playwriting: New York State Foundation for the
Arts. (1999)
● Dean’s Prize in Creative Writing: English Department/University of Rochester.
(1990)
● Honorable Mention: Movies on a Shoestring International Film Festival,
Rochester NY. (1986)
SKILLS
● Web and digital media authoring: Brackets, Coda, Flash, Garageband, Premiere,
iMovie, iPhoto, Acrobat, PowerPoint, Prezi.
● Programming: HTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, Processing, p5.js, App
Inventor.
● Graphics: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop.
● Web tools: Audacity, Blogger, Facebook, LinkedIn, PBWorks, Second Life,
Squarespace, Tumblr, Twitter, Vine, Wikispaces, Wordpress and others.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
● Research-based Writing instructor workshops, St. John Fisher College. (20052011)
● Numerous Petal workshops. (2005-present)
● Online instructor training, Art Institute of Pittsburgh. (May 2005)
● Student advising workshops, Monroe Community College. (2000-2004)
● Photo/Imaging Workshop for Educators, Rochester Institute of Technology.
Received full scholarship to attend workshop. (Summer 2003)
● Summer Institute Workshop in Video Editing, Visual Studies Workshop.
(Summer 1993)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
● Web Designer, Hammersaw Media. Designed websites for clients. (1999-2008)
● Columnist, Computer Link Magazine. Wrote about new media. (2005-2006)
● Faculty Adviser, Advisement Center at Monroe Community College. Advised
students from different disciplines in course selection and career development.
(2001-2004)
● Actor and Workshop Trainer, Some Assembly Required. Performed in comedy
improvisation troupe. In collaboration with Young Audiences of Rochester,
performed and led classes to help students in grades K-12 develop creativity
and performance skills. (2000-2004)
● Owner, Fantastic Records, Inc.. Developed marketing strategies for web, print,
e-mail, direct mail, and television. Maintained effective customer service
strategies. (1993-2004)