Gerald R. Lucas/CV/Service

Administrative Positions

CIT/NMAC Coordinator, Macon State College, GA 2010-2012

Revised curriculum; rewrote courses; advised students and performed graduation audits; supervised internships; refit the Mac classroom; taught senior seminar and portfolio capstone | Read More »

Coordinator, USF English Department 1997-2002

Computer-Assisted Classroom, USF Department of English multimedia classroom; instructed students and faculty; maintained hardware, software, and network, and supported Windows 2000 workstations and Red Hat Linux workstations and servers

Selected Professional Activities

Conference Co-Organizer, 19th Annual Norman Mailer Society Conference, June 2022
Member, Editorial Board, The Mailer Review, since 2021
Conference Co-Organizer, The Norman Mailer Society Virtual Conference, Oct 2020
Mentor, Wiki Education, 2020–2022
Chair/Moderator, The Norman Mailer Society Conference, since 2007
Conference Organizer, 16th Annual Norman Mailer Conference, Macon, GA, Oct 2018
Vice President, The Norman Mailer Society, 2018-present
Introduction and Discussion of Blade Runner, MGA, Oct 2015
AP Exam Reader, Louisville, KY, May 2011, June 2015
Grant Writer/Organizer, The Post-PC Project (AKA: The iTunes U Project), Academic Year 2012-2013
Chair, “The Apocalypse in Popular Culture: Literal and Figurative Spaces of the Apocalypse” Southwest Texas PCA Conference, Albuquerque, NM, Feb 2012
Chair, Roundtable on Study Abroad, SAMLA, Atlanta, GA, Nov 2011
Member, Executive Board, The Norman Mailer Society, Oct 2007-present
Associate Editor / Media Editor, The Mailer Review Oct 2006-present
Panel Chair, “From Vampires to Video Games: Cultural Anxiety and Science Fiction,” PCA/ACA, Atlanta, GA, Apr 2006
Panel Chair, “J.G. Ballard,” Fantastic in the Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Mar 2004
Grant Recipient, Title III stipend to develop online literature class, Fall 2003
Writer, MSC OWL Title III Grant Project, Fall 2002

Selected New Media Experience

The Norman Mailer Society web site, 2008.

Webmaster, Susan Mailer, Sept 2019–present
Webmaster, Project Mailer, Nov 2014–present
Webmaster, J. Michael Lennon, The biographer of Norman Mailer, Dec 2012–present
Webmaster, The Norman Mailer Society, 2007–present
Webmaster, The Mailer Review, Oct 2006–present
System Admin, Humanities Moodle Server, 2006–2016
System Administrator, Ubuntu Linux Server for various projects and software evaluation, 2008–2014
Webmaster, Media, Culture & the Arts Web Site, 2002–2013
Webmaster, LitWiki 2004–2017
Writer, Online Journal, 1995-present
Writer, LitMUSE: A Courseware Site, 1999–2018
Powerpoint Slide Designer, Technical Writing in the Twenty-first Century, Prentice Hall, Fall 2006
Owner and Founder, MacTampa, 2000-2002
Technical Support Specialist, USF Department of English, 1999–2000

Computer Skills

Platforms Used for Teaching & Scholarship

Scalar; Omeka; Ghost; MediaWiki; Medium; Wordpress; Buddypress; Sensei; Moodle; Twitter; Tumblr; Google+; LinkedIn; Disqus; Dropbox; Google Drive

Operating Systems

Apple iOS; Macintosh OS and Server; Ubuntu and Debian Linux; FreeBSD UNIX; Windows

Programming and Web Design

Wordpress; Buddypress; Drupal; (X)HTML; CSS; PHP; MySQL; Some Javascript; Some MOO Object-Oriented

Software, Apps, and Platforms

Inkling Habitat; Google Apps; Adobe Photoshop, GoLive/Dreamweaver, Acrobat, InDesign; Apple Final Cut Pro X, GarageBand, Keynote, Pages, and iBooks Author; Various Internet and multimedia authoring applications on various platforms

Selected University Service

Selected Committees

Chair, Graduate Studies Council, AY 2021-2022, AY 2022–2023, AY 2023–2024
Member, Academic Affairs, AY 2021–2022, AY 2022–2023, AY 2023–2024
Member, Graduate Program Acceptance Committee, Department of English, AY 2022–2023, AY 2023–2024
Chair, P&T Subcommittee, Dr. Elaina Behounek, Fall 2022
Graduate Studies Council, 2014-present
Faculty Senate, 2016–2018
Technology Resource Committee (Served as Secretary) 2006-2008; 2009-2010; 2014-2015
Social Media Policy Committee Summer 2013
MCA Web Site 2011-2014
Post-Tenure Review 2010-2011; 2011-2012; 2012-2013
Program Promotion Committee 2009-2010
Long-Range Planning Committee 2008-2009
Academic Personnel Policies Committee (Served as Secretary) 2005-2006
Arts Committee, Division of Humanities MSC Spring 2005
Search Committee, Spanish, Division of Humanities MSC 2004-2005
Recorder, Collaborative Review of English Composition, MSC 2004
Executive Committee, Macon State College (Served as Secretary) 2004-2005
Search Committee, Three Positions in English, Division of Humanities MSC 2003-2004
Chair, NMAC Search Committee — Successfully hired new tenure-track professor, 2013

Service

One incarnation of the web site I did for the MSC Division of Humanities, 2008.

Chair, Tenure and Promotion Subcommittee, Elaina Behounek, 2022
Manuscript reader and consultant, Routledge, 2021
15 Years of Service, Middle Georgia State University, 2018
Chair, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Film, 2013 and 2016
Faculty Member, Student Media Advisory Board, 2011–2012
Photographer, Humanities Faculty, 2006–2008
Poster Designer, Arts Festival and miscellaneous events, 2004–2010
Library Research Training, April 2008
Chair, Technology Resource Committee, 2007–2008
Faculty Adviser, MSC Mac Users Group (MMUG), 2007–2008
Faculty Consultant, Redesigning the Macon State College web site, Fall 2004
Founder/Organizer, Publish-or-Pasta — Peer Research Group for Humanities Faculty, 2003–2006
Academic Advisor Training, March 2003
Academic Advisor Training, October 2002
Senior Project Adviser — Rebecca Edwards, 2008; Christopher Wheeler, 2006; Hannah Marney, 2005; Robert Malone, 2005; Latitia Little, 2003

Community Service

Community Organizer, Vineville Historic Neighborhood on Nextdoor 2012-2016
Photographer, Crossroads Writers’ Conference, Macon GA, Oct 2008 & Mar 2010
Speaker, “Teaching with Technology,” Rutland High School In-service Day, July 2008
Web Master, Historic Vineville Neighborhood Association, Fall 2007-Fall 2008
Event Coordinator, Georgia Science Olympiad, 2005-2013
Judge, Houston County High School Reflections Creative Writing Contest, November 2004 & 2005
Grader, Georgia Regents’ Exam, April 2004 & Nov 2006