Gerald R. Lucas/CV/Service

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Education

Teaching

Publications

Presentations

Honors

Service

Affiliations

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