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, The Norman Mailer Society Virtual Conference, Oct 2020
- Mentor, Wiki Education, Spring 2020, Fall 2020
- Chair/Moderator, The Norman Mailer Society Conference Oct 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019
- Conference Organizer, The Norman Mailer Society 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
- Executive Board Member, 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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