Curriculum Vita
Gerald R. Lucas
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Contact Information
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Education
Ph.D., University of South Florida, Tampa, May 2002
20th-Century Literature and Theory; Technology and Media in English Studies; eLearning — 4.0 GPA
M.A., University of South Florida, Tampa, May 1997
Modern and Contemporary Literature; Russian Literature — 4.0 GPA
B.A., University of South Florida, Tampa, May 1994
English Literature — 3.85 GPA
Teaching Experience
Professor of English
Middle Georgia State University, Department of Media, Culture & the Arts, GA 2015-Present
Designed and taught a graduate course: Writing and Publishing in Digital Environments. Designed and taught undergraduate courses: Organizations, Technology, and Culture; (Post)Modernism and Utopia; Voices and Visions: A Survey of Science Fiction; Interdisciplinary Humanities (Online)
Associate Professor of English
Middle Georgia State College, Department of Media, Culture & the Arts, GA 2007-2015
Designed and taught undergraduate courses (selected): Introduction to Digital Humanities; Norman Mailer’s America; Writing for Digital Media; Cyberpunk; eText Authoring with iPads; Digital Humanities on iTunes U; Modernism; Utopia and Apocalypse; Metaphysical Science Fiction
Assistant Professor of English
Macon State College, Department of Humanities, GA 2002-2007
Designed and taught undergraduate courses (selected): Literary Theory; Speculative Fiction; Writing Second Life; Science Fiction and Futurism; Technology and the Creative Artist; Senior Seminar in New Media; World Literature I & II Online
Instructor, European Council
University College London, UK 2009 & 2011
A five week study abroad program sponsored by the University System of Georgia. Taught World Literature II and Popular Culture: London as Text in 2009, and two sections of Photo London in 2011
Teaching Assistant
University of South Florida, FL 1995-2002
Designed and taught undergraduate courses (selected): Images of the Body in Contemporary Literature; Advanced Technical Writing: Graphics, Typology, and Design; The Technological Imagination in Literature; Introduction to Contemporary American Fiction; Technical Writing: Hypertext / MOO: Authoring and Theory; Introduction to Literature: Issues in Technology; First-Year Composition II: The Jazz Age
Instructor
USF Continuing Education, FL 2000-2001
Designed and taught courses in HTML & CSS coding and web design
Adjunct Instructor
Hillsborough Community College, FL 1997-1998
Taught Freshman Composition I and II
Print Publications
- Norman Mailer: Works and Days, Editor. J. Michael Lennon and Donna Pedro Lennon. Atlanta: Norman Mailer Society: 2018.
- Review of The Cinema of Norman Mailer edited by Justin Bozung. The Mailer Review Vol. 11 (2017).
- “Every You, Every Me.” Fiction. The Mailer Review Vol. 10 (2016).
- “Project Mailer 2015.” The Mailer Review Vol. 9 (2015).
- Review of Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship that Shaped the Sixties by Kevin M. Schultz. The Mailer Review Vol. 9 (2015).
- “Teaching Norman Mailer in the Cloud.” The Mailer Review Vol. 7 (2013).
- Review of The Executioner’s Song rerelease by Dave Eggers. The Mailer Review Vol. 7 (2013).
- “Norman Mailer and the Novel 2.0.” The Mailer Review Vol. 5 (2011).
- “Speculative Fiction.” The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction. Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
- “World.Lit: Envisioning Literary Education Online.” Teaching Language and Literature Online. Ed. Ian Lancashire. New York: MLA, 2009.
- Faust QuickNotes. eNotes. (2008).
- “The Research Essay Resources.” Chapter 10 in Reading and Writing about Literature. Phillip Sipiora. Englewood Clifs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
- “James Joyce’s The Dead.” Reading and Writing about Literature. Phillip Sipiora. Englewood Clifs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
- Review of Cybertext: Perspectives of Ergodic Literature by Espen Aarseth, Computers and Composition 16.2 (1999).
Web Publications (Selected)
- “Developing Integral Writing Skills for the Digital Age.” WikiEdu (Feb. 2018)
- “Distributed DH (Digital Humanities).” The Synapse (Jun. 2015).
- “The Liberal Arts Are Dead.” The Synapse (Mar. 2015).
- “Recommended Apps for Higher Education.” Medium (Jan. 2014).
- “The Web v. the Book” Digital Culturist (Dec. 2013).
- “Readmill: A Review.” Medium (Dec. 2013).
- “Digital Citation.” Medium (Dec. 2013).
- “Defining Digital Humanities.” Medium (Oct. 2013).
- “Social Media: Top Ten Practices.” The Synapse (Aug. 2013)
- “Three Visions of Science: Lem’s, Tarkovsky’s, and Soderbergh’s Solaris.” Ragnatela Magazine 3 (2004).
- “Open Source and Higher Eduction.” Writing Digital Media (March 2002).
- “Healthy Blasphemy: Dissenting Discourses in Rushdie and Bulgakov.” Medium (Oct. 1997).
Digital Projects
- Project Builder, Editor, Lipton’s Journal. With J. Michael Lennon and Susan Mailer, In Process.
- Project Builder, Editor, “An American Dream Expanded,” Spring 2019.
- Project Builder, Editor, Norman Mailer: Works and Days. With J. Michael Lennon, 2015.
- Project Leader, Editor, Curator, Project Mailer, Fall 2014–present.
- Online Editor, The Mailer Review, Fall 2014-present.
- Wiki Writer / Editor, “J. Michael Lennon” on Wikipedia, Nov 2013.
- Writer MSC OWL: Title III Grant Project for developing digital resources, Fall 2002.
Honors and Awards
- Nominee, The Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award for Online Teaching, State of Georgia, Summer 2014
- Norman Mailer Fellow, the Norman Mailer Writers Colony, Salt Lake City, UT, 2014
- Grant Recipient, “The Post-PC Project,” Middle Georgia State College, 2012
- Title III Grant Recipient, Writer and Teacher: World Literature Online, Macon State College, 2004
- Title III Grant Recipient, Writer: Online Writing Center, Macon State College, 2004
- Award for Excellence in Electronic Administration and Teaching, University of South Florida Dept. of English, 2002
- Alice Hearne Award for Outstanding Doctoral Candidate, University of South Florida Department of English, 2001
- The Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, University of South Florida, 2000
- The Provost’s Commendation for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student, University of South Florida, 1999
- Addison-Wesley, Longman Award for Teaching Excellence, USF Department of English, 1998
- Joseph Bentley Teaching Fellowship For Excellence in Teaching, USF Department of English, 1997
- Pass with Distinction M.A. and Ph.D. comprehensive exams, USF, 1997, 2001
Invited Speaker
- “Introduction to Digital Humanities.” Webinar via Blackboard Collaborate, MGA, Apr 2015.
- “Social Media: Top Ten Practices.” Webinar via Blackboard Collaborate, MGA, Apr 2015.
- “The Digital Mailer Project (DMP): A Proposal.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Wilkes-Barre, PA Oct 2014.
- “Social Media: Top Ten Practices for College Faculty.” Faculty Development Presentation via Blackboard Collaborate, MGSC, Nov 2013.
- “Energize Teaching with Social Media.” Bainbridge State College Faculty Convocation, Bainbridge, GA, Aug 2013.
- “Why Study Abroad?” Cultural Journeys Conference, Macon State College, Macon, GA, Mar 2012
- “Pastiche and Portraits in Photography” The Macon State College Arts Festival, Macon, GA, Mar 2011.
- “Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Ligeia.’” The Macon State College English Studies Organization, Macon, GA, Oct 2009.
- “A Fine Time: Mailer Studies in the New Century.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Provincetown, MA, Oct 2006.
Selected Conference Presentations
- “Norman Mailer’s Short Fiction.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Macon, GA, Oct 2018.
- “Digital Mailer 2017.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Sarasota, FL Oct 2017.
- “ ‘Utopian Thinking’ in Action.” The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, Louisville, KY Feb 2017.
- “Digital Mailer, 2016.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Long Branch, NJ Oct 2016.
- “Project Mailer 2015: A First-Year Update.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Provincetown, MA Oct 2015.
- “ ‘The White Negro’: Notes Toward a Digital Scholarly Edition.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Provincetown, MA, Oct 2015.
- “Breaking Bad: Walter White’s Hipster Transformation.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Oct 2014.
- “Teaching Norman Mailer.” Roundtable Participant. The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Wilkes-Barre, PA Oct 2014.
- “Teaching Norman Mailer in the Cloud.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Sarasota, FL Oct 2013.
- “Norman Mailer’s Novel(ist): In and Beyond the Late Age of Print.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Provincetown, MA Oct 2012.
- “Cormac McCarthy’s Apocalypse: Signs and Maps Along The Road.” Southwest Texas PCA Conference, Albuquerque, NM Feb 2012.
- “Study Abroad: Local Challenges Facing the South.” SAMLA Roundtable, Atlanta, GA Nov 2011.
- “Cutting Up Mailer: the Novel 2.0.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Sarasota, FL Nov 2010.
- “Faust, Mailer, and the Comfort of Evil.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Washington D.C. Oct 2009.
- “Breaking the Girl: Poe’s ‘Ligeia’ and Lem’s Solaris.” PCA/ACA Conference, New Orleans, LA Apr 2009.
- “Southern Baptists, Norman Mailer, and Me.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Provincetown, MA Oct 2008.
- “The Harbors of the Moon: Media and the Mediated in Mailer’s An American Dream.” The Norman Mailer Society Conference, Provincetown, MA Oct 2007.
- “Visual Storytelling: Flickr in the Literature Classroom.” SAMLA, Charlotte, NC Nov 2006.
- “Science Fiction and the Metagame.” PCA/ACA, Atlanta, GA Mar 2006.
- “Humanities Online: Some Ethical Considerations and Recommendations.” Southeastern Scholarship Conference on E-Learning, Macon, GA Sep 2005.
- “Distance Education for Literature Courses: Some Ethical Considerations.” CCCC, San Francisco, CA Mar 2005.
- “The Virtual Manifest: Solaris and the Persistence of Memory.” Fantastic in the Arts Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Mar 2004.
- “Three Views of Science: Lem’s, Tarkovsky’s, and Soderbergh’s Solaris.” FSU Literature and Film Conference, Tallahassee, FL Jan 2004.
- “Crossing Sexual Boundaries in Sterling’s Chattanooga Trilogy.” Popular Culture Association Conference, New Orleans, LA Apr 2003.
- “The Ethics of Cyberspace.” CCCC, Chicago, IL Mar 2002.
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;
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 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
- Chair/Moderator, The Norman Mailer Society Conference Oct 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
- 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
- System Administrator, Ubuntu Linux Server for various projects and software evaluation, Since 2008
- 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
- 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
- Faculty Member, Student Media Advisory Board, 2011-2012
- Photographer, Humanities Faculty 2006-2008
- Poster Designer, Arts Festival and miscellaneous events 2004-2010
- 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
- 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
Affiliations
The Norman Mailer Society; Modern Language Association; National Council for Teachers of English; Society for Literature and Science; Popular Culture Association
Teaching Interests
New Media Theory; Digital Humanities; Writing for Digital Media; World Literature: the epic genre, tragedy; Modern Continental Literature; Science Fiction; Futurism; Modern and Postmodern British, American, and Continental Literature; Literary Theory
