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Jeremy Hugh Sarachan
Assistant Professor, Communication/Journalism
Program Director, Digital Cultures and Technologies
Program Director, Digital Cultures and Technologies
St. John Fisher College
Summary
I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication/Journalism at St. John Fisher College. I teach Emergent Media and Web Culture, DIgital Media.Social Media, Web Design, Advanced Web Design, Documentary Film, and Introduction to Mass Communication. My research includes kids' virtual worlds, the psychology of social games, and social media and parenting.
| Current Institution | St. John Fisher College |
| Current School | School of Arts and Sciences |
| Department | Department of Communication/Journalism |
| Disciplines | |
| Current and Past Advisor(s) | Steve Jacobs, Lisa Cartwright |
| Birthday | February 2 |
| Address | 3690 East Ave. Rochester New York 14618 United States Phone: 585-385-7277 |
| Office Hours | Spring 2012: M 12:30-1:30 and TR 9:30-10:30 |
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Applied Science and Technology
M.S.,
Information Technology
(Sep 1997 - Nov 1999)
University of Rochester
College of Arts and Sciences
Certificate,
Management Studies
(Sep 1992 - May 1993)
University of Rochester
College of Arts and Sciences
B.A.,
Film Studies and Psychology
(Jan 1989 - May 1991)
Cornell University
College of Arts and Sciences
N/A,
Psychology
(Aug 1987 - Dec 1988)
Work Experience
Assistant Professor
St. John Fisher College
(Sep 2008 - Present)
Department of Communication/Journalism
Visiting Instructor
St. John Fisher College
(Jan 2005 - May 2008)
Department of Communication/Journalism
Adjunct Instructor
St. John Fisher College
(Jan 2002 - Dec 2004)
Departments of Communication/Journalism and Computer Science
Adjunct Instructor
Monroe Community College
(Jan 2000 - May 2003)
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Achievements
- Faculty Development Grant (Jun 2011 - May 2012)
- Special Opportunity Grant: New York State Foundation for the Arts (Jul 1999 - Jul 1999)
- RIT Graduate Scholarship (Sep 1998 - Nov 1999)
General
Service at St. John Fisher College
- Subcommittee to revise P1 (Arts) Core Goals. (2012)
- Educational Technologist Search Committee. (2011)
- Anthropology Department Preliminary Search Committee. (position not funded; 2011)
- Digital Technologies and Culture Program Director. (2010-present)
- Academic Affairs Trustee Committee. (2010-present)
- Online/LMS Exploratory Committee. (2010-2011)
- 199 Assessment Committee. (2010)
- Educational Technology Governance Committee. (various subcommittees). (2009-present)
- Arts Minor Advisory Committee. (2009-present)
- Arts & Sciences Promotions Working Group. (2009)
- Blackboard Administrator. (2007-2011)
- 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)
Publication Summary
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- J. Sarachan. “The Path Already Taken: Technological and Pedagogical Practices in Convergence Education.” Jouralism & Mass Communication Educator. (Volume 66, Number 2). Summer 2011.
- J. Sarachan. “The Online Playground: Exploring Behaviors in Children’s Virtual Worlds.” (under review)
- J. Sarachan. “‘In the Zone’ or ‘Zoning out’: Determining Motivation in Social Games.” (under review)
- J. Sarachan, N. Burk, K. Day, M. Trevett-Smith. “Avatars Talking: The Use of Virtual Worlds within Communication Courses.” (under review)
BOOK CHAPTERS
- 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. (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)
ESSAYS
- J. Sarachan, “A Question of Taste: Cultural Identity on Chopped.” In Media Res. (2011) http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2011/09/27/question-taste-cultural-identity-chopped
BOOK REVIEWS
- J. Sarachan. “A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and their Players by Jasper Juul.” e-Learning and Digital Media. (to be published in 2012)
- J. Sarachan. “Review of Making the Move to eLearning: Putting Your Course Online by Kay Lehmann & Lisa Chamberlin.” e-Learning and Digital Media. Vol. 8:1. http://www.wwwords.co.uk/elea/content/pdfs/8/issue8_1.asp (2011)
PEER REVIEWED and INVITED PRESENTATIONS
- “Educating the Neurotypicals: Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mainstream and User-generated Media.” Northeast Modern Language Association Conference in Rochester, NY. Peer-reviewed. (March 2012)
- “Exploring the Virtual Toy Box: Virtual Worlds and Young Children.” iConference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Peer reviewed; poster. (February 8 and 9, 2012)
- “Responding to Assigned Readings with YouTube.” Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (AEJMC) 2011 Annual Convention. Peer reviewed; poster. (August 10, 2011)
- “Facebook Games: A Content Analysis of Users' Comments.” 7th Annual Media in Transition Conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Peer-reviewed. (May 14, 2011)
- “Student Produced Documentaries on the Web.” HASTAC 2010: Grand Challenges and Global Innovations in Second Life. Peer-‐reviewed. (April 17, 2010)
- “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. Invited. (November 4, 2009)
- “Self-Representation on Facebook.” Contests and Continuities: The 57th Meeting of the New York State Sociological Association at St. John Fisher College. Peer- reviewed. (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. Peer-reviewed. (August 7, 2009)
- “Experimentation and Artistic Creation: Storytelling and the Digital Media Course.” 2009 Summer New Media Consortium Conference in Monterey, California. Peer-reviewed. (June 12, 2009)
- “An Interactive Poster Session in Second Life.” (Interactive Poster Session), 2009 Summer New Media Consortium Conference in Monterey, California. Peer- reviewed. (June 11, 2009)
- “Your Biggest Fan: Using Facebook Pages as a Course Management Tool.” SUNY 2009 Conference on Instructional Technologies at SUNY-Oswego. Peer- reviewed. (May 20, 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. Invited. (November 20, 2008)
- “Using Storytelling to Introduce Principles of Podcasts and Wikis.” Convergence and Society: The Participatory Web at University of South Carolina at Columbia. Peer-reviewed. (October 10, 2008)
- “Using Computer-Mediated Communication in Large-Group Lectures.” Computer Ethics Conference at St. John Fisher. Invited. (2004)
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