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Curriculum Vitae for David L. Jones
Appointments
CeME Lab Graduate Research Assistant
Old Dominion University │ Fall 2009 to PresentCo-Directors Dr. Kathie Gossett and Dr. Liza PottsLead research assistant for interaction design in games and social networking systems.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Old Dominion University │ Spring 2009 to PresentTeaching Introduction to Technical and Scientific Writing
Graduate Assistant
Morehead State University │ Fall 2001 to Spring 2003
Education
PhD Professional Writing and New Media
(anticipated 2012)Advisor: Dr. Liza PottsOld Dominion University
MA English, Creative Writing emphasis
(2003)Advisor: George Eklund, MFACommittee: Dr. L. Layne Neeper & Dr. Nancy PetersonMorehead State University
BA English
(2001)Double-major: English and Philosophy │ Minor: Creative WritingMorehead State University
Publications
Journal Articles
Potts, L. & Jones, D. (proposal accepted, in progress). Contextualizing use: How Twitter toolshelp participants stay upstream.
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
.Jones, D. (2008). Narrative reformulated: Videogames and storytelling.
CEA Critic
(70)
3, 20-34.
Peer Reviewed Proceedings Papers
Jones, D. (2009). Accounting for Affective Experiences in Video Games. Proceedings of
ACM SIGDOC 2009
. Indiana University. Bloomington, IN. Available in ACM Digital Library.Jones, D. (2008). Games as texts: Semiotics in gameplay and cutscenes. In Proceedings of
Meaningful Play 2008
. Michigan State University. Lansing, MI.
Non-published Presentations
Jones, D. (2009). Body as index: Signification of the body in Don Delillo’s recent fiction.
TheLouisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900
. Louisville, KYJones, D. (2008). Narrative refigured: What videogames are doing to storytelling.”
CEA 2008:College English Association’s Annual Conference
. St. Louis, MO.Jones, D. (2007). Grand theft narrative.
USI Faculty Colloquium Series
. Evansville, IN, 26October 2007.
Encyclopedia Articles
Jones, D. (under review). Games communities. In
Encyclopedia of Social Networking
. SAGEPublications, anticipated 2012.
Book Reviews
Jones, D. (under review).
Digital Literacy for Technical Communication
, Rachel Spilka (Ed.). For the J
ournal of Rhetoric, Professional Communication, and Globalization
.Jones, D. (2009).
The Pleasures of Computer Gaming: Essays on Cultural History, Theory, and Aesthetics
. For the Resource Center on Cyberculture Studies.
Popular Press
Jones, D. (2009). Interpret your findings correctly. In Travis Prinzi (Ed.),
Hog’s Head Conversations
(pp. 189-204). Allentown, PA: Zossima Press.
Research
Primary Area
: Activity Theory, Interaction Design, & Player Experience in games & socialmedia
Secondary Interests
: Communication Design, Rhetoric, & Narrativity in games and socialmedia
Research Position
Graduate Research Assistant, CeME Lab at Old Dominion University
Co-Directors Dr. Liza K. Potts and Dr. Kathie GossettActivity Theory and Player ExperienceDeveloping the pilot study for a research project that uses Activity Theory, PECMA flowmodels, and principles of interaction design to explore the relationships among differenthaptic and visual interfaces, embodied affective and somatic player experiences, andrhetorical/thematic content in games.Disaster DowntownInteraction and interface design for iPhone applications that can crowd sourceinformation during times of disaster.RAVISResearching and designing a system that can pull victim and missing personsinformation from dispersed web content into a central and easily searchable contentmanagement system during disasters.Twitter Tools and Context
Prototyping a third-party social networking client to better aggregate and organizedispersed social networking activities. Includes analysis of Twitter and the usability of third-party clients as communication channels in light of Actor Network Theory andActivity Theory.ACM SIGDOC Information FlowAssessing and designing the web presence for ACM SIGDOC. We are reconfiguringinformation flow by using social media and blogging technologies.
Teaching
Old Dominion University │ January 2010 to Present
ENGL 131C Introduction Scientific and Technical Writing
Owensboro Community and Technical College │ Summer 2007 to Fall 2009
ENC 090 Basic CompositionENGL 101 ArgumentENGL 102 WritingENGL 161 Introduction to Literature
University of Evansville │ Fall 2006 to Spring 2009
WRTG 104 ExpositionWC 110 World Cultures I: The Ancient World to the ReformationWC 120 World Cultures II: Emergence of the Modern WorldFYS 120 First-Year Seminar: Image and Interactive Culture
Kentucky Wesleyan College │ Fall 2006 to Spring 2009
ENG 1301 Writing Workshop IENG 1302 Writing Workshop IIPC 1101 Writing Lab
University of Southern Indiana │ Fall 2003 to Fall 2009
ENG 100 Introduction to Rhetoric and CompositionENG 101 Rhetoric and Composition I: WritingENG 201 Rhetoric and Composition II: ArgumentENG 105 Introduction to Literature
Industry
LifeDash
Junior Researcher
│January 2010 to PresentAnalyzing interaction design and networking in social gamesConducting contextual interviews with participants who use social networking systems to playgames, build identity, and communicate
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