UNDERGRADUATE JOURNALISM - NEW MEDIA   Admission Requirements   Curriculum   Meet the Faculty   Blog   Contact Us Select a Program AccountingArt (B.A. and B.F.A.)Art TherapyBiochemistry (B.S.)Biology (B.A. and B.S.)Business (B.A. and B.S.)Chemistry (B.A. and B.S.)CommunicationComputer ScienceCriminal JusticeEducation CertificationEngineeringEnglish - Creative WritingEnglish - Journalism New MediaEnglish - LiteratureFamily and Consumer SciencesForensic ScienceFrenchGenocide and Holocaust StudiesHistoryHospitality and TourismHuman ServicesInternational StudiesMathematicsMedical TechnologyMusic (B.A. and B.M.)Nutrition/DieteticsPharmacyPhilosophyPhysician Assistant (BS/MS)Political SciencePre-LawPre-OsteopathicPre-Professional HealthPsychologyReligious Studies/TheologySocial WorkSociologySpanishSports ManagementTheatreWomen's Studies Seton Hill University Undergraduate Admissions 1 Seton Hill Drive Box 991 Greensburg, PA 15601 (724) 838-4255 (phone) (800) 826-6234 (toll free) (724) 830-1294 (fax) admit@setonhill.edu Dennis Jerz, PhD Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism Seton Hill Faculty Hometown : Fairfax County, Virginia Joined Seton Hill : 2003 Academic Areas of Interest new media, journalism, writing, composition, digital humanities, video games, videogames, usability, cyberculture, the internet, technology and literature, American literature, weblogs, blogging, blogosphere, social networks, social software Personal Areas of Interest homeschool, new media, journalism, writing, composition, digital humanities, video games, videogames, usability, cyberculture, the internet, technology and literature, American literature, weblogs, blogging, blogosphere, social networks, social software Personal Website : View Site I | View Site II Education • Ph.D., English, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON), 2001 • M.A., English, University of Virginia, 1992 • B.A., English, University of Virginia, 1990 Publications • Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther's Original 'Adventure' in Code and in Kentucky. Digital Humanities Quarterly 1.2. August 2007. • Dennis G. Jerz and David Thomas. "Cave Gave Game: The Subterranean as Game." Unpublished manuscript, 2005. (Accepted for a book project that was dropped by the editors.) • "Football Slouches Toward a Former Women's College." Inside Higher Ed. Editorial. January 2005. • "The Bane of the President's Existence." Lore: An E-Journal for Teachers of Writing. Contribution to special section, "Digressions: Reflections on Teaching -- Academic Blogging." January 2005. • "(Meme)X Marks the Spot: Theorizing Metablogging in terms of Dawkins's Meme and Reddy's Conduit." BlogTalks: First European Conference on Weblogs. Vienna: Zentrum fur Wissenschaftliche Forschung und Dienstleistung. 67-82. (2003) • "On the Trail of the Memex: Vannevar Bush, Weblogs, and the Google Galaxy" Dichtung Digital. 2003 • Technology in American Drama, 1920-1950: Soul and Society in the Age of the Machine Greenwood Press, 2003. Achievements • Assistant Professor of English: Technical Writing University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (1998-2003) • Instructor: Engineering Writing Centre Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering University of Toronto (1996-1998)