Teaching

This page contains information on all of the individual courses I have taught throughout my teaching career. Click on each course to see an expanded course description and access a PDF copy of its syllabus. For repeat version of the same course, such VISM-2003, there are typically notable differences between each syllabus.

🎮 VISM 2003 - Introduction to Game Studies (Spring/Summer 2025)

Online undergraduate lecture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2025

A second-year undergraduate online lecture (~150 students) focused on introducing the field of game studies to students. Assessment methods included weekly reading annotation assignments, multiple choice quizzes, a proposal brainstorming assignment, a recorded video proposal, a research project (zine, game prototype, video essay, podcast, or written essay).

🎮 VISM 2003 - Introduction to Game Studies (Winter 2025)

Online undergraduate lecture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2025

A second-year undergraduate online lecture (~90 students) focused on introducing the field of game studies to students. Assessment methods included weekly game analysis journal entires, multiple choice quizzes, a proposal brainstorming assignment, a formal project proposal, a video annotated bibliography, a research project (zine, game prototype, video essay, podcast, or written essay).

🎮 VISM 2003 - Introduction to Game Studies (Fall 2024)

In-person undergraduate lecture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2024

A second-year undergraduate in-person lecture (~90 students) focused on introducing the field of game studies to students. Assessment methods included weekly discussion boards, a project proposal, a prerecorded research presentation, a research project (zine, game prototype, podcast, or video/written essay), and a take-home exam.

📼 GS/FILM 5700 - Global Audiovisual Archiving Summer Institute (Summer 2024)

Online graduate seminar, York University, Cinema and Media Arts Department, 2024

This is a condensed Summer Institute-style graduate seminar course that I co-directed with Drs. Janine Marchessault and Michael Zryd. The course features a number of curators, artists, archivists, and scholars associated with the Archive/Counter-Archive SSHRC Partnership Grant and the 2nd Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference as guest speakers to talk about their work with archival film and film heritage. This course was open to graduate students from York University and beyond to register for as either a credited or audited course.

🎮 VISM 2003 - Introduction to Game Studies (Summer 2024)

Online undergraduate lecture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2024

A condensed second-year undergraduate online lecture that took place during the Spring/Summer semester. Aimed at introducing students to the field of game studies and the many different subfields and methodologies that compose it. Assessment methods included a game analysis journal, a project proposal (with accompanying annotated bibliography), a research project (written essay, zine, podcast, video essay, or game prototype), and a final take-home exam.

🎮 VISM 2003 - Introduction to Game Studies (Winter 2024)

In-person undergraduate lecture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2024

A second-year undergraduate in-person lecture focused on introducing the field of game studies to students. Assessment methods included a weekly game analysis journal, a reading response, two take-home exams, and a research essay (written or video/recorded).

👾 MEDIAART 3KO3 - Game Studies (Fall 2023)

In-person undergraduate lecture, McMaster University, Communication and Media Arts Department, 2023

A third-year undergraduate in-person lecture focused on introducing the field of game studies to students. Assessment methods included reading presentations, a weekly game analysis journal, a project proposal, an annotated bibliography, and a final research production project (game prototype, podcast, or video essay).

📽️ FILM 4711 - Issues in Film Historiography

In-person undergraduate seminar, York University, Cinema and Media Arts Department, 2023

A fourth-year undergraduate in-person seminar focused on the politics of film archiving. Assessment methods included reading presentations, graded discussion boards, a project proposal, a Zotero-based annotated bibliography, and a final research production project (zine, online exhibition, podcast, or video essay).

🎮 VISM 2003 - Introduction to Game Studies (Winter 2023)

In-person undergraduate lecture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2023

A second-year undergraduate in-person lecture focused on introducing the field of game studies to students. Assessment methods included multiple reading responses, a discussion leader presentation, and two take-home exams.

🎮 VISM 2003 - Introduction to Game Studies (Fall 2022)

In-person undergraduate lecture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2022

A second-year undergraduate in-person lecture focused on introducing the field of game studies to students. Assessment methods included a reading response, an essay proposal (and accompanying annotated bibliography), key term quizzes, a game analysis essay (written or recorded/video), and a final research essay (written or recorded/video).

📺 VISM 2002 - History of New Media Art

In-person undergraduate lectures, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2022

A second-year undergraduate online lecture focused on introducing the history of new media art to students. Assessment methods included reading responses, key term quizzes, a visual analysis essay (written or recorded/video), and a final take-home exam.

🎮 VISM 2003 001 & 002 - Introduction to Game Studies (Winter 2022)

In-person undergraduate lectures, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2022

In Winter 2022, I taught two identical iterations of the same second-year undergraduate online game studies lecture. Assessment methods included reading responses, key term quizzes, a game analysis essay (written or recorded/video), and a final take-home exam.

🎮 VISM 2003 - Introduction to Game Studies (Fall 2021)

Online undergraduate lecture, OCAD University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, 2021

A second-year undergraduate in-person lecture focused on introducing the field of game studies to students. Assessment methods included a reading response, a game analysis essay (written or recorded/video), an essay proposal (and accompanying annotated bibliography), and a final research essay (written or recorded/video).

💽 FA/ARTH 3999 - New Media Art: From Duchamp To The Postdigital

Online undergraduate seminar, York University, Visual Arts and Art History Department, 2021

A second-year undergraduate online lecture focused on introducing the history of new media art to students. Assessment methods included weekly discussion board entries, reading responses, key term quizzes, a group presentation, and a final take-home exam.