Aaron Delwiche, Ph.D.

Trinity University

Department of Communication, One Trinity Place

San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200

(210) 999-8153

adelwich@trinity.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

2001                       University of Washington, Seattle, WA

        Ph.D. in Communications

                                Dissertation: Frog under the well: The relationship of global media use and cosmopolitan orientation among Hong Kong youth

 

1996                       University of Washington, Seattle, WA

                                M.A. in Communications

                                Thesis: Independently together: Recovering the lost art of propaganda analysis in the age of information

 

1990                       University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

        B.A. in Political Science

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Refereed journal articles

               

Delwiche, A. (2006) ʺThe relationship between global media use and cosmopolitan orientation among Hong Kong adolescents.ʺ Journal of International Communication, 12(1) 37-55.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006). “Massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) in the new media classroom." Journal of Educational Technology and Society, 9(3) 160‐172.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “Agenda‐setting, opinion leadership, and the world of web logs.” First Monday, 10(12) (December 2005).

 

Book chapters

 

Delwiche, A. (Forthcoming). ʺMedia literacy 2.0: Critically analyzing the defining characteristics of video-games.ʺ Accepted for publication in Kathleen Tyner (ed.), New Agendas: New Media Literacy Initiative. Scheduled for publication in 2009 by Taylor and Francis.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺFrom The Green Berets to America’s Army: Video‐games as a vehicle for political propaganda.” The Playersʹ Realm: Studies on the Culture of Video Games and Gaming. London: McFarland and Company. 2007.

 

Delwiche, A., Gersch, B., and S. Williams‐Rautiola (2006) “Production/graphics.” In W. Christ (ed.), Assessing Media Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

 


Book reviews

 

Delwiche, A. (2004) “Digital dilemmas: Ethical issues for online media professionals” (Book Review). Mass Communication & Society, 7(4): 521-522.

 

Delwiche, A. (2004) “Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution” (Book Review). Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, January 2004. Available online: http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/.

       

RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS

 

Refereed presentations

 

Delwiche, A. (2004). “The relationship between global media use and cosmopolitan orientation among Hong Kong adolescents.” Presentation to the International Communication Association. New Orleans. May 27-31.

 

Delwiche, A. (2004). “Agenda setting, opinion leadership, and the world of web logs.” Presentation to the International Communication Association. New Orleans. May 27-31.

 

Delwiche, A. (2003). “MMORPG’s in the college classroom.” Presentation to State of Play: Law, Games, and Virtual Worlds. New York Law School. November 13-15.

 

Delwiche, A. (2003). “Reconstructing the agenda in the world of do-it-yourself journalism.” Presentation to Association of Internet Researchers. Toronto. October 16-19.            

 

Delwiche, A. (1999). “Swimming witches: Sex tests, gender outlaws, and cultural studies.” Presentation to the International Communication Association. San Francisco. May 27-31.

 

Heintz-Knowles, K., Delwiche, A., Lisosky, J. and Shively, A. (1996). “The Reflection on the Screen: Television's Image of Children.” Presentation to the International Communication Association. Chicago. May 23-27.

 

Delwiche, A. (1996). “Right-wing Uses of Talk Radio.” Presentation to the Western States Communication Association. San Diego. February 16-20.

 

Invited presentations

 

Delwiche, A. and Henderson, J. (2008). "Using emerging technologies to teach communication: Virtual worlds, social networks, video games and beyond." Presentation to the Association of Journalism and Mass Communication Educators. Chicago. August 5-9.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008). "Understanding virtual worlds." Presentation to the Association of Journalism and Mass Communication Educators. Chicago. August 5-9.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008) "Critically analyzing the unique characteristics of video-games." Presentation to New Agendas for Media Literacy Conference. Austin. June 6-7.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008). "Second Life in the classroom." Presentation to American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) Conference on Virtual Environments in Education and Training. May 20.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008) . "Immersive classrooms, virtual workspaces and the global economy: Separating hype from reality." Keynote address to Illianatech Summit on Virtual Education. March 14.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008)."Powerful but not a panacea: Virtual worlds as a tool for situated learning." Educause Learning Initative web seminar presentation. February 19.

 

Delwiche, A. and Daly, M. (2007). ʺPropaganda and virtual worlds: Introduction to panel chaired by USC Annenberg Dean Ernest J. Wilson.ʺ Prepared video remarks exhibited at There You Go Again: Orwell Comes to America, New York Public Library, November 7.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺIntroductory and closing remarks.ʺ Co‐chair. State of Play V: Building the Global Metaverse. Singapore. August 19‐21, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺEducation, kids, and teens in virtual worlds.ʺ State of Play V: Building the Global Metaverse. Singapore. August 20, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺInvited panelist speaking on virtual worlds and education.ʺ Ministry of Education. Singapore. August 20, 2007. Note: This event was organized by the government of Singapore and timed to coincide with the State of Play event. I was one of four scholars invited to address more than fifty K‐12 educators.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺTransnational conflict and cooperation in virtual worlds.ʺ Invited presentation to Harvard University Asia Center. April 6, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006). “Interaction, identification, immersion, and engagement: An analytical framework for decoding video‐games.” 92nd Annual Convention of the National Communication Association. San Antonio. November 16.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006). “What is to be done: New media and the digital revolution.” Keynote address to the Regional Conference of New Media Consortium. San Antonio. November 8.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “Building the global metaverse.” Presentation to State of Play III: Social Revolutions. New York City. October 6-8.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “Identity in the metaverse.” Presentation to State of Play III: Social Revolutions. New York City. October 6-8.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “Using popular culture to reach our students.” Presentation at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). San Antonio, Texas. August 12.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “Why video-games matter.” Presentation to the Advanced Student Technology Program (ASTP). Middlebury University. Middlebury, Vermont. July 25.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “Technology or tragedy: The benefits and disadvantages of wired classrooms.” Presentation to the Midwinter Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Kennesaw, Georgia. February 12.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “Technology or tragedy: The benefits and disadvantages of wired classrooms.” Presentation to the Midwinter Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Kennesaw, Georgia. February 12.

 

Delwiche, A. and S. Williams-Rautiola (2005). “Developing production outcomes.” Presentation to the Broadcast Education Association. Las Vegas, Nevada. April 21-23.

 

Delwiche, A. (2004). “Active avatars: Political activism in multiplayer games.” Presentation to the National Communication Association. Chicago. November 11-14.             

 

Delwiche, A. (2004). “Virtual world identity: A case study from Thailand.” Presentation to State of Play II: Reloaded. New York City. October 28-31.

 

Delwiche. A. (2004). “Cyberpunk humanism: Smuggling theory into the new media classroom.” Presentation to the Broadcast Education Association. Las Vegas. April 16-18.

 

Delwiche, A. & Ananthanarayanan, V. (2004). “Pedagogical value of Powerpoint.” Presentation to Educause Southwest Regional Conference. Dallas. February 25.

 

Heintz-Knowles, K, Engstrand, K., Shively, A., Stern, S., & Delwiche, A. (1996). “Sexual Activity on Daytime Soap Operas: A Content Analysis of Five Weeks of Television Programming.” Soap Summit II. New York City. September 7.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

    2003 - Present      Trinity University, Department of Communication, San Antonio, TX

                                      Assistant professor. Responsible for teaching courses on new media, film studies, media interpretation and criticism, persuasive communication, and video-game design and criticism.

 

    2006                         Ramkhamhaeng University, Institute of International Studies, Thailand.

                                      Visiting professor.          Taught college courses on “Principles of multimedia journalism” and “Broadcasting criticism” to undergraduates at Bangkok’s first open-admission university.

 

    2002 – 2003           University of Washington, Department of Communication, Seattle, WA

                                Lecturer. Courses taught include: “Cultural impact of information technology,” “Basic concepts of new media,” “Navigating information networks,” and ‘Ethnography of massively multiplayer online games.”

 

    1997                         Hong Kong Arts Center, Hong Kong

                                Sole instructor of summer course “Virtual community and virtual worlds.”

 

    1996 – 1999           University of Washington, School of Communications, Seattle, WA

                                      Teaching assistant, research assistant, and sole instructor. Courses taught as sole instructor include: “Introduction to mass communication,” “Basic concepts of new media,” and “New media and global civil society.”

 


INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

 

2007                         Elastic Collision, San Antonio

                                  Co-founder. Established creative agency leveraging virtual worlds for training, education and distributed collaboration. Worked with clients from a range of sectors, including Fortune 500 companies, local non-profit groups, Federal Government agencies, and a local public television station.

 

2006 - 2007            Metaversatility, San Antonio

                                  Co-founder. Helped grow a boot-strapped startup into a sustained, profitable venture. Coded, strategized and supervised virtual world projects for such organizations as Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), New York Law School, France Telecommunication, and ICANN. Conducted a comprehensive survey of more than 900 virtual world residents for France Telecom, and designed and implemented a casual cross-media game for Newmarket Films to promote the film The Nines.

 

2002                         Ogilvy Interactive, Hong Kong

                                  Executive producer. Supervised interdisciplinary team of designers, copywriters, programmers and interface specialists. Organized pitches and customer outreach training sessions.

 

2000 – 2002           Lemon (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong

                                  Director of interface development. As a department head within one of Hong Kong's leading web design agencies, managed team of information architects, usability specialists and front-end programmers. Supervised research and development of emerging communication tools.

 

1995 – 1999           Workshop 4, Seattle, WA  

                                  Lead programmer. Designed and implemented web presence for clients including Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. Developed an award-winning site for the comic strip Doonesbury.

 

1995                         Free Range Media, Seattle, WA

                                  Project manager. Helped The Christian Science Monitor develop one of the first widely noticed examples of on-line journalism.

 

SERVICE TO COMMUNITY

 

Public presentations

Delwiche, A. and J. Henderson (2008). "What would Petey Greene do?" Presentation on new media activism to a media forum organized by the African-American History Project, the San Antonio Housing Authority, the San Antonio Association of Black Journalists, and the Department of Communication at Trinity University.

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺDesigning for cross‐platform delivery and long‐term portability.ʺ Presentation to Virtual Worlds 2007. San Jose, California. October 10, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺThe big picture: Assessing virtual world market research.ʺ Presentation to Computer Market Analysis Group. Yahoo Sunnyvale. August 24, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. and A. Haik (2007). ʺMore than a game: How virtual worlds are transforming education, exchange, and the global economy.ʺ Invited presentation to the Technology Association of San Antonio. June 21, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺNew media: Blogs, wikis and podcasts. How can public relations professionals best use these new technologies?ʺ Invited presentation to the San Antonio chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. February 1, 2007.

 

Public scholarship

 

Delwiche, A. (2008). "Hey, hey, ho, ho -- video-game censorship has got to go," FlowTV: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture, September 24, 2008.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008). "Keep on rockin' in the (free) virtual worlds: Why user-generated content matters," FlowTV: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture, July 24, 2008.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008). "What me worry? What the new media literacy movement can learn from Mad Magazine and Wacky Packages," FlowTV: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture, June 9, 2008.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008). "It's a Kid's World," FlowTV: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture, May 1, 2008.

 

Delwiche, A. (2008). ʺThe hidden cost of virtual sociability,ʺ FlowTV: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture, January 31, 2008.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007). ʺDefining virtual worlds: An emerging medium collides with popular

culture,ʺ Flow TV: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture, November 16, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007) "Game theory: Capitulating to instant messenging." San Antonio Current. May 2, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007) "Love the message. Not so sure about the messenger." San Antonio Current. April 10, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007) "Game theory: Virtual Laguna Beach." San Antonio Current. April 4, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007) "Game theory: An interview with the virtual America's Army recruiter Sergeant Star." San Antonio Current. March 20, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007) "Game theory: Games that train our brains." San Antonio Current. January 23, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007) "Banner year for torture." San Antonio Current. January 11, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2007) "Net neutral, please." San Antonio Current. January 11, 2007.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Nine lives. One focal point." San Antonio Current. December 19, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Power vampires." San Antonio Current. December 6, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "How much for a virtual three way?" San Antonio Current. November 21, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Tyranny of the unimpeachable algorithm." San Antonio Current. November 7, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Virtual protests against a real war." San Antonio Current. October 24, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Tonight I'm going to party like it is 1994." San Antonio Current. September 26, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Just do it... exponentially." San Antonio Current. October 10, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Delete the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA)" San Antonio Current. September 26, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Still the man." San Antonio Current. September 12, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Japan's secret economic weapon: Cuteness." San Antonio Current. August 3, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "American knockoffs coming soon." San Antonio Current. July 19, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Binary ethics." San Antonio Current. July 5, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Thailand cracks down on multiplayer obsession." San Antonio Current. June 21, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Baring all for free speech." San Antonio Current. May 31, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Sexual politics goes digital." San Antonio Current. May 17, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "When in PVP..." San Antonio Current. May 3, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Bloggers of a lesser web." San Antonio Current. May 3, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Best in show." San Antonio Current. April 19, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "AI thrives in total oblivion." San Antonio Current. April 5, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Join the perplexed." San Antonio Current. March 22, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) "Channeling Nancy Drew." San Antonio Current. February 8, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) “A more perfect union.” San Antonio Current. February 8, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) “Great balls of stars: The Katamari game series puts the cosmos in your hands.” San Antonio Current. January 25, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2006) “Game theory: Boomers shy away from new technology.” San Antonio Current. January 11, 2006.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “If you can’t beat ‘em: Maybe you should join your loved one’s virtual world.” San Antonio Current. December 15, 2005.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “New economy, same rules: Virtual wealth is an asset when the price is right.” San Antonio Current.  November 10, 2005.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “The machinima mushroom: A DIY art form takes the film industry by storm (troopers).” San Antonio Current. October 13, 2005.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). “Games without bustiers: 60% of college women play on-line games, and they’re tired of being men and ‘hos.” San Antonio Current. September 22, 2005.

 

Delwiche, A. (2005). "First-person recruiter: Hezbollah and the U.S. Army employ the same strategy to fill their ranks: video games." San Antonio Current. July 14, 2005.