Zach Whalen (zwhalen)

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Associate Professor

Areas of Expertise: digital humanities, electronic literature, creative coding, game studies, comics studies
James Farmer Hall Room 213
zwhalen@umw.edu
540-654-2355


Academic Degrees

B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida

Zach Whalen is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication where he focuses on "Digital Studies," which includes courses that encompass digital creativity, culture, and methodologies. He is also the director of the Minor in Digital Studies. His research interests include video games, electronic literature, creative coding and graphic novels.

Zach Whalen in the News

Whalen Appointed to Board of Directors for Electronic Literature Organization

Zach Whalen has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Electronic Literature Organization, an international organization dedicated to the investigation of literature produced for digital media. This large community of scholars and practitioners working with "born digital" literature hosts an annual convention, maintains a network of scholarly archives Read more…
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