Bruce Matsunaga

Director of Digital Technology, Associate Research Professional,

English

Ross-Blakley Hall 138 PO Box 871401 TEMPE, AZ 85287-1401
Mail code: 1401

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Director of Digital Technology, Department of English

Graduate Faculty, Department of English

Bruce Matsunaga is a Ph.D. in English Literature at Arizona State. His primary research areas are Digital Humanities and English Romanticism while his secondary research areas are Digital Pedagogies and Environmental Humanities.

In the Department of English, he is the website administrator (Drupal), Canvas Course Administrator, Multi-Media Producer (Vimeo | YouTube | Flickr), Social Media Manager (Twitter | Facebook | Google+), Technical Support Manager, CoursEval Manager, Technologist, and Academic Jobs Online Manager. In addition, Matsunaga also offers individual support for faculty and is the department Digital Accessibility Liaison.

Outside of the Department of English, Matsunaga is a founding member of the trap/neuter/return group called Mildcats at ASU and manages their website, Petfinders account, and PayPal account. Off campus, he enjoys photography, cooking, weight training, and volunteering with Kids Need to Read (KNTR). In fact, Matsunaga has been volunteering with the local non-profit as a photographer since 2009 and joined the KNTR Board of Directors in 2014.

Education

Ph.D. English Literature Arizona State University
M.A. English, Arizona State University
B.A. English; minor: History, California State University, Stanislaus

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Digital Humanities, Online Pedagogy, Ecocriticsm, Romanticism, Psychoanalysis, Game Theory

KJZZ Interview on "Technology's Role in Plagiarism And Trying to Prevent It" 12/08/2015.

Research Group

Global Cultures of the Modern, 1750-1850

Publications

Co-Project Director, The Developing Wassaja Project, Arizona State University, IHR Nexus Lab, 2015-Present.

Author, Director, What They Half-create, / And What Perceive: A Hypertext Scholarly Edition of "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth, dissertation project, 2013-Present. http://bruce.personal.asu.edu/tintern/

Author, Director, ICR Template and Site Guide, dissertation project, 2013-Present. https://sites.google.com/site/icrtemplatesiteguide/home

Technical Editor, Connections. European Studies Annual Review. Vol 4, 2008.

Co-Editor, Engaged Romanticism: Romanticism as Praxis, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008.

Author, “The Nature of Ecology in Wordsworth’s Early Poetry,” Engaged Romanticism: Romanticism as Praxis, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008.

Review, “Buried Communities: Wordsworth and the Bonds of Mourning," by Kurt Fosso. ANQ, Fall 2005, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p59, 4p.

Director, The Frankenstein Project, collaborative website created in English 400/494: Critical Theory & Technology, 2003. http://www.frankensteinproject.org/

Research Activity

Completed: Independent Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR): (Statewide Systems) October 2, 2018.

Presentations

Basic Humanities Computing Skills: Microsoft Word

Basics of Video Editing

Basics of Online Teaching

Basics of PowerPoint presentations

Blackboard Assignments and SafeAssignments

Blackboard Basics: Navigating and Customizing your Course Shell

Blackboard Voice Tools

Create a Blog on WordPress.com

Creating ePortfolios with Digication

Google Docs for Peer Reviewing and More

Google Drive and Dropbox (Desktop Application)

Google Hangouts for Synchronous Collaboration and Live Streaming

Google Sites for Quick Web Site Creation

Google Sites for Simple Web Pages and Webfolios

Image Manipulation using Pixlr and GIMP

Integrating WebVideo into Academic Courses

Introduction to Web Design using Contribute

Introduction to Web Design using Dreamweaver

Online Conferencing Tools

Online Teacher Training Course (20-30 hours, Intensive)

Techsmith Relay to Create Narrated Lectures and Screencasts

Using Adobe Presenter to Create Narrated PowerPoint Lectures

Using Audacity to Create a Podcast/Audio file - Audacity for audio comments

Using Dreamweaver’s site management tool

Using Drupal to update Department of English web pages

Using MediaAMP

Using Microsoft Word to Develop a Simple Web page

Using Photoshop: Part I "creating images"

Using Photoshop: Part II "manipulating photos"

Web Browsers - Tips and Tricks

Weighted Grades in Blackboard Grade Center

What’s New in Blackboard

Honors / Awards

Arizona State University, CLAS Marketing Award, "Best Social Media Presence." Co-awarded with Kristen LaRue-Sandler, 2017

Arizona State University, CLAS Marketing Award, "Best Social Media Presence." Co-awarded with Kristen LaRue-Sandler, 2016

Arizona State University nominee for the WAGS/UMI Innovation in Technology Award, 2013

CINE Golden Eagle Award, Co-Producer, “Start Here: Go Anywhere.” 2012

Katharine C. Turner Fellowship, 2004-2005

Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History

Project Director - Angela Balslev, MA English, Applied Project: Digital Literacy: An Easy to Follow Guide for Incorporating Digital Literacy in the Classroom. 2018.
Project Director - Alexis Whisenant, MA English, Applied Project: Post 9-11 Literature, 2017.
Project Co-Director - Erin Melissa Justice, MA English, Applied Project: ENG-101: English Composition (Information Literacy focus). 2017.
Project Director - Gary Walker-Roberts, MA English, Applied Project: Trans Visibility, 2016.
Project Director - Tennille Fenstermaker, MA English, Applied Project: “Reading and its Importance,” 2016

Service

Arizona State University Department of English, Online Courses Task Force, 2018

Arizona State University Department of English, Writing Programs Online Teacher Training Taskforce, 2016-Present

Arizona State University Department of English, Homecoming Committee, 2015-Present

Secretary & Director, Kids Need to Read Board of Directors. 2014-Present

Arizona State University Department of English, Committee for Altruistic Research and Experience, 2014-Present

Lead Photographer, Kids Need to Read. 2009-present

Petfinder Manager for MildCats at ASU, 2004-Present

PayPal Director for the MildCats at ASU organization, 2003-Present

Arizona State University IHR Nexus Lab Advisory Board member, 2013-2017

Conference Steering Committee, HASTAC 2016 (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory), Tempe, AZ. 2016

Conference Organizer, THATCamp Southwest, Tempe, AZ, 2013-2014

Expertise Areas

Digital Humanities

British Literature - Romantic

Literature

Ecocriticism

Psychoanalysis

Educational Technology

Computation and Digital Media

Photography

Digital Media