G. R. Lucas, Ph.D.

Is the college essay a moribund genre? Perhaps it has a zombie-like existence in English departments, but new media students must learn to write for digital media. That might mean finally burying the essay.

It's official: my fall section of HUMN 2155 will be Macon State's first iTunes U-supported class.

I've been invited to talk about study abroad at the Cultural Journeys undergraduate conference. I decided to use music and images to convey my enthusiasm. So, I put together a video of my photography from my 2009 and 2011 travels.

With all of the Republican primary junk going on these days, it seems as if America is all conservative and traditionalist -- trying to get back to the good-ol'-days that never were. Or the days when white, heterosexual, capitalist, men ran everything public and private. Some folks -- particularly o

The first time I read Kafka's The Trial, I was an undergrad -- probably in my early twenties. I remember liking the novel, but not as much as some of Kafka's shorter works, like "The Hunger Artist," "In the Penal Colony," or even The Metamorphosis. I likely wasn't ready for Kafka-Writ-Large.

Last fall, I taught a section of HUMN 2151 -- a course that our catalog just calls "Humanities." I called it "The Art of Science" and positioned it as a study of postmodern culture in general and digital culture in particular. I think it worked pretty well, so I will borrow some ideas from that cour

Many thanks to Dr. Heather Braun for inviting me to give an introduction to literary modernism in her class on the novel.

It's official. When my 10-month contract expires in June, I will no longer be the NMAC Coordinator for the Department of Media, Culture & the Arts. I'll be on to something different . . .

Last night, I was finally able to view Apple's recent education event from New York City. Yes, I had read about their announcements and downloaded iBooks Author and the new iTunes U, but hadn't realized just how potentially game-changing these new tools are for what I do.

A large chunk of my holiday was spent in geek mode. Yes, I partook of holiday spirits, exercised a bit, and relaxed -- but I needed to do some pretty significant updates to some outdated servers that I'm responsible for on campus. This is a record of what I did to breathe new life into my obsolete e