Juli S. James
University of North Texas
Mayborn School of Journalism
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Education

MA, Arizona State University, 2010.
Major: Communication Studies
Degree Specialization: Advocacy & New Media
BA, Arizona State University, 2005.
Major: Journalism & Mass Communication
Degree Specialization: Strategic Media

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Faculty, University of North Texas. (July 2019 – Present).
Lecturer, University of North Texas. (August 2015 – Present).
Professional
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer, Wildcards Inc. (May 2019 – Present).
Co-Founder, Designer, Playable Media. (January 2015 – Present).
Initiative Coordinator, Arizona State University. (May 1, 2012 – July 1, 2015).
Public Information Officer, Arizona Governor's Office. (January 2, 2006 – June 1, 2008).
Marketing Specialist, Data Doctors Computer Services. (January 1, 2005 – January 1, 2006).
Broadcaster, 1st Infantry Division. (May 1, 1997 – September 1, 2000).

Professional Memberships

Member, Higher Education Video Game Alliance. (January 2016 – Present).

Member, Online News Association. (May 1, 2015 – Present).

Women Who Code. (January 2015 – Present).

Director, Dallas Network, Women Who Code. (January 2015 – December 2017).

Development Activities Attended

Self-Study Program,"GDevelop, The game engine for everyone," GDevelop, United States of America. (June 2019 – Present).

Self-Study Program,"YarnSpinner," Secret Lab, United States of America. (June 2019 – Present).

Self-Study Program,"USC Games Unlocked," University of Southern California and Unity, California, United States of America. (January 2019 – Present).

Seminar,"The Neuroscience of Learning," LinkedIn Learning, United States of America. (September 2019).

Conference Attendance,"Teachapalooza: Front Edge Teaching Tools for College Educators," Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America. (June 2019 – June 2019).

Tutorial,"Canvas Bootcamp," University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (August 2018 – September 2018).

Tutorial,"Canvas Self-Study Program," University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (August 2018 – September 2018).

Faculty Fellowship,"Future Today Institute Teacher Training Fellowship," Future Today Institute, New York City, NY, United States of America. (July 2018 – August 2018).

Faculty Fellowship,"Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute," Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. (January 2018 – January 2018).

Conference Attendance,"Online News Association 2017 Conference," Online News Association, Washington DC, United States of America. (October 2017 – October 2017).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
JOUR 3210, Applied Design for Advertising and Public Relations, 31 courses.
JOUR 3250, Game Design for Journalism, 4 courses.
JOUR 3260, Web Design for Journalism, 1 course.
JOUR 3270, Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 1 course.
JOUR 4210, Topics in Journalism and Mass Media, 8 courses.
JOUR 4900, Special Problems, 4 courses.
JOUR 5900, Advanced Problems in Journalism, 2 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

Arizona State University, Strategic Foresight (Guest Lecture for International Scholars Program), Summer 2019.

Non-Credit Instruction

Guest Lecture, University of North Texas, 20. (April 2019).

Guest Lecture, Mayborn School of Journalism, 40. (February 2018 – February 2018).

Guest Lecture, Mayborn School of Journalism, 40. (February 2018 – February 2018).

Guest Lecture, Mayborn School of Journalism, 40. (November 2017 – November 2017).

Guest Lecture, Mayborn School of Journalism, 60. (September 2017 – September 2017).

Directed Student Learning

Undergraduate Honors Thesis,"The Representation of Women in the Gaming Community: An Analysis of Digital and Real Life Culture," Mayborn School of Journalism. (January 2019 – May 2019).

Other,"Gender Representation in Video Games," Mayborn School of Journalism. (February 2017 – April 2017).

Awards and Honors

Future Today Institute Teacher Fellowship, Future Today Institute. (January 2018 – December 2018).

Scripps Howard Journalism Entrepreneurship Institute Fellow, Scripps Howard Foundation. (January 2018 – December 2018).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Nisbett, G., Paul, N., James, J. (2021). When Learning is Play: Using video games to educate Gen Z in the classroom.
Conference Proceeding
Champlin, S., Griffin, G., James, J. S., Sterbenk, Y. (2019). From Nike to Pepsi: Best and Worst Practices in Brand Activism Research and Teaching. Proceedings of the 2019 American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, edited by Eric Haley.
James, J. S., Hill, R., Ingram-Goble, A. (2017). Publish Mobile Narrative Games with the Playable Media Story Builder. 6, 433-436. Pittsburg, PA: Carnegie Mellon University: ETC Press. http://repository.cmu.edu/etcpress/60
Journal Article
Champlin, S., James, J. (2017). Breaking health insurance knowledge barriers through games: A pilot test of Healthcare America. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 5(4), .
James, J. S. (2017). Newsgames - Journalism Innovation through Game Design. American Journalism. 34(3), 379-383. Routledge. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08821127.2017.1344074

Presentations Given

Beta Video Game Demo

James, J. S. (Presenter), 2018 Online News Association Conference, Fake News Game Playtest, Online News Association, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Lightning Talk

James, J. S. (Presenter), Bootstrap Denton 2016, Why Women Who Code, Techmill, Stoke Co-Working Space, United States of America. (2016).

Oral Presentation

James, J. S. (Author & Presenter), Champlin, S. (Author), Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 39th Annual Conference, Health Care America: Using Newsgame Design to Engage Audiences in Health Insurance, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Panel Presentation

James, J. (Presenter), Champlin, S. (Presenter), 2019 Connected Learning Summit, Adaptable, Scalable, Measurable: Using Story Builder to Create Healthcare America, an Immersive Newsgame, UC Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Champlin, S. (Moderator), Sterbenk, Y. (Panelist), James, J. S. (Panelist), Griffin, G. (Panelist), 2019 American Academy of Advertising Annual Conference, From Nike to Pepsi: Best and Worst Practices in Brand Activism Research and Teaching, Dallas, TX, United States of America. (2019).

James, J. S. (Panelist), ASU Cronkite Day 2018, Designing games for media literacy, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

James, J. S. (Leader), ONA 2017 Conference, Playful Technology in the J-School Classroom, Online News Association, Washington DC, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

James, J. S. (Panelist), WE Addison Women in Tech, Women in Technology & Entrepreneurship, Addison Treehouse, Addison, Texas, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Poster

Champlin, S. (Author & Presenter), James, J. S. (Author), International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, Young Adult Responses to Interactive Games about Health Insurance: Confidence is Key, Academy of Communication in Healthcare, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Workshop

James, J. S. (Presenter), Games+Learning+Society Conference, Publish Mobile-Ready Games with the Playable Media Story Builder, Games+Learning+Society, Madison, Wi, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Media Contributions

Internet
"Faculty Spotlight," Faculty Success Newsletter. (May 2017).
"Innovation in J-School," MediaShift. (May 2017).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
James, J. S. (Co-Principal), "Colegrove Research Fund," Sponsored by Mayborn School of Journalism, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (February 2018 – October 2018).

Service

University Service

Committee Member, Women's Faculty Network, Leadership Team. (May 2016 – Present).

Committee Member, Space & Technology. (September 2015 – Present).

Committee Member, Undergraduate Curriculum. (September 2015 – Present).

Committee Member, Advertising Curriculum Committee. (August 2015 – Present).

Committee Chair, Women's Faculty Network: Brochure Committee. (July 2019).

Committee Member, CLASS Executive Dean Search Committee. (September 2018 – February 2019).

Other, Women's Faculty Network. (March 2018 – March 2018).

Committee Member, Broadcast Lecturer Search. (September 2017 – December 2017).

Committee Member, Multimedia Endowed Chair Search Committee. (September 2017 – December 2017).

Member, President's Innovation Lab Task Force. (February 2017 – December 2017).

Attendee, Meeting, 2017 J-School Hackathon. (October 2017 – October 2017).

Committee Chair, Mediashift Hackathon Planning Committee. (May 2017 – October 2017).

Committee Member, Digital Communications Analytics Lecturer Search. (March 2017 – July 2017).

Committee Member, Broadcast Lecturer Search. (February 2017 – May 2017).

Professional Service

Other, Women Who Code, Dallas Network, Denton, Texas. (September 2016 – December 2017).

Board of Advisors, Stoke Denton, Denton, Texas. (March 2017 – October 2017).

Workshop Organizer, Women Who Code, Dallas Network, Denton, Texas. (March 2017 – March 2017).

Public Service

Other, Keller Independent School District, Keller, Texas. (August 2015 – Present).

Other, LSE Entrepreneurship Club - TREP$, Keller, Texas. (August 2017 – May 2018).

Committee Chair, PTA Reflections Art Program, Keller, Texas. (August 2017 – February 2018).

Awards and Honors

AT&T Aspire Accelerator for Educational Technology, AT&T. (May 2019 – Present).