Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: Documentary filmmaking, media activism, devised theater.
Apple Teacher
Education:M.S., Information Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology
B.A., Film Studies and Psychology, University of Rochester
Jeremy Sarachan has taught ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ since 2002. He is a documentary filmmaker with interests in media activism. He teaches Documentary Production, Social Documentary, Visual Journalism, Media Economics, Film and Television Analysis, Public Speaking and Performance, and Theater and Social Change.
Professor Sarachan has published in the area of social media and identity, fandom and the use of social media, autism and media technology, and the role of play in virtual worlds.
In addition, he is also an experienced theater director.
Recent Publications
- Exploring the Online Playground: Understanding Motivation in Children’s Virtual Worlds, Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds, September 2013.
- , Doctor Who: Fan Phenomena, 2013. Book chapter, edited by Paul Booth.
- The Path Already Taken: Technological and Pedagogical Practices in Convergence Education, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Summer 2011.
- , International Journal of Learning and Media, Fall 2011.
- , Facebook and Philosophy, 2010. Book chapter, edited by Dylan E. Wittkower.