Publication update! Pleased to share that an adapted version of an earlier blog post about "Ungrading the Genre Course" has been published in the most recent volume of the Journal of Media Education.

www.calameo.com/journal-of-m...

Hey, new publication out! Pleased and proud to have this historical/media ecological look at how the intersection of emergent home media and a feminine rhetorical style contributed to the fame, reach, and making of Beth Moore's career and reputation.

Everything I read in November. The fiction was all a lot more fun this month. Most of the non-fiction was at least alright, but the horror fiction I read for this month was just superb all around.

It's horror week in my film classes! open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

What We're Watching in Class, Week Ten
open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

I love almost all of the movies I get to show in class, but this week's films are especially fun: open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

A bit later in the week again, but oh well: open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

What We're Watching In Class, Week Six: open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

This week's film screenings: open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

A day later than I usually post, but, hey, life is busy. Anyways, here's my weekly newsletter about what we're watching in class this week!
open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

Latest newsletter about what I'm screening in my film courses this week!

open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

Most recent addition to the office collection

New newsletter post for the week: open.substack.com/pub/zacharys...

Just in time for Thanksgiving break, I finally have a complete draft of my book! Still an utterly overwhelming amount to edit and trim (like, say, ~10,000 words), but it feels great to have a solid starting point. Now someone give me pumpkin pie, please.

I'm participating in a student production today where they have to imitate the lighting/camera work in a movie scene. Today's scene is the opening debate from Clueless, and I'm playing Mr. Hall. I can't tell if I should be offended that they see me as Wallace Shawn or honored since he's iconic

Less than 100 days until my book manuscript is due. I'm making steady progress here and am definitely not worried about meeting the deadline (at this point), but it still feels bizarre and a bit frightening to pass this particular threshold...

Decided to personalize my profile here a bit more and added a banner photo -me at 18, as caught by Christopher Nolan's cameras shooting extras for the stadium sequence in The Dark Knight Rises. I always wait to strategically pull this one out in class to maximize the amount of cred it can get me