July 2021
Doctor of Philosophy in Texts and Technology
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 4.0 GPA
Research interests: game studies, writing and rhetoric, digital and new media theory, Writing Across the Curriculum
August 2012
Master of Arts in English with an emphasis on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 3.6 GPA
Thesis title: "Religious Violence in Frank Herbert's Dune series"
December 2008
Bachelor of Arts in English, Minor in Creative Writing, Writing Center Volunteer
Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL, 3.6 GPA
August 2018 - Present
Games and Interactive Media Instructor
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Courses taught:
Introduction to Digital Media (DIG 2000)
Fundamentals of Interactive Design (DIG 2500)
Computer as a Medium (DIG 3480)
Game Design (DIG 4713)
Game Production(DIG 4715C)
Instructional Experiences in Undergraduate Teaching (DIG 4906)
August 2019 - May 2020
Deputy Assistant Director - Games and Interactive Media
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
January 2013 - June 2018
English Instructor
Keiser University, Daytona Beach, FL
Courses taught:
Basic English (ENC 0001)
English Composition I
English Composition II (ENC 1102)
English Literature (ENL 1000)
American Literature (ENL 1000)
Professional Writing (ENC 3213)
Research Writing (ENC 4313)
Writing Studio Consultant
August 2012 - December 2012
Adjunct English Instructor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL
Coures taught:
Technical Report Writing (COM 221)
August 2012 - December 2012
Adjunct English Instructor
Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, FL
Courses taught:
Introductory College Writing (ENC 1101)
August 2009 - July 2011
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Courses taught:English Composition I (ENC 1101)
English Composition II (ENC 1102)
Writing Center Consultant
HTML, CSS, pHp, MySQL, Ink, C#
Unity, Twine, Inklewriter, Ren'Py, Max7, Inky
Howard, K. "Retelling The Tell-Tale Heart." (July 2020). Electronic Literature Organization 2020 Conference and Media Exhibition, Virtual Conference, July 16 - 18.. Art Installation.
Howard, K. and Donley, R. (November 2019). "Using Ink and Interactive Fiction to Teach Interactive Design." 12th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2019, Salt Lake City, Utah November 19 - 23. Poster presentation. Award Winner: Best Poster.
Howard, K. "Retelling The Tell-Tale Heart." (April 2018). UCF Celebrates the Arts, Orlando, Florida. Art Installation.
Cox, D., Howard, K. and Klimas, C. (May 2021). "Platform as a Service: A Roundtable Discussion of Community Labor and Platformization of Ink and Twine." Electronic Literature Conference. (Held online)
Howard, K. (May 2021).
"Teaching Game Design in a Pandemic." Online Education: Teaching in a Time of Change. (Held online)Howard, K. (March 2021). "Retelling the Tell-Tale Heart: An Interactive Transmedia Project." International Confrence for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL. (Held online)
Howard, K., Donley, R., Cox, D., and Murray, J. (May 2020). "IF.then(): Teaching Programming Concepts Using Interactive Fiction." Narrascope, Champaign, IL. (Held online)
Howard, K. (November 2019). "A Design Framework for Learning about Representation in Video Games Through Modification of Narrative and Gameplay." 12th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2019, Salt Lake City, Utah November 19 - 23. Doctoral Consortium.
Howard, K. "A Pedagogical and Critical Framework for Learning about Representation and Tropes Through Video Games." (August 2019). Foundations of Digital Games, San Luis Obispo, CA. Doctoral Consortium.
Howard, K. "Romance Never Changes...Or Does It?: Fallout, Queerness, and Mods." (August 2019). Digital Games Research Association, Kyoto, Japan.
Howard, K. and Donley, R. "Integrating and Assessing Interactive Design through Interactive Fiction using Ink." (June 2019). Narrascope, Boston MA.
Howard, K. "Remediating Collectible Card Games: From Magic to Hearthstone." (April 2019). Popular Culture Association National Conference, Washington D.C.
Howard, K. "Romance never changes...or does it?: Queering Fallout 4 through mods." (March 2019). International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL.
Howard, K. "Romance never changes... or does it?: Queer relationships and modding in Fallout 4." (October 2018). Different Games Conference, Wocester, MA.
Howard, K. "Free-to-Play or Pay-to-Win?: Casual and Hardcore Game Structures in Hearthstone." (July 2018). Digital Games Research Association, Turin, Italy.
Howard, K. "Using Video Games to Teach and Assess Audience and Revision in First-Year Composition." (May 2018). Computers and Writing, Fairfax, VA.
Howard, K. "Magic and Hearthstone: Remediating Collectible Card Games." (March 2018). International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL.
Foley, C. Howard, K. Kretzschmar, M., Murnane, E. and Raffel, S. (November 2017). "Defining and Questioning the Terms 'Casual' and 'Hardcore' in Video Games." HASTAC, Orlando FL. Roundtable.
Murnane, E. and Howard, K. (October 2017). "Stacking Magic: The Flexible Simplicity of Analog Rules." Popular Culture Association Southern Conference, Savannah, GA.
Howard, K. (April 2017). "First-year writing and the zombie apocalypse: Composition, audience, revision, and Organ Trail." Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, San Diego, CA.
Howard, K. (March 2017). "Casual and Hardcore Game Structures in Hearthstone." International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL.
Howard, K. (March 2016). "Literary Theory and Nonlinear Video Games." International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL.
Howard, K. (March 2015). "Narrative Structure in Fallout: New Vegas." International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL.
Howard, K. (March 2014). "The Shortening of the Way: Religious Violence and the Creation of Empire in Frank Herbert's Dune." International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL.
Howard, K. (March 2013). "'The Moon Fell:' Religions Violence in Frank Herbert's Dune Messiah." International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL.
Howard, K. (March 2012). "Virtual Victory and Real Defeat: Game Space in William Gibson's 'Burning Chrome.'" International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts, Orlando, FL.
March 2019
International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts
Orlando, FL
Panel Title: Investigating Ms. Marvel
March 2018
International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts
Orlando, FL
Panel Title: Game Theory Deluxe: Neocolonialism, Lovecraft and Russian Formalism
November 2017
HASTAC: The Possible Worlds of Digital Humanities
Orlando, FL
Panel on critical language in Spanish courses and diagnosing depression though multimodal systems
April 2017
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference
San Diego, CA
Panel Title: 'Playing' in the Classroom and Beyond
March 2017
International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts
Orlando, FL
Panel title: Fun and Games Featuring Death, Melancholy, and Magic Circles
March 2015
International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts
Orlando, FL
Panel title: Transmedia/Transverse Storytelling
March 2014
International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts
Orlando, FL
Panel title: Empire and Dune, Part I
Fall 2018
Retelling The Tell-Tale Heart: Ink Version
Web-based Ink game that allows the user to play through a digital version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Spring 2018
Retelling The Tell-Tale Heart: Installation Version
Interactive audio / touch based game that allows the user to play through a digital version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Fall 2017
Grad Student Simulator
Ren'Py visual novel protoype in which the player takes the role of a friend offering a graduate student advice
Spring 2017
Retelling The Tell-Tale Heart
Inklewriter narrative that allows users to play various alternative versions of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Fall 2016
Fallout Character Database
Database allowing users to create, save, and modify narrative information about characters in the Fallout series
Spring 2017
Digital Story Curation Project
The Florida Review
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Assisted with the curation of digital stories for inclusion in The Florida Review's online magazine
Summer 2016
UCF CREATE Client Project
UCF CREATE
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Assisted with writing a proposal for a Mayor's Matching Grant to fund an after school digital media program for middle school students
Fall 2015
State of Writing Across the Curriculum at UCF Client Project
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Assisted UCF's Writing Across the Curriculum project with assessing the effectiveness of WAC initiatives in science-based disciplines
August 2020 - May 2021
Graduate Studio Project Committee Member
Cameron Tolentino - Pygmalion
Michele Ritter - Some Space
October 2019 - May 2021
Honors in the Major Commitee Member
Eric Sarver
Amy Schwinge
January 2020 - May 2020
Student Internship Supervisor
Christian Mendoza
Institute of Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
January 2020 - May 2020
Graduate Curriculum Committee - Ex Officio Member
University of Central Florida, Games and Interactive Media Department, Orlando, FL
August 2019 - May 2020
Graduate Curriculum Committee
University of Central Florida, Nicholson School of Communication, Orlando, FL
August 2019 - May 2020
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee - Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Games and Interactive Media Department, Orlando, FL
August 2019 - May 2020
Assessment Committee - Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Games and Interactive Media Department, Orlando, FL
January 2020 - February 2020
Electronic Literature Organization
Scientific Commitee - Reviewer
August 2018 - August 2019
Foundations Committee
University of Central Florida, Games and Interactive Media Department, Orlando, FL
January 2017 - June 2018
Health and Wellness Committee
Keiser University, Daytona Beach, FL
January 2016 - December 2016
General Education Assessment Committee
Keiser University, Daytona Beach, FL
November 2015 - June 2018
General Education Department Committee
Keiser University, Daytona Beach, FL
Minutes Taker and Record Keeper
January 2015 - December 2015
Student Appreciation Committee
Keiser University, Daytona Beach, FL
August 2013 - December 2013
Faculty Colloquium
Keiser University, Daytona Beach, FL
January 2013 - June 2018
Student Success and Retention Committee
Keiser University, Daytona Beach, FL
February 2020
SLATE Training
Assessment system training course
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
May 2019
IDL 6543: Interactive Distrubted Learning
Online course development and teaching certification course
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
August 2018
ADL 5000
Mixed-mode teaching certification course
Univeristy of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
November 2017
TEAS Test Proctor Certification
Test proctor certification course
ATI Testing Online
July 2017
Blackboard Level 2 Developer Training
Online course development and teaching certification course
Keiser University, Online Division
May 2017
Blackboard Hybrid Training
Mixed-mode teaching certification course
Keiser University, Online Division
January 2016 - October 2016
Keiser Educator Seminar Continuing Education Course
Online continuing education course
Teaching and Learning Community, Online Division
July 2016 & February 2013
Keiser Educator Seminar
Continuin education course
Teaching and Learning Community
Keiser University, Orlando FL
May 2018, May 2017, May 2016, & May 2015
Kognito Veterans on Campus Training
Training course for working with military veteran students
Keiser University, Daytona Beach
January 2016
Keiser Educator Seminar (Online)
Online continuing education course
Teaching and Learning Community
Keiser University, Online Division
November 2014
Blackboard Training
Course management system training course
Keiser University, Online Division
May 2013
eCampus Hybrid Training
Mixed-mode teaching certification course
Keiser University, Online Division
May 2010
College Reading and Learning Association
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Master Tutor certification