Joshua J Zimmerman
- Assistant Professor of Practice, Public / Applied Humanities
Contact
- (520) 621-1836
- Richard P. Harvill Building, Rm. 337
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- joshzim@arizona.edu
Degrees
- Ph.D. Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- M.A. Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- B.A. English - Writing and Linguistics
- University of Nebraska - Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Awards
- Digital Humanities Summer Institute Scholarship
- Digital Humanities Summer Institute, Summer 2023
- University of Arizona College of Humanities Distinguished Undergraduate Advising/Mentoring Award
- University of Arizona - College of Humanities, Spring 2023 (Award Nominee)
Interests
Research
Games, Play, New Media, Community, Online Communication
Courses
2025-26 Courses
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Applied Humanities Practice
PAH 201 (Fall 2025) -
Tabletop Games
PAH 332 (Fall 2025) -
The Video Game Industry
PAH 330 (Fall 2025)
2024-25 Courses
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Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Summer I 2025) -
Video Games as Artifacts
PAH 230 (Summer I 2025) -
Applied Humanities Practice
PAH 201 (Spring 2025) -
Global Game Cultures & Histori
PAH 231 (Spring 2025) -
Video Game Studies
PAH 331 (Spring 2025) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Fall 2024) -
Tabletop Games
PAH 332 (Fall 2024) -
Video Games as Artifacts
PAH 230 (Fall 2024)
2023-24 Courses
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Game Sights, Sounds & Stories
PAH 150A1 (Spring 2024) -
Global Game Cultures & Histori
PAH 231 (Spring 2024) -
Video Game Studies
PAH 331 (Spring 2024) -
Independent Study
PAH 699 (Fall 2023) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Fall 2023) -
The Video Game Industry
PAH 330 (Fall 2023) -
Video Games as Artifacts
PAH 230 (Fall 2023)
2022-23 Courses
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Game Sights, Sounds & Stories
PAH 150A1 (Spring 2023) -
Global Video Game Cultures
PAH 231 (Spring 2023) -
Video Game Studies
PAH 331 (Spring 2023) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Fall 2022) -
The Video Game Industry
PAH 330 (Fall 2022) -
Video Games as Artifacts
PAH 230 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Summer I 2022) -
Game Sights, Sounds & Stories
PAH 150A1 (Spring 2022) -
Global Video Game Cultures
PAH 231 (Spring 2022) -
Video Game Studies
PAH 331 (Spring 2022) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Fall 2021) -
The Video Game Industry
PAH 330 (Fall 2021) -
Video Games as Artifacts
PAH 230 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Game Sights, Sounds & Stories
PAH 150A1 (Spring 2021) -
Global Video Game Cultures
PAH 231 (Spring 2021) -
Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Spring 2021) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Spring 2021) -
Video Game Studies
PAH 331 (Spring 2021) -
Game Sights, Sounds & Stories
PAH 150A1 (Fall 2020) -
Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Fall 2020) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Fall 2020) -
The Video Game Industry
PAH 330 (Fall 2020) -
Video Games as Artifacts
PAH 230 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Summer I 2020) -
The Video Game Industry
PAH 330 (Summer I 2020) -
Game Sights, Sounds & Stories
PAH 150A1 (Spring 2020) -
Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Spring 2020) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Spring 2020) -
The Video Game Industry
PAH 330 (Spring 2020) -
Game Sights, Sounds & Stories
PAH 150A1 (Fall 2019) -
Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Fall 2019) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Fall 2019) -
The Video Game Industry
PAH 330 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Summer I 2019) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Summer I 2019) -
Game Sights, Sounds & Stories
PAH 150A1 (Spring 2019) -
Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Spring 2019) -
Play: An Interactive Intro
PAH 160D1 (Spring 2019) -
Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Summer I 2018) -
Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Spring 2018) -
Great Ideas of the Info Age
ISTA 100 (Fall 2017)
2015-16 Courses
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Technical Writing
ENGL 308 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Zimmerman, J. J. (2021). Public and Applied Humanities (PAH) 330 – The Video Game Industry: An Introduction to the Business of Making Money with Play. In Teaching The Game: A Collection of Syllabi for Game Design, Development, and Implementation.(pp 148 - 162). ETC Press.
- Zimmerman, J. J. (2021). The World Through Another's Eyes. In Wildcat Perspectives(pp np). UA Pressbooks.
- Zimmerman, J. J., & Johnson, A. (2019). Roll for Seduction: Sex as Forbidden Play in Critical Role and The Adventure Zone Fan Fiction. In .” Representing Kink: Fringe Sexuality and Textuality in Literature, Digital Narrative, and Popular Culture(pp 157 - 174). Lexington Books.
- Zimmerman, J. J., Mcallister, K. S., & Ruggill, J. E. (2018). The Overhead Projector: Visuality and Materiality. In Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence. New York: Routledge.
