Resume

• 2004

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) ABD

  I studied Technical Discourse in the PHD program at East Carolina University.

  Technical Discourse

  East Carolina University

• 2001

  Master of Science (M.S.)

  I majored in Psychology and Art History.

  Technical and Scientific Communication

  Vice-President

  Society of Technical Communication Student Chapter

  Raleigh

  NC

  North Carolina State University

• 1995

  Bachelor of Arts - BA

  Psychology and Art History

  University of North Carolina at Greensboro

• 1986

  Theatre/Theater

  New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

  Advanced Theory of Professional Communication

  Research Design in Rhetoric & Composition

  Research Ethics

  Advanced Cultural Rhetoric and Writing

  Advanced Research Methods in Technical & Professional Writing

  Advanced Discourse Analysis

  Advanced Research Methods

  Advanced Quantitative Research Methods

  Advanced Rhetorical Theory

  Language and Society

  Advanced Qualitative Research Methods

  Teaching Composition: Theory and Practice

• Caroline S. Brooks

  Theory

  Statistics

  Distance Learning

  College Teaching

  Qualitative Research

  E-Learning

  Grant Writing

  Research

  Higher Education

  Pedagogy

  Instructional Design

  Technical Writing

  Academic Writing

  Teaching

  Rhetoric

  Lecturing

  Ethnography

  Science

  University Teaching

  SPSS

  Videogames

  Manipulation

  and the Military: A Comparative Analysis of America's Army & SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs

  The U.S. Military & its commercial partners in the entertainment industry have discovered a “gold-mine” in the development of video games. Video games promise virtual

  psychological companionship and provide a means of learning and maneuvering within virtual worlds . Not only are video games in great demand by men & women of all ages

  but as a medium of communication they appear to be extremely capable of influencing players ideologically by incorporating values & belief systems into the simulated worlds of video game play (Brand

  Knight

  & Majewski

  2003; Lowenstein

  2006; Stockwell & Muir

  2003). In creating video games that offer training & cultural indoctrination

  the U.S. Military has adopted a very popular means of electronic communication

  learning

  & recreation to reach their target audience - members of the Internet Generation . \nWhile the powerful affects of video game immersion are widely studied

  there is minimal research available related to the critical analysis of ideology & persuasion within gaming environments (Brand

  Knight

  & Majewski

  2003; Ermi & Mayra

  2003). In order to explore how military ideology

  persuasion & recruitment strategies are combined within video games

  I present a comparative analysis of America’s Army & SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs – two popular military sponsored video games. In identifying the military’s ideological digital discourses

  I demonstrate how video games are capable of shaping the minds & attitudes of their players.

  Brooks

  PhD (ABD)

  Caroline

  Brooks

  PhD (ABD)

  Northwest Florida State College

  The Insight Group

  Destin/Fort Walton Beach

  Florida Area

  Private Investigator

  The Insight Group

  I am currently teaching English 1102

  Introduction to Literature at Northwest Florida State College.

  Northwest Florida State College

  Society for Technical Communication

  I was the Vice President for the student chapter of the STC from 2001-2003