Luke Arnott – Curriculum Vitae
ACADEMIC PREPARATION
Ph.D. in Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London ON, 2015
Concentrations: Genre Theory, Games Studies, Popular Culture
Dissertation: Narrative Epic and New Media: The Totalizing Spaces of Postmodernity in The Wire, Batman, and The Legend of Zelda
Supervisor: Dr. Nick Dyer-Witheford
M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Western Ontario, London ON, 2008
Concentrations: Genre Theory, Roman Epic, Sagas, Popular Culture
Thesis: The Epic Lineage of the Aeneid, Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar, and Star Trek: First Contact
Advisor: Dr. Russell Poole
B.A. in Classics and History, McGill University, Montreal QC, 2004
Concentrations: Latin; Ancient, European, and American History
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION
Completed Teaching Assistant Training Program (TATP) at the Teaching Support Centre, University of Western Ontario, 2007
Correspondence Program in Creative Writing, Humber School for Writers, Humber College, Toronto ON, 2001
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Experienced in various graphic art applications, including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, Comic Life
LANGUAGES
Reading knowledge of Latin, Old Norse/Icelandic, and Russian
Some reading knowledge of Ancient Greek, French, and Ukrainian
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Designed and taught lower- and upper-year undergraduate courses
Designed and taught upper-year undergraduate courses
Prepared and taught weekly tutorial classes, graded exams and term papers
Researched and wrote reviews, articles, reports; edited website entries
Researched and wrote articles on Language Study, Academic Skills, Video Games; oversaw Comic Books topic page and SEO formatting
Designed logos, retouched promotional photos, did 3D computer modelling, conducted market research, compiled best practices manual for theatre consulting firm
PUBLICATIONS (ACADEMIC)
Arnott, Luke. “Building Broken Worlds: Alien Games, Failed Utopias, and other Bio-Shocks.” New Perspectives on BioShock, edited by Jessica Aldred & Felan Parker, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Forthcoming.
Arnott, Luke. “Mapping Metroid: Narrative, Space, and Other M.” Games and Culture, vol. 12, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 33–27.
Arnott, Luke. “Epic and Genre: Beyond the Boundaries of Media.” Comparative Literature, vol. 68, no. 4, December 2016, pp. 351–369.
Arnott, Luke. “Arkham Epic: Batman Video Games as Totalizing Texts.” Contemporary Research on Intertextuality in Video Games, edited by Christophe Duret & Christian-Marie Pons, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 1–21.
Arnott, Luke. “Blasto Sacer: Mass Effect as An Allegorithm of Sovereign Exception.” First Person Scholar. September 24, 2014.
Arnott, Luke. "Unraveling Braid: Puzzle Games and Storytelling in the Imperative Mood." Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, vol. 32, no. 6, December 2012, pp. 430–437.
Arnott, Luke. “Blam! The Literal Architecture of Sin City.” The International Journal of Comic Art, vol. 10, no. 2, Fall 2008, pp. 380–401.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Arnott, Luke. “Why Comic Book Artists Should Take Life-Drawing Classes.” In The Complete Guide to Figure Drawing for Comics and Graphic Novels, by Daniel Cooney. Barron’s Educational Series, 2012.
PUBLIC LECTURE
Epic Criticism: A Framework for Totalizing Media from Homeric Poetry to Disney Video Games. Presented at Mediations, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2011
PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
“Translatio Mediorum: The Toronto School and the Epic Encyclopedia.” Presented at “The Toronto School: Then Now Next” International Conference, University of Toronto, 2016.
“Epic and Genre: Beyond the Boundaries of Media.” Presented to the Canadian Comparative Literature Association at the 83rd Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2014
“Mapping Metroid: Narrative, Space, and Other M.” Presented to the Canadian Game Studies Association at the 83rd Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2014
“B’More Epic: Cognitive Maps and Urban Space in The Wire.” Presented to the Canadian Communication Association at the 83rd Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2014
Respondent to Professor Peter Schwenger, Asemic Writing: Backwards into the Future. Mediations, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2012
Unravelling Braid: Puzzle Games and Storytelling in the Imperative Mood. Presented to the Canadian Game Studies Association at the 81st Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, Waterloo, Ontario, 2012
Respondent to Lucia Cedeira Serantes, Comics in the Life of the Young Adult Reader: Understanding the Experience of Reading Comics in Contemporary Society. Mediations, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2012
Myth, Epic, and The Bat: Comic Book Characters Across Media. Presented at the 1st Annual Conference of the Canadian Popular Culture Association, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 2011
Replay Value: Revisiting Cyclical Narrative in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Presented to the Canadian Game Studies Association at the 77th Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2008
Blam! The Literal Architecture of Sin City. Presented at the 1st Annual Congress on Technologies of Writing/Congreso sobre Tecnologías de la Escritura of the Transatlantic Research Group, Univeristy of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2007
“New Civilizations”: Star Trek as Virgilian Foundation Epic. Presented to the Canadian Comparative Literature Association at the 76th Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 2007
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Limited Duties Representative on FIMS Faculty Council, 2015-2017
Member of UWOFA Committee for Contract Faculty, 2016-2017
Member of FIMS Limited Duties Affairs Committee, 2015-2017
Member of Organizing Committee, Mediations speaker series, 2012-2015
Member of Steering Committee, Shift Graduate Journal, 2011–2015
Councillor (Alt.), Society of Graduate Students (UWO), 2013-14
Graphic Design for “Repetition and Return”, 10th Annual Graduate Conference in Comparative Literature, Theory, and Spanish, University of Western Ontario, 2008
Graduate Representative on Modern Languages and Literatures Department Council, University of Western Ontario, 2007-2008
Graphic Design for “Drawing a Blank”, 9th Annual Graduate Conference in Comparative Literature, Theory, and Spanish, University of Western Ontario, 2007
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Ontario Graduate Scholarship with Distinction (aka Super OGS), 2013-2014
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2011-2015
Graduate Thesis Research Award, University of Western Ontario, 2012-2013
Western Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Western Ontario, 2006-2008, 2010-2011
Nominee — Western Graduate Teaching Award, University of Western Ontario, 2008
Graduated with Great Distinction (Magna cum laude), McGill University, 2004
Paul F. McCullagh Prize in Latin, McGill University, 2004
Beatty Faculty Scholarship, McGill University, 2003
Barclay Scholarship in Classics, McGill University, 2002
Humber School for Writers Scholarship, 2000
Ph.D. in Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London ON, 2015
Concentrations: Genre Theory, Games Studies, Popular Culture
Dissertation: Narrative Epic and New Media: The Totalizing Spaces of Postmodernity in The Wire, Batman, and The Legend of Zelda
Supervisor: Dr. Nick Dyer-Witheford
M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Western Ontario, London ON, 2008
Concentrations: Genre Theory, Roman Epic, Sagas, Popular Culture
Thesis: The Epic Lineage of the Aeneid, Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar, and Star Trek: First Contact
Advisor: Dr. Russell Poole
B.A. in Classics and History, McGill University, Montreal QC, 2004
Concentrations: Latin; Ancient, European, and American History
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATION
Completed Teaching Assistant Training Program (TATP) at the Teaching Support Centre, University of Western Ontario, 2007
Correspondence Program in Creative Writing, Humber School for Writers, Humber College, Toronto ON, 2001
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office
Experienced in various graphic art applications, including Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, SketchUp, Comic Life
LANGUAGES
Reading knowledge of Latin, Old Norse/Icelandic, and Russian
Some reading knowledge of Ancient Greek, French, and Ukrainian
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Assistant Professor, 2015-Present
Designed and taught lower- and upper-year undergraduate courses
- Lecturer, 2013-2015
Designed and taught upper-year undergraduate courses
- Teaching Assistant, 2006-2008, 2010-2014
Prepared and taught weekly tutorial classes, graded exams and term papers
- Freelance Writer, 2002-2011
Researched and wrote reviews, articles, reports; edited website entries
- Feature Writer, 2009-2011
Researched and wrote articles on Language Study, Academic Skills, Video Games; oversaw Comic Books topic page and SEO formatting
- Graphic Designer and Researcher, 2005-2007
Designed logos, retouched promotional photos, did 3D computer modelling, conducted market research, compiled best practices manual for theatre consulting firm
PUBLICATIONS (ACADEMIC)
Arnott, Luke. “Building Broken Worlds: Alien Games, Failed Utopias, and other Bio-Shocks.” New Perspectives on BioShock, edited by Jessica Aldred & Felan Parker, McGill-Queen’s University Press, Forthcoming.
Arnott, Luke. “Mapping Metroid: Narrative, Space, and Other M.” Games and Culture, vol. 12, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 33–27.
Arnott, Luke. “Epic and Genre: Beyond the Boundaries of Media.” Comparative Literature, vol. 68, no. 4, December 2016, pp. 351–369.
Arnott, Luke. “Arkham Epic: Batman Video Games as Totalizing Texts.” Contemporary Research on Intertextuality in Video Games, edited by Christophe Duret & Christian-Marie Pons, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 1–21.
Arnott, Luke. “Blasto Sacer: Mass Effect as An Allegorithm of Sovereign Exception.” First Person Scholar. September 24, 2014.
Arnott, Luke. "Unraveling Braid: Puzzle Games and Storytelling in the Imperative Mood." Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, vol. 32, no. 6, December 2012, pp. 430–437.
Arnott, Luke. “Blam! The Literal Architecture of Sin City.” The International Journal of Comic Art, vol. 10, no. 2, Fall 2008, pp. 380–401.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Arnott, Luke. “Why Comic Book Artists Should Take Life-Drawing Classes.” In The Complete Guide to Figure Drawing for Comics and Graphic Novels, by Daniel Cooney. Barron’s Educational Series, 2012.
PUBLIC LECTURE
Epic Criticism: A Framework for Totalizing Media from Homeric Poetry to Disney Video Games. Presented at Mediations, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2011
PAPERS PRESENTED IN CONFERENCES
“Translatio Mediorum: The Toronto School and the Epic Encyclopedia.” Presented at “The Toronto School: Then Now Next” International Conference, University of Toronto, 2016.
“Epic and Genre: Beyond the Boundaries of Media.” Presented to the Canadian Comparative Literature Association at the 83rd Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2014
“Mapping Metroid: Narrative, Space, and Other M.” Presented to the Canadian Game Studies Association at the 83rd Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2014
“B’More Epic: Cognitive Maps and Urban Space in The Wire.” Presented to the Canadian Communication Association at the 83rd Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Catharines, Ontario, 2014
Respondent to Professor Peter Schwenger, Asemic Writing: Backwards into the Future. Mediations, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2012
Unravelling Braid: Puzzle Games and Storytelling in the Imperative Mood. Presented to the Canadian Game Studies Association at the 81st Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, Waterloo, Ontario, 2012
Respondent to Lucia Cedeira Serantes, Comics in the Life of the Young Adult Reader: Understanding the Experience of Reading Comics in Contemporary Society. Mediations, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2012
Myth, Epic, and The Bat: Comic Book Characters Across Media. Presented at the 1st Annual Conference of the Canadian Popular Culture Association, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 2011
Replay Value: Revisiting Cyclical Narrative in The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Presented to the Canadian Game Studies Association at the 77th Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2008
Blam! The Literal Architecture of Sin City. Presented at the 1st Annual Congress on Technologies of Writing/Congreso sobre Tecnologías de la Escritura of the Transatlantic Research Group, Univeristy of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, 2007
“New Civilizations”: Star Trek as Virgilian Foundation Epic. Presented to the Canadian Comparative Literature Association at the 76th Annual Congress of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 2007
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Limited Duties Representative on FIMS Faculty Council, 2015-2017
Member of UWOFA Committee for Contract Faculty, 2016-2017
Member of FIMS Limited Duties Affairs Committee, 2015-2017
Member of Organizing Committee, Mediations speaker series, 2012-2015
Member of Steering Committee, Shift Graduate Journal, 2011–2015
Councillor (Alt.), Society of Graduate Students (UWO), 2013-14
Graphic Design for “Repetition and Return”, 10th Annual Graduate Conference in Comparative Literature, Theory, and Spanish, University of Western Ontario, 2008
Graduate Representative on Modern Languages and Literatures Department Council, University of Western Ontario, 2007-2008
Graphic Design for “Drawing a Blank”, 9th Annual Graduate Conference in Comparative Literature, Theory, and Spanish, University of Western Ontario, 2007
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Ontario Graduate Scholarship with Distinction (aka Super OGS), 2013-2014
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2011-2015
Graduate Thesis Research Award, University of Western Ontario, 2012-2013
Western Graduate Research Scholarship, University of Western Ontario, 2006-2008, 2010-2011
Nominee — Western Graduate Teaching Award, University of Western Ontario, 2008
Graduated with Great Distinction (Magna cum laude), McGill University, 2004
Paul F. McCullagh Prize in Latin, McGill University, 2004
Beatty Faculty Scholarship, McGill University, 2003
Barclay Scholarship in Classics, McGill University, 2002
Humber School for Writers Scholarship, 2000
