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Dennis G. Jerz

Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism at Seton Hill University, in southwestern Pennsylvania. Jerz's Literacy Weblog has been online since 1999.

The Women of Troy. (Support the arts in your community!)

4 days ago

I‘m interviewed in this podcast on one of my favorite plays, Rossum‘s Universal Robots.

March 29th, 1923. A new play opens in Berlin, and quietly changes the future. Onstage are workers who never tire,…

7 days ago

Don’t Mention “EBSCOhost” in an MLA Citation

This video explains why I tell my students that EBSCOhost is not what I'm looking for when I'm evaluating the…

7 days ago

I‘ve got a great scepter‘d aisle seat for Richard II. Whole show is sold out!

2 weeks ago

Your Frustration Is the Product (Intrusive marketing on publisher websites)

You read two paragraphs and there’s a box that interrupts you. You read another two paragraphs and there’s another interruption.…

2 weeks ago

The break room is a magical place again this St. Patrick’s Day. Thank you @crissycp

2 weeks ago

Check the source before you share that video that confirms your beliefs or justifies your anger.

3 weeks ago

The #yorkplays never performed with pageant wagons this close to each other but I’m seeing whether my project can handle multiple videos at once. #medievalyork #corpuschristiplay #unity3d

1 month ago

The articulated steering as the wagon goes around corners is nice. Getting the simulation to stop crashing would be nicer, but I’ll take the wins I get. #medievalyork #mysteryplay #pageantwagon #yorkcycle #unity3d

1 month ago

#medievalyork #blender3d #unity3d #mysteryplay #design

My pageant wagons move! But the script needs work.

1 month ago

Yesterday’s progress: pageant wagons lined up on Toft Green. #medievalyork #unity3d #mysteryplays

1 month ago

ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her

"You did it more than once!," she wrote, according to the transcript of the conversation, pointing to the episode in…

1 month ago

Spring 2026 Midterm Grades: Submitted!

Spring 2026 Midterm Grades: Submitted!

1 month ago

Semantic ablation: Why AI writing is boring and dangerous

When an author uses AI for "polishing" a draft, they are not seeing improvement; they are witnessing semantic ablation. The…

1 month ago

Expecting the usual theatrical adventure from @quantumtheatre

2 months ago

Floating video windows depict the performances in my in-progress #unity3d simulation of a massive 18+ hr medieval theater pageant. #medievalyork #corpuschristi #yorkcycle

2 months ago

Martin Luther King event at SHU.

Redefining the Dream: Justice, Faith and the Call to Change Within

2 months ago

The vital importance of cucumber sandwiches at the provost’s afternoon tea.

2 months ago

A LiDAR map reveals #medievalyork fortifications that Speed captured in his stylized but surprisingly accurate 17C map. This weekend I did a rough #blender3d model of Clifford’s Tower.

2 months ago

Not attempting historical accuracy but still had to learn a heck of a lot to model the steering mechanism for a #medievalyork #mysteryplay pageant wagon. #blender3d #blender3dart

Later I need to add spokes to those wheels. In my simulation most of this will be hidden by curtains,…

2 months ago
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