Scholar
Jeremiah Blanchard
Google Scholar ID: eZ-o9qAAAAAJ
Instructional Associate Professor, University of Florida
Citations & Impact
Citations
306
H-index
8
i10-index
8
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Worked with the National Flight Academy in Pensacola, Florida, developing flight simulator scenarios to help teach mathematics, physics, and history to at-risk middle and high school students. Collaborated with Design Interactive on CogGauge, a game-based cognitive battery system developed with NASA grant funding to test brain injuries in space.
Research Experience
- Served as Program Director over Game Development at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, for 10 years, teaching game development courses before moving into administration. Worked as a teacher and contract game developer. Lived, worked, and studied in the Osaka region of Japan. Speaks fluent conversational Japanese.
Education
- Graduated from the University of Florida with a PhD in Computer Engineering.
Background
- Currently an Assistant Engineer (faculty member) at the University of Florida in the Engineering Education Department, researching computer science education. Also an affiliate in the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department. Passionate about computer science education and educational accessibility, particularly interested in the intersection of these topics with game development. Recent work has focused on dual-modality environments that allow new programmers to switch between block and text representations of programs.
Miscellany
- Spends weeks in Gainesville and weekends in Orlando. Has a wonderful wife and three children. Loves to develop games and, when time permits, play them occasionally.
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