
Barry Jason Mauer, Ph.D.
Biography
Barry Jason Mauer is an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Central Florida, and was past director of the Texts and Technology Ph.D. program. His published work focuses on developing new research practices in the arts and humanities. His latest research is about citizen curating, which aims at enlisting a corps of citizens to curate exhibits, both online and in public spaces, using archival materials available in museums, libraries, public history centers, and other institutions. He also publishes online comics about delusion and denial, particularly as they affect the realm of politics. In addition, Mauer is an accomplished songwriter and recording artist. Mauer completed his graduate studies at the University of Florida in the Department of English, where he worked under the direction of professors Gregory Ulmer and Robert Ray. He lives in Orlando with his wife and daughter, two dogs, and his cat.
Education
- Ph.D. in English (Cultural Studies) from University of Florida (1999)
- M.A. in English (Cultural Studies) from University of Florida (1995)
- B.A. in Film Theory and Cultural Politics from University of Minnesota (1990)
Research Interests
Film and Media Studies,
Cultural Studies,
Rhetoric and Composition,
Literary Theory,
Memory and Monuments,
Digital Humanities
Recent Research Activities
Citizen Curating
Selected Publications
Television Episodes
- Music and Found Photographs. Half-hour televised interview about my research projects and creative work. UCF Profiles. The UCF Channel, WBCC-DT. https://youtu.be/YvyX4Vszl14
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Monument to Lost Data. Half-hour televised interview about my research project on lost data. UCF Profiles. The UCF Channel, WBCC-DT. https://youtu.be/tuVKetm7810
Articles/Essays
- “Introduction to Deadly Delusion #5” and “Deadly Delusions, Issue 5: Pictures in Our Heads.” Antae Journal. https://antaejournal.com/#/issue/5c05b474fca8a30e4ec88286
- "Pulse: A Testimonial.” Text Shop Experiments, Volume 5. http://textshopexperiments.org/textshop05/pulse-a-testimonial
- “A Repulsive Monument to Stone Mountain and Black Resistance.” Rose Library Blog. https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/2017/05/23/a-repulsive-monument/
- “The Citizen Curating Project Confronts the Pulse Nightclub Shooting.”The St. John’s University Humanities Review. Volume 14, Issue 1, Spring 2017. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-humanities-as-activism_us_5945cdb4e4b024b7e0df4cc8
- "A Call for Experimentation in Archiving," Illuminations: Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 6. http://stars.library.ucf.edu/illuminations/vol5/iss1/6ce
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"The New Age of Eliminationism in America: A Conversation with David Neiwert and Barry Mauer in Orlando, Florida, April 19, 2017.” Medium. https://medium.com/@barrymauer.uff/the-new-age-of-eliminationism-in-america-a-conversation-with-david-neiwert-and-barry-mauer-in-ea472876bff6
- “Making Repulsive Monuments.” Barry Jason Mauer and John Venecek. Article and comic. Text Shop Experiments, Volume 2. http://textshopexperiments.org/textshop02/making-repulsive-monuments
- “Introduction,” “A Glossary for Greg Ulmer's Avatar Emergency,” and “A Glossary for Greg Ulmer's Electronic Monuments.” Ulmer Text Shop. http://textshopexperiments.org/textshop01/ulmer-glossaries
- “Deadly Delusions, Issue 4: Smart Idiots.” Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and
- “Deadly Delusions, Issue 3: The Roots of Denial.” Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture. http://tundra.csd.sc.edu/itineration/dd3
- “Deadly Delusions: Madness and the Cult of the Right.” Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture. October 15, 2014. http://www.itineration.org/dd2. 28 pages.
- “Deadly Delusions, Issue 1: Eliminationist Rhetoric in Mainstream Political Discourse.” Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture. http://tundra.csd.sc.edu/itineration/dd1
- “The Mystory: The Garage d’Or of Ereignis.” Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses. (RAEI). "Performing Culture, Performing Identity." http://rua.ua.es/dspace/handle/10045/36321.
- Control Room and the Staging of War.” InMedia. http://inmedia.revues.org/680
- Oracles and Divinations: A Monument to Biocultural Diversity Loss.” Excursions. http://www.excursions-journal.org.uk/index.php/excursions/article/view/58/117
- “Glenn Gould and the New Listener.” Performance Research 15(3). http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13528165.2010.527216?journalCode=rprs20
- Lost Data, 2.” Rhizomes 18: Imaging Place. http://www.rhizomes.net/issue18/mauer/index.html
- "The Epistemology of Cindy Sherman: A Research Method for Media and Cultural Studies." Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature: Volume 38, No. 1.
- "Speaking Freely in a Time of War." Queen: A Journal of Rhetoric and Power.
- "Musical Writing." Sapaan: Volume 3.
- "Digital Media Revisited Review." Article-length review. Rhizomes. Issue 8.
- "The Synergy of Location and Narrative Performance." Co-authored with Tyler Fisher. The West Virginia University Philological Papers 49.
- "Space-based Middleware for Loosely-coupled Distributed Systems." Charles E. Hughes, Burnett, Mauer, Moshell, and Stapleton. Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering, Volume 4863.
- "The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning." Enculturation 3.2: Visual Rhetoric.
- "Film Stills Methodologies: A Pedagogical Assignment." Cinema Journal, the Official Journal of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies: 041:1.
- "Electronic Monumentality." Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy, volume 1, number 3.
Artwork
- The Invisible Parameter. “Do It!” Exhibition at UCF Art Gallery. Includes work by Barry Mauer and by 10 students in his ENG 6810: “Theories of Texts and Technology” seminar. Feb. 23, 2016 – Mar. 4, 2016.
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“Curating the Mystory: Ideology and Invention in the Theory Classroom.” Slide presentation/Video exhibit piece introducing three student-produced mystories. The Encounter: Baalu Girma and Zora Neale Hurston, UCF Art Gallery, Jan. 11-Feb 18.
Book Sections/Chapters
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"Curating the Mystory: Ideology and Invention in the Theory Classroom," Putting Theory into Practice in the Contemporary Classroom: Theory Lessons. Becky McLaughlin. Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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“Teaching the Repulsive Memorial.” Co-authored with John Venecek, Patricia Carlton, Marcy Galbreath, Amy Larner Giroux, and Valerie Kasper. Producing Public Memory: Museums, Memorials, and Archives as Sites for Teaching “Writing.” Eds. Jane Greer and Laurie Grobman. Routledge. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281105966_Teaching_the_Repulsive_Memorial
- “Rigorous Infidelity: Whole Text Sampling in the Curatorial Work of Henri Langlois, Dewey Phillips, and Jean-François Lyotard.” Sampling across the Spectrum. Oxford University Press. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260187493_Rigorous_Infidelity_Whole_Text_Sampling_in_the_Curatorial_Work_of_Henri_Langlois_Dewey_Phillips_and_Jean-Francois_Lyotard
- "Asynchronous Documentary: Buñuel’s Land Without Bread." Book chapter for Lowering the Boom: New Essays on the History, Theory and Practice of Film Sound, edited by Anthony Grajeda and Jay Beck. University of Illinois Press.
- "Nietzsche at the Apollo: An Experiment in Clipography." Book chapter for New Media/New Methods: The Turn from Literacy to Electracy, edited by Jeff Rice and Marcel O’Gorman. Parlor Press.
- "Proposal for a Monument to Lost Data." Book chapter for Studies In Writing, volume 17, Writing and Digital Media, edited by Luuk van Waes, Mariëlle Leijten, Christine M. Neuwirth. Elsevier Press.
Recordings
- “The Art of the Review - Episode 16: Reviewing as Criticism.” Interview with Robert Cassanello. H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online. https://networks.h-net.org/art-review-episode-16-reviewing-criticism
Creative Publications
- “Pulse: A Consultation.” RICHES of Central Florida. June 8, 2017. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/exhibits/show/citizen-curator-project/pulse--a-consultation and http://www.cah.ucf.edu/citizencurator/index.php/project2/
- “Home” and “I Want to Fall.” The Provo Canyon Review. http://theprovocanyonreview.net/barry-mauer.html. Volume 1, Issue 1.
- Channel Switchers. Barry and Claire Mauer, from an idea by producer Jason Bell, who bought the screenplay and rights. 1999.
Book Reviews
- "Review of Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction, by Benjamin Noys." Cultural Analysis: Volume 3.
Miscellaneous Publications
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“What Holds Us Back From Achieving a Better Society?” UCF Forum and Huffington Post. July 13. Also broadcast as a radio piece on WUCF, July 17, 2016.
- “Censorship Is Not All Bad.” UCF Forum and Huffington Post. March 9, 2016. Also broadcast as a radio piece on WUCF, March 14, 2016.
- “The United States Could Use a ‘Therapist General’” UCF Forum and Huffington Post. November 4, 2015. Also broadcast as a radio piece on WUCF, November 8, 2015.
- “Rock and Roll and the Amateur Aesthetic.” Texts and Technology Blog.
Awards
2017
• QEP What’s Next Grant, “Interdisciplinary Curating and Museum Studies Minor.” Awarded April 2017. $3500.
2016
• “Curating across the Curriculum.” QEP Enhancement Award. $3500.
• Rose Library Fellowship for the “Repulsive Monuments” project at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. $500.
• "The Big Read" awarded 6/2/15. National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Awarded Amount(s): C&G External: $20,000.35, C&G Internal Cost Share Required: $18,900.00. PI: Keri Watson Co-PIs(s): Dr. Maria Santana, Dr. Barry Mauer, Larry Cooper, Connie Lester, Meredith Tweed, Scot French, Anastasia Salter, Yulia Tikhonova
2015
• CAH Research Incentive Seed Funding Program. “The Citizen Curator Project” (PI: Barry Mauer).
2014
• CAH Summer Research Development Program.
2013
• “Writing Assignments for LIT 3714: Literary Modernism.” WAC Starter Grant.
2012
• “Critical Thinking Modules for Lower Division English and CAH Courses.” Information Fluency Grant.
2011
• Information Fluency Initiative Grant. “Critical Thinking: Modules on Premises, Part II.”
• “Critical Thinking Modules for Lower Division English and CAH Courses.” Information Fluency Grant.
2009
• Toni Jennings Special Initiative Award. “A Prototype for Digital Archiving in K-12.” P.I.: Barry Mauer. $6000.
2007
• Information Fluency Initiative Grant. “Class Design of Learning Outcomes and Assessment.”
2006
• College of Arts and Sciences Research Award. “Simulating Mental Illness.”
2004
• “Traditions of Oral Narrative.” Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Title VI Program for Internationalizing the Curriculum. (Co-investigator). $2000 (my portion of the grant).
2003
• Interdisciplinary Research Award. “Electronic Monumentality: Mourning and Memory on the World Wide Web.”
2002
• I-4 Corridor Research Award. “Cultural ByWays.” PIs: Christopher Stapleton, Charles Hughes.
2001
• Center for Metropolitan Studies Grant. “Interactive Digital Storytelling Festival.” PI: Sterling Van Wagenen. $10,000.
• Center for Metropolitan Studies Grant. “Earth Echoes: Reinventing Community through Technology, Story and Culture” $10,000.
• Interdisciplinary Research Award. “Earth Echoes: Integrating Technology, Nature, and Narrative.” PI: Barry Mauer
• “A Monument to Lost Data.” CREAT Curriculum Development Grant.
2000
• College of Arts & Humanities Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award
2016
• UCF Open-Access Champion Award.
2015
• UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award (TIP).
2010
• “Academic Affairs Fellowship.” UCF.
2006
• “Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology.” UCF campus-wide award.
• College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award.
2005
• “Monument to Lost Data.” Research and Mentoring Program (RAMP) Award.
2004
• UCF Teaching Incentive Program Award (TIP).
• Office of Student Scholarship and Fellowship Advisement (OSSFA) Undergraduate Research Program Award.
2003
• Office of Student Scholarship and Fellowship Advisement (OSSFA) Undergraduate Research Program Award.
2002
• McGinty Dissertation Fellowship. University of Florida.
1999
• Department of English Excellence in Teaching Awards. UF
1996
• Department of English Excellence in Teaching Awards. UF
1994
Courses
Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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11143 | ENG3014 | Theories and Tech of Lit Study | World Wide Web (W) | Unavailable | |
“The dilemmas of the practical world are fundamentally resistant to policies that neglect the human question.” Gregory Ulmer, Internet Invention What is theory? A theory is an account of what things are, why they are the way they are, and how and why they work. A "thing" can be a physical thing, like a person or book, or an abstract concept, like the proletariat or being or love. From Wikipedia: The English word theory was derived from a technical term in philosophy in Ancient Greek. As an everyday word, θεωρία, meant "a looking at, viewing, beholding", but in more technical contexts it came to refer to contemplative or speculative understandings of natural things such as those of natural philosophers, as opposed to more practical ways of knowing things, like that of skilled orators or artisans. The word has been in use in English since at least the late 16th century. Modern uses of the word "theory" are derived from the original definition, but have taken on new shades of meaning, still based on the idea that a theory is a thoughtful and rational explanation of the general nature of things. In this course, we will explore the question of how and why literary and other texts work as they do, but also will explore and practice thinking. Intended as a survey of critical theory, this course is about how to think about and through literature. The discourses of theory in the 20th century and into the 21st include formalist, psychological, Marxist, feminist, semiotic, structuralist, post-structuralist, gender and queer, and cultural studies areas such as new historicism, postcolonialism, multiculturalism, and ecocriticism. We will examine works of literature using each theoretical discourse as a lens through which to view and understands them. Additionally, we will take time in the middle of the semester to gain a better understanding of interpretation itself. |
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19642 | LIN4801 | Language and Meaning | World Wide Web (W) | Unavailable | |
“The dilemmas of the practical world are fundamentally resistant to policies that neglect the human question.” Gregory Ulmer, Internet Invention This course studies the interactions humans and language engage in to make meaning. It examines the ways we organize texts into particular forms (narrative, metaphor, argument, pattern, and procedure) and the inferences (prototype, template, procedural) and logics (deductive, inductive, abductive, conductive) we use to make sense of them. We will study examples of these forms, inferences, and logics and also the critical and theoretical fields such as narratology, rhetoric, semiotics, structuralism, and ludology that help us understand them. |
No courses found for Fall 2020.
Course Number | Course | Title | Mode | Session | Date and Time | Syllabus |
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51383 | LIN4801 | Language and Meaning | World Wide Web (W) | B | Unavailable | |
“The dilemmas of the practical world are fundamentally resistant to policies that neglect the human question.” Gregory Ulmer, Internet Invention This course studies the interactions humans and language engage in to make meaning. It examines the ways we organize texts into particular forms (narrative, metaphor, argument, pattern, and procedure) and the inferences (prototype, template, procedural) and logics (deductive, inductive, abductive, conductive) we use to make sense of them. We will study examples of these forms, inferences, and logics and also the critical and theoretical fields such as narratology, rhetoric, semiotics, structuralism, and ludology that help us understand them. |
Updated: Jan 5, 2021