Dr. Donald I Snyder

Teaching Professor · Non-Tenure Track

Department of Media & Communication Studies

College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

About

Donald Snyder is a Teaching Professor who teaches courses on media history, theory, and practice. His research focuses on the scholarship of teaching and learning, beta testing, discourses of production and consumption in computer mediated environments, educational technology, science fiction fanzines, and amateur digital archivists.

Research interests

Internet Studies, Social Media, Digital Archiving, New Media Technologies, Pedagogy, Fanzines.

Teaching interests

Media and Communication History, Social Media, Media Literacy, Professional Development, Internet Studies, Fandom.

Education

  • Ph D, American StudiesUniversity of Maryland College Park (2009)
    Building the Virtual World: Software, Beta Testing, and the Birth and Death of The Sims Online,