DMAC Staff

John Jones is an associate professor and Director of Digital Media Studies in the Department of English at Ohio State. His primary research areas are digital rhetoric and writing, digital culture, and professional and technical communication. In his research, John has investigated the revision practices of Wikipedia editors, community formation on Twitter, the influence of network structures on writing and persuasion, and the effects of wearable technologies on writing and rhetoric. He is the co-editor, with Lavinia Hirsu, of Rhetorical Machines, a collection that explores the interconnected nature of technology and rhetorical practice. He serves as DMAC Director. 

Joshua Cornelius is a PhD student in Writing, Rhetoric and Literacy at The Ohio State University. His research is focused on the ways in which writing instructors can adapt pedagogical concepts from video games--such as learning through failure and intrinsic reward systems—to course design in the college writing classroom. He is also interested in investigating the rhetorical choices behind avatar design in video games and how player identification and embodiment intersect with the ideologies of the game designer. Josh currently works at both the Digital Media Project and the DMAC Institute at Ohio State.

Louisa Gambah is a PhD student in Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy at The Ohio State University. She earned a BA in English from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, and an MA in English from North Dakota State University. As a Graduate Teaching Associate at Ohio State, she currently teaches Business and Professional Writing and previously taught First-Year Writing. Her research interests include digital media studies and rhetoric.

DMAC 2027 Presenters

DMAC 2027 Presenter information will be coming in Spring 2027!