{"id":4461,"name":"Zach Whalen","url":"http:\/\/www.zachwhalen.net","description":"Zach Whalen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication where his teaching focuses on the critical study and practice of digital media in a variety of genres, including video games, electronic literature, comics, and other media. He has published journal articles and scholarly essays on video games, including an article in Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research, and book chapters on Silent Hill, Grand Theft Auto, and early game consoles. With Laurie N. Taylor, Zach Whalen is the co-editor of Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games, published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2008.","link":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/","slug":"zwhalenumw-edu","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":{"jetpack_donation_warning_dismissed":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zach Whalen, Author at Communication &amp; Digital Studies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"profile\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zach Whalen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Communication &amp; Digital Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=500&d=mm&r=g\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"ProfilePage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/\",\"name\":\"Zach Whalen, Author at Communication &amp; Digital Studies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Department of Communication &amp; Digital Studies\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Archives for Zach Whalen\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/\",\"name\":\"Communication &amp; Digital Studies\",\"description\":\"Major in Communication and Digital Studies or Minor in Digital Studies\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/#\/schema\/person\/26d0c426c81a5de070c8f8c1810a5fec\",\"name\":\"Zach Whalen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Zach Whalen\"},\"description\":\"Zach Whalen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication where his teaching focuses on the critical study and practice of digital media in a variety of genres, including video games, electronic literature, comics, and other media. He has published journal articles and scholarly essays on video games, including an article in Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research, and book chapters on Silent Hill, Grand Theft Auto, and early game consoles. With Laurie N. Taylor, Zach Whalen is the co-editor of Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games, published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2008.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.zachwhalen.net\",\"\/pub\/zach-whalen\/8\/155\/bb1\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/zachwhalen\"],\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Zach Whalen, Author at Communication &amp; Digital Studies","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"profile","og_title":"Zach Whalen","og_url":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/","og_site_name":"Communication &amp; Digital Studies","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=500&d=mm&r=g","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"ProfilePage","@id":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/","url":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/","name":"Zach Whalen, Author at Communication &amp; Digital Studies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Department of Communication &amp; Digital Studies","item":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Archives for Zach Whalen"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/","name":"Communication &amp; Digital Studies","description":"Major in Communication and Digital Studies or Minor in Digital Studies","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/#\/schema\/person\/26d0c426c81a5de070c8f8c1810a5fec","name":"Zach Whalen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4f6a8bc36df9cfcb90e62afdcbdb129c52080a548d236ec2bc47cd0cc102b7e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Zach Whalen"},"description":"Zach Whalen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Linguistics and Communication where his teaching focuses on the critical study and practice of digital media in a variety of genres, including video games, electronic literature, comics, and other media. He has published journal articles and scholarly essays on video games, including an article in Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research, and book chapters on Silent Hill, Grand Theft Auto, and early game consoles. With Laurie N. Taylor, Zach Whalen is the co-editor of Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games, published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2008.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.zachwhalen.net","\/pub\/zach-whalen\/8\/155\/bb1","https:\/\/x.com\/zachwhalen"],"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/author\/zwhalenumw-edu\/"}}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/cds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}