Research Summary
I use qualitative methods to theorize how communication is used within video games, and within video game culture. I also have a secondary research agenda, analyzing the intersections of identity and power in popular fictional mass media.
Education
- BA, Asian Studies, University of Utah
- BA, English, University of Utah
- BA, History, University of Utah
- MA, Asian Studies, University of Utah. Project: Jet Li and the New Face of Chinese Cinema: Nationalism, Masculinity, and Zhiji in Contemporary Wuxia Pian.
Biography
Jeremy Freed is a Ph.D. student in Communication at the University of Utah. He is a Salt Lake City, Utah native with many years at the University of Utah as an undergraduate and graduate while pursuing B.A.s in English, History and Asian Studies as well as an M.A. in Asian Studies. His involvement in the international community includes working with the International Teaching Assistant Program, volunteering as an International Ambassador and studying abroad both at Cambridge University and Sichuan University. Jeremy is a first-generation college student. Outside of academia, Jeremy has performed as a percussionist with Salt Lake Symphony and is an avid cinephile and reader. Jeremy is the Director of Quality for Liger Medical and a teaching assistant for the ITA program.