Faculty: Andrew Baerg
Dr. Andrew Baerg
Director of Communication
B.A. University of British Columbia M. A. University of British Columbia Ph.D, University of Iowa
Email: Click here
Phone: (361) 570-4217
Victoria: 237UW
Areas of Interest/Expertise
- Media and Social Theory
- Digital Game Studies
- Media and Sport
- Neoliberalism
Select Presentations
- Baerg, A. (2010). Genetic Metaphors, the Body and Digital Basketball: Dynamic DNA in NBA Live '09, Summit on Communication and Sport. Cleveland, OH.
- Baerg, A. (2010). From Foucault to 'Be a Pro': NHL '10 and Technologies of the Self, Joint Conference of the National Popular and American Culture Associations. St. Louis, MO
- Baerg, A. (2008). Exploring Quantitative Discourses in the Digital Sports Game: Taylorism, Total Quality Management, Neoliberalism and Football Manager 2008. Keynote Address for the Pre-Congress Workshop of the World Congress of the International Sociology of Sport Association. Kyoto, Japan.
Courses Taught
- Undergraduate—Communication and Public Culture, Visual Communication, Mass Media Communication, Digital Games and Popular Culture, Advanced Professional Speaking, Intercultural Communication
- Graduate—Critical Theory, Media, Movements and Publics, Visual Rhetoric
- National Communication Association
- Popular and American Culture Association
- North American Society for the Sociology of Sport
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications:
Baerg, A. (2009). Just a fantasy? Exploring fantasy sports. Electronic Journal of Communication, 19(3-4), (http://www.cios.org/getfile/019343_EJC).
Baerg, A. (2007). Fight Night Round 2, Mediating the Body and Digital Boxing. Sociology of Sport Journal 24(5): 325-345.