Dr Brian McKenzie
Biography
I have a PhD in history from Stony Brook University. I am the subject leader for Critical Skills and a co-creator of Maynooth University's microcredential 'Writing for Role-Playing Games: Narratives, Adventures, and Worldbuilding.' My current research interests are in game studies, the pedagogy of multiliteracies and digital technologies, and Wikipedia
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Neil Thompson, Brian Flanagan, Edana Richardson, Brian McKenzie, Xueyun Luo (2025) 'Trial by Internet: A Randomized Field Experiment on Wikipedia’s Influence on Judges’ Legal Reasoning' In: The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Jurisprudence. New York : Cambridge University Press (In Press). | |
| 2022 | Brian McKenzie (2022) 'Worldbuilding, Gaming, and Multiliteracies in an Online First-Year Seminar' In: Handbook of Research on Acquiring 21st Century Literacy Skills Through Game-Based Learning. Pennsylvania : IGI Global. [Link] | |
| 2021 | Brian McKenzie (2021) 'Using Wikipedia to Teach Information Literacy: From Positivism to Critical Pedagogy' In: Wikipedia in Academia. Padova : Padova University Press. |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Brian McKenzie (2024) '“Murders on the stage, tortures, woundings and the like”: Dungeons & Dragons Adventures as Tragedy'. Analog Game Studies, 11 (1). [Link] | |
| 2023 | McKenzie, B. (2023) 'Dungeons and dragons and digital writing: A case study of worldbuilding'. Journal Of University Teaching And Learning Practice, 20 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2023 | Edana Richardson, Brian McKenzie, Brian Flanagan, Neil C. Thompson, Maria Murphy (2023) 'Democratising case law while teaching students: writing Wikipedia articles on legal cases'. European Journal of Legal Education, 4 (1):107-135. | |
| 2018 | McKenzie B. (2018) 'Public intellectuals as policy makers: the democratization of culture and Sean O’Faoláin’s Arts Council, 1956–1959'. International Journal of Cultural Policy, . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
| 2018 | McKenzie B.; Brown J.; Casey D.; Cooney A.; Darcy E.; Giblin S.; Ní Mhórdha M. (2018) 'From Poetry to Palmerstown: Using Wikipedia to Teach Critical Skills and Information Literacy in A First-Year Seminar'. College Teaching, 66 (3):140-147. [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Dr Brian McKenzie (2016) 'The European Youth Campaign in Ireland: Neutrality,Americanization, and the Cold War 1950 to 1959'. Diplomatic History, 40 (3):421-444. [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Dr Brian McKenzie (2014) 'Teaching Twitter: Re-enacting the Paris Commune and the Battle of Stalingrad'. THE HISTORY TEACHER, 47 :355-372. [Full-Text] | |
| 2005 | Dr Brian McKenzie (2005) 'Simulations, Sources, and the History Survey Course'. TEACHING HISTORY: A JOURNAL OF METHODS, XXX :82-90. | |
| 2003 | Dr Brian McKenzie (2003) 'Creating a Tourist's Paradise'. FRENCH POLITICS, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY, 21 :35-54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/153763703782370404 [Full-Text] |
Conference Contribution
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Teaching Interests
Courses developed and taught:
- RPG601: Writing for Role-Playing Games
- First-Year Seminar: Universal Critical Skills