Brian Walsh

Assistant Professor of Communication Design

Long, Office 103A 2850 Campus Box Elon, NC 27244

Brief Biography

I teach data science, AI, and computer programming. My creative work is centered around using web animation to elucidate complicated or challenging concepts.

News & Notes

Education

School of Film, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA.
Master of Fine Arts, Film/Video, 2001
Certificate in Program of Integrated Media, 2001

School of Communications, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
Bachelor of Arts, Media Production, 1997
University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 1995-1996

Employment History

Video Editor / After Effects Artist, Independent Film Channel ( 2008 - 2011)

Freelance Video Editor / After Effects Artist (2001 - present). Projects include feature-length documentaries, HD commercials for broadcast, presentation videos, company reels

Freelance Programmer ( 2004 - present)
Flash/AS3, HTML5/CSS3, jQuery/JavaScript, PHP/MySQL, WP/Drupal.

Previously taught at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), Old Westbury, NY

Courses Taught

COM 6400: Interactive Design
MEA 2600: Understanding Audiences
MEA 3290: Applied Media Analytics

Leadership Positions

Media Analytics Director, 2019-2022

Research

I research the Death Positive movement and hope to analyze T.M.T. (Terror Management Theory)

Current Projects

I'm currently working on a documentary on the history and practive of embalming in American funerary tradition:

https://facstaff.elon.edu/bwalsh5/death

With my colleague Jenny Jiang, I wrote a textbook on using the R programming language for Communication studies:

https://jennyjiangke.github.io/book/

Grants Awarded

2022-23 Fellow, The Order of teh Good Death:

https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/about-the-order/our-fellows/

Publications

R for Visualization, Statistics & and Data Literacy:

http://codingpedagogy.net/chapter09/index.html

R for Media Analytics (textbook):