Hello. I'm Jason Craft and this is where I keep my personal Web stuff.

Work

I build software for learning. During my career, I’ve built Web applications, simulations, interactive learning resources. For the past 15 years, I’ve built enterprise systems for student assessment. I also lead teams of smart people who do this work. You can get all the details at my LinkedIn profile.

Scholarship

I did my Ph.D. work at UT Austin, where I studied digital media, popular stories and games, genre theory and semiotics. In my dissertation, I put together a description of what I called fiction networks, and I analyzed the deformative effects they have on narrative. Nowadays, a lot of these ideas have coalesced around the term “transmedia.” I’ve written a slightly more digestible conference paper as well.

You can also take a look at The Annotated Flex Mentallo. This was an old conference course project that has ended up becoming the most popular part of this site.

Also

• I lift heavy things.
• I enjoy punching and kicking.
• I live in Austin with my husband Mike.