Josh Fisher
Josh Fisher
Assistant Professor in School of Journalism and Strategic Communication

Phone:765-285-8901

Room:AJ 387


About Josh Fisher

Dr. Joshua A. Fisher is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Emerging Media Design and Development at the School of Journalism and Strategic Communication. He is an immersive media scholar focusing on augmented, mixed, and virtual reality nonfiction. Dr. Fisher is a researcher and practitioner who designs, develops, and evaluates immersive media prototypes with and for communities. He has taught interactive media development, user experience design, immersive media practices, and digital media theory for seven years. Dr. Fisher has published over 24 peer-reviewed publications and proceedings.

Dr. Fisher previously taught at Columbia College Chicago, where he developed a top-ranked Immersive Media B.A. and M.A. program. His interactive and immersive media work has been written about in Fast Company, The Guardian, O, the Oprah Magazine,and Erudite. In addition, Dr. Fisher consults with public and private organizations and corporations on immersive media initiatives.He has developed immersive media experiences for the Arthur M. Blank Foundation, Atlanta United, Essence, USAA, and the Knight Foundation.

Dr. Fisher has been a professor at Ball State University since 2022. He is also on the board of the Association for Research in Digital Interactive Narratives. In addition, he has served as a guest editor for Frontiers of Virtual Reality and Journalism and Media. You can find his research profile here.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Digital Media, Georgia Institue of Technology, 2019
  • M.A. in Writing and Publishing, DePaul University, 2015
  • B.A. in English Studies, Illinois State University, 2009

Selected academic publications

Honors and recognitions

In 2022, Dr. Fisher received Ball State University Marilyn Weaver Faculty Fellowship to support his teaching and work. His paper, A Proposed Curriculum for an Introductory Course on Interactive Digital Narratives in Virtual Reality, won the Best Paper Award at the International Conference of Interactive Digital Storytelling in 2021. In 2019, he won the James Dean Young Award for leadership on campus at the Georgia Institute of Technology.


Course Schedule
Course No. Section Times Days Location
Creative Project 698 1 0000 - 0000
Usability and Eval R 600 1 1500 - 1740 T AJ, room 392
Usability and Eval R 600 890 0000 - 0000 OL, room ONLINE
Usability and Eval R 600 890 0800 - 1150 RFS
Usability and Eval R 600 890 1400 - 1515 W
Applied Research Lab 660 1 0000 - 0000 TBD, room TBD
Thesis 698 804 0000 - 0000 OL, room ONLINE