Faculty and Staff

Education

  • Ph.D. in Texts & Technology from University of Central Florida (2014)
  • Certificate in Mixed Reality Engineering from University of Central Florida (2022)
  • M.A. in Anthropology from University of Central Florida (2009)
  • B.S. in Engineering Technology from University of Central Florida (1985)
  • A.S. in Electronics Technology from Seminole Community College (1983)

Selected Publications

Articles/Essays

  • Amy Larner Giroux, “The Brambach, Mangold, and Beplat Saga: Evidence Supports Sensationalist News Stories.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 110, no. 3 (September 2022):165–89.
  • Amy Larner Giroux, “The Many Names of Frances Ellsworth: Unraveled Evidence Identifies a Birth Name.” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 109, no. 4 (December 2021): 283–307.
  • Emily K. Johnson, Amy L. Giroux, Don Merritt, Gergana Vitanova, and Sandra Sousa. “Assessing the Impact of Game Modalities in Second Language Acquisition: ELLE the EndLess LEarner.” Journal of Universal Computer Science 26.8 (2020): 880-903, special issue on Immersive Learning.
  • Amy Larner Giroux, “Navigating People, Paper, and Pixels: Examining Contact Zones With(in) the Past.” Florida Studies Review (London: Cambridge Publishing, 2018), 46–61.
  • Marcy L. Galbreath and Amy L. Giroux, “Researching Genres in Agricultural Communities: The Role of the Farm Record Book.” Current Research in Digital History 1 (2018). https://doi.org/10.31835/crdh.2018.16
  • Amy Larner Giroux, Connie Harper, Paul Wiegand, “Evaluating Multi-criteria Connection Mechanisms: a new algorithm for browsing digital archives.” Digital Scholarship in the Humanities 33, no. 3 (2018): 540–547. https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqx057
  • Kenneth Hanson, Emily Johnson, Amy Larner Giroux, “The Potential of Digital Media in Teaching Biblical and Jewish Studies.” Mentalities/Mentalités 30, no. 5 (2017).
  • Amy Larner Giroux, “God A Stinks: Synesthesia in the Maya Afterlife.” ImageTexT 8, no. 3 (2016). http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/archives/v8_3/giroux/

Book Sections/Chapters

  • Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Hi Vi Mitz Mak a Be o Ta, Honoring the Historic Footprints of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Warriors at Fort Marion, 1875–1878 (ISBN: 978-0-9863466-3-7), 2024. Editorial Manager and contributor.
  • Gergana Vitanova, Emily Johnson, Sandra Sousa, Amy Giroux, and Don Merritt. “Gameful Teaching: Exploring Language Teacher Identity and Agency through Videogames.” Language Teacher Development in Digital Contexts, eds. H. Kayi-Aydar and J. Reinhardt. (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2022).