Greg O'Toole

My professional work focuses on enterprise-level technical and creative development and strategy using open source technologies and critical approaches to media studies as a process for building quality digital experiences. As a Sr. Web Developer, Cloud Architect, Professor, Technical Account Manager, and Author, I have been working on the web since 1994 building sustainable web ecosystems for a globally diverse range of users, customers, and students. The digital web experiences I have helped build are used by millions of people every day.

• BS from Bradley University in 1995
• Post-Baccalaureate Degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000
• MA from University of Denver in 2005
• Professional Graduate Coursework in Computer Science from Harvard University in 2014
• PhD from University of Denver in 2013 (Magna Cum Laude)

• New Media and the Web
• Programming for the Web
• Emerging Issues and Technologies
• Creative Coding: Scripting for Art and Design
• Digital Multimedia Design Foundations
• Digital Multimedia Design Studio

• Penn State University, Schreyer Honors College Approved Faculty
• Invited Fulbright Scholar Award; STEAM Promoting Trans- and Interdisciplinary Research; College of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Social Sciences; University College Cork, Ireland, 2018–19.
• Invited Reviewer by Yale University Press for Web Style Guide, 4th Edition
• Invited Speaker, Drupal NYC Camp at Open Camps, United Nations Building, New York City
• Awarded Acquia Certified Open Source Developer, Acquia Drupal Site Builder Certification
• Invited Web Software Engineer, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Openwebby is now a proud Acquia Partner (Acquia is recognized as a fastest-growing private company in North America)
• Penn State College of IST Junior Faculty Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award (Nominee)
• Webby Award, Honorary Mention
• Webby Award, People's Choice
• Kotka Photographic Center, Finland, NanoArt, (Most Viewed)
• Top Five Award, International Memefest
• Colorado Book Award
• Valparaiso University Poetry Review, Recommended Books List
• Denver Westword, City of Denver Literary Collective (with Twain, Whitman, Cassady, Kerouac, Ginsberg, H.S. Thompson)
• Graduate Deans Academic Scholarship, University of Denver, Digital Media Studies
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Denver, Digital Media Studies
• Montana Arts Council Opportunity Grant
• National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Opportunity Grant
• Best News Photograph, Montana Newspaper Association
• Bare Walls Scholarship Endowment, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

BOOKS

• O'Toole, Greg (Reviewer, Subject Matter Expert). Horton, Sarah, and Patrick Lynch. "Web Style Guide, 3rd Edition." New Haven: Yale University Press, Print. eBook.
• O'Toole, Greg. "Media, Meaning, and the Legitimation Problem: From the Eradication of the Metanarrative to the Present." Saas-fee: European Graduate School, Think Media Series, Atropos Press, New York and Dresden, 2014. Print.
• O'Toole, Greg. "Sustainable Web Ecosystem Design." Springer Briefs in Computer Science Series, July 2013. ISBN 978-1-4614-7713-6 Print. ebook.
• O'Toole, Greg. "Electromania." Rocky Mountain Communication Review, University of Utah 5(1), 75-75. July 7, 2009, ISSN 1542-6394.
• O'Toole, Greg."Quantumedia, Cultural Considerations in the Age of Information."
• O'Toole, Greg. "Big City Freight Train Blues, Denver Poems." Ghost Road Press, 2005: ISBN 0-9760729-6-3.

BOOK CHAPTERS

• O'Toole, Greg. Chapter title: "Teach them to fish with YouTube®: Self-Reliance and Critical Approaches in Teaching Sustainable Information Science and Technology." Book title: "Innovative Practices in Teaching Information Sciences and Technology: Experience Reports and Reflections." IST/PSU, Springer, 2013/4 (invited, review).
• O'Toole, Greg. "The Virtual Eq. Learning Environment," A chapter in DEMONSTRATING RELEVANCE: RESPONSE-ABILITY—Theory, practice, and imagination of socially responsive communication. Edited: Oliver Vodeb, Ph.D. and Nikola Janović, Ph.D. Publisher: University of Ljubljana and Memefest. Series: Psychology of Everyday Life. Available in English and in Slovene language, 2011 (invited).
• O'Toole, Greg. "Social Impact of Digital Media and Advertising: A Look at Consumer Control." A chapter in The Handbook of Research on Digital Media and Advertising. Publisher: University of Texas, Austin and IGI Global, 2010. ISBN10: 1605667927 (invited).

• Acquia, Inc. and Drupal Community, Association Member
• College of Arts and Architecture, Penn State
• College of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State
• St. Joseph’s University, Department of Communication and Media Studies
• Hof University, Graduate Program in Software Engineering, Germany
• Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia

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