J.R. Nau
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Portfolio of Jeffrey Nau

About

Currently, I am serving in AmeriCorps with the Ohio Reading Corps as a reading tutor for Kindergarten through 3rd grade students. During the 2020 Presidential General Election, I had the opportunity to work as an Election Official for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections as an operator during early in-person voting, helping out with processing voted ballots on election night, and adjudicating provisional ballots. 

In 2019, I founded my own company, Dracan Works, LLC to continue the VR Museum project I started with my master's thesis. This led to the publication of two VR Museum titles on the Oculus Store - VR Museum: Blacksmithing Through Time, and VR Museum: Art Through Time. I will be presenting this work on February 4th, 2021 as a guest lecturer for Fort Talk Thursdays with the Niles History Center, the Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project, and Niles District Library.   

MA Thesis
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Download Thesis
Nau, Jeffrey R. "Virtual Realities in Archaeology: Employing the Oculus Rift for Artifact Visualization and Education" (2019). Master's Theses. 4307. Western Michigan University.

VR Museums

VR Museum Homepage
Virtual reality museums titled VR Museum: Blacksmithing Through Time, and VR Museum: Art Through Time, published on the Oculus Store.

Curriculum Vitae

I. EDUCATION:

2019                Master of Arts in Anthropology. Western Michigan University.

 

                        Thesis: “Virtual Realities in Archaeology: Employing the Oculus Rift for Artifact Visualization and Education”

 

                        Committee chair: Dr. Michael Nassaney

 

2015                Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, minor in English. Cleveland State University.

II. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2020-2021       Reading tutor for 26 students as an AmeriCorps member serving with the Ohio Reading Corps at Parma Community Pearl Road Elementary.

2020                Early In-Person Election Official at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections during the 2020 Presidential General Election.

2019-               Development of Oculus Rift virtual reality educational video games published on the Oculus Store titled VR Museum: Blacksmithing Through Time and VR Museum: Art Through Time.

2019-               Volunteer archaeologist at the Historical Society of the Brunswick Area working with collections and exhibits.

2018                Graduate research assistant at Western Michigan University creating inventories and organizing archaeological material.

2016-2018       Teaching assistant at Western Michigan University for classes on North American and world archaeology (Lost Worlds/ Archaeology; Race, Biology, and Culture; The First Americans).           

2015- 2016      Collections Manager of archaeological and ethnographic material at Western Michigan University as a graduate research assistant.

2013                Student Field Archaeologist. Department of Anthropology, Cleveland State University.

2011                Student Field Archaeologist. Department of Anthropology, Cleveland State University.

III. RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY:

A. Projects and Fieldwork:

2020                Development of VR Museum: Art Through Time, published on the Oculus Store.

2019-2020       Development of VR Museum: Blacksmithing Through Time, published on the Oculus Store.

2019                Master’s thesis. Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan University. Virtual Realities in Archaeology: Employing the Oculus Rift for Artifact Visualization and Education. The creation of a virtual reality museum for the Oculus Rift for the exploration of how virtual reality and photogrammetry technologies can be utilized to educate the public about archaeology.

2014                Student Seminar/Capstone Project. Department of Anthropology, Cleveland State University. Applications of Virtual Reality in Archaeology. The reconstruction of KV62, the Tomb of Tutankhamun for the Oculus Rift DK2.

2013                Student Field Archaeologist. Department of Anthropology, Cleveland State University. Conducted archaeological inventory testing at 33SU40, (the Stanford #2 site). An early Late Woodland site located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Summit County, Ohio.

2011                Student Field Archaeologist. Department of Anthropology, Cleveland State University. Conducted archaeological inventory testing at 33SU456, the Nina Stanford House, and Gioia-Lower West field site. Canal-Era, a historic house and property located in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Summit County, Ohio.

B. Honors, Scholarships, and Awards:

2015-2018       Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant with full tuition award.

2011-2015       Recipient of the CSU Scholar Radiance award per academic year. ($3,000)

2014-               Member of the Lambda Alpha National Collegiate Honors Society for Anthropology.

2013-               Member of the Alpha Lambda Delta National Academic Honor Society for Freshmen.

 

IV. PUBLICATIONS AND CREATIVE WORKS:

A. Academic:

Nau, Jeffrey R.

2019 “Virtual Realities in Archaeology: Employing the Oculus Rift for Artifact Visualization and Education.” Master’s Theses. Western Michigan University.

 

B. Lectures:

Nau, Jeffrey

2021 “Dive into History at Home: French Colonial Blacksmith Shops in VR Museums.” Fort Talk Thursdays. Guest lecturer with the Niles History Center and Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project. February 4th, 2021.

 

C. Other:

Nau, J.R.

2020 The Adventure of Skugga. Dracan Works, LLC. Self-published short story.

 

Dracan Works, LLC

2020 VR Museum: Art Through Time. Oculus Store.

 

Dracan Works, LLC

2020 VR Museum: Blacksmithing Through Time. Oculus Store.

 

Nau, Jeffrey (Editor)

2009-2015 Tales of the Western Reserve. Western Reserve Artist Blacksmith Association.

V. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

A. Membership in Professional Associations:

Society for American Archaeology

Artist-Blacksmith Association of North America

Historical Society of the Brunswick Area

 

B. Language Competence:

Classic Mayan (some reading)

 

C. Other Skills:

PastPerfect database software

Typing speed of over 70 words per minute

Microsoft Windows 10

Microsoft Office 365 (Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel)

Unreal Engine 4 (real-time rendering game engine)

3DF Zephyr (photogrammetry)

Blender (3d modeling software)

Adobe Premiere (video editing)

Oculus Rift (virtual reality head-mounted display)

Blacksmithing

Experimental Archaeology

Fiction Writing

VI. COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES:

2020-2021       AmeriCorps member serving with the Ohio Reading Corps.

2019-               Volunteer at the Historical Society of the Brunswick Area assisting with collections management.

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