Jessica M Parr
Biographic Data
| ID | 1241463 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica M Parr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica M |
| FAMILY NAME | Parr |
| SIGNATURE | PARR J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-2516-1978 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What is Digital Global History Now
Publication status: Published
The Colored Conventions Movement
Blackhaven
Blackhaven is a game, developed by University of Connecticut Digital Media and Design Department game professor James Coltrain and his Historiated Games Studio, along with his collaborator, Xavier University of Louisiana mass communications professor Shearon Roberts. In the game, available for free on STEAM, an intern named Kendra Turner, a sophomore at a historically Black college/university investigates the eighteenth-century estate of fictiona…
Act thin, stay thin
In 1968, Weight Watchers International introduced behavior modification practices to their established commercial program. At the time, the addition of behavioral psychology gave Weight Watchers a distinct advantage over the many competing weight control groups in postwar America. The process of combining group therapy with a controlled diet plan, behavior techniques and later, exercise, has significantly influenced American popular culture. This…
Plotting Piety
George Whitefield's career spanned two continents, six full transatlantic voyages, and approximately 18,000 sermons. Although he self-identified as an Anglican clergyman, he frequently ignored denominational lines as counterproductive to his vision of a large, unwalled church community. Responses to Whitefield also varied a great deal both temporally and geographically, depending on the local theo-politics at the time. For example, Whitefield ini…
Inventing George Whitefield
In 1770, English missionary George Whitefield died in Newburyport, Massachusetts. His death marked the start of a complex legacy that in many ways rendered Whitefield more powerful and influential in the afterlife than during his considerable career. Whitefield was a religious icon shaped in the complexities of revivalism, the contest over religious toleration, and the conflicting role of Christianity for enslaved people. Pro-slavery Christians s…
Act thin, stay thin
In 1968, Weight Watchers International introduced behavior modification practices to their established commercial program. At the time, the addition of behavioral psychology gave Weight Watchers a distinct advantage over the many competing weight control groups in postwar America. The process of combining group therapy with a controlled diet plan, behavior techniques and later, exercise, has significantly influenced American popular culture. This…
Inventing George Whitefield
In 1770, English missionary George Whitefield died in Newburyport, Massachusetts. His death marked the start of a complex legacy that in many ways rendered Whitefield more powerful and influential in the afterlife than during his considerable career. Whitefield was a religious icon shaped in the complexities of revivalism, the contest over religious toleration, and the conflicting role of Christianity for enslaved people. Pro-slavery Christians s…
Plotting Piety
George Whitefield's career spanned two continents, six full transatlantic voyages, and approximately 18,000 sermons. Although he self-identified as an Anglican clergyman, he frequently ignored denominational lines as counterproductive to his vision of a large, unwalled church community. Responses to Whitefield also varied a great deal both temporally and geographically, depending on the local theo-politics at the time. For example, Whitefield ini…
Act thin, stay thin
In 1968, Weight Watchers International introduced behavior modification practices to their established commercial program. At the time, the addition of behavioral psychology gave Weight Watchers a distinct advantage over the many competing weight control groups in postwar America. The process of combining group therapy with a controlled diet plan, behavior techniques and later, exercise, has significantly influenced American popular culture. This…
Blackhaven
Blackhaven is a game, developed by University of Connecticut Digital Media and Design Department game professor James Coltrain and his Historiated Games Studio, along with his collaborator, Xavier University of Louisiana mass communications professor Shearon Roberts. In the game, available for free on STEAM, an intern named Kendra Turner, a sophomore at a historically Black college/university investigates the eighteenth-century estate of fictiona…
The Colored Conventions Movement
What is Digital Global History Now
Publication status: Published
Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · 1714-1770 (1 works)