Matthew L. Jockers

Jockers is not a Nebraska author. He taught at the University of Nebraska from 2012 to 2018. He has published numerous scholarly works and has served (on leave from his Nebraska appointments) as 2014 - 2015 Principal Research Scientist and Software Development Engineer with Apple Computer, Inc. in Cupertino, CA. He is probably best known to the wider public as the co-author of The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of a Blockbuster Novel. (2016). The authors of the book used the University of Nebraska Holland Computing Center's Tusker super-computer, located at the Peter Kiewit Institute in Omaha, to analyze the text of some 4,800 English language novels and extract those features which make a book a "bestseller." The book has been widely noticed by book reviewers, writers, and the publishing industry.

Jockers is included in the database for the University of Nebraska connection, and related inquiries.

Author Of

Nonfiction

Keywords

Textual Analysis; Data Mining; Literary History; Copyright Law; University of Nebraska Faculty

Education

Bachelor of Arts, English, 1989 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Master of Arts, English, 1993, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
Ph.D. English, 1997, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL

Places Worked

Current: Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of English and Data Analytics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Bibliography

The Bestseller Code: Anatomy of a Blockbuster Novel. (co-author with Jodie Archer) 2016.
Text Analysis with R for Students of Literature. 2014
Macroanalysis: Digital Methods and Literary History. 2013.

Other books and numerous journal articles not listed here.

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