So somehow this has managed to be my week on the web. For the interested, there’s a four-part “exit interview” with me over at the Official C3 Weblog (1, 2, 3, 4), a very cool shout-out from my friend and fellow media scholarly-type Robert Kozinets over at his blog Brandthroposophy, and finally a two-part (at least) conversation between myself and another media scholarly-type Catherine Tosenberger over at the official weblog of Henry Jenkins (the first part is here), which has been linked to by none less than Joss Whedon fansite extraordinaire Whedonesque.
Jefferson Davis and my Aunt Mavis, what a week! And here I am just wondering if there’s any chance I can pick up an iPhone tomorrow…
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I'm the Director of the Games and Simulation program at Miami University in Ohio, where I am also an Assistant Professor in the College of Creative Arts' Emerging Technology in Business and Design department. I'm also the director of Miami's Worldbuilding and Narrative Design Research Laboratory (WNDRLab). I have a Master's in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and a PhD in Media Arts and Practices from the University of Southern California.
In past lives I've been the lead Narrative Producer for Microsoft Studios and cofounder of its Narrative Design team, working on projects like Hololens, Quantum Break and new IP incubation; in a "future of media" think tank for Microsoft's CXO/CTO and its Chief Software Architect; the Creative Director for the University of Southern California's World Building Media Lab and the Technical Director, Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab; a Visiting Assistant Professor at Whittier College and director of its Whittier Other Worlds Laboratory (WOWLab); the Communications Director and a researcher for the Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab; a founding member of the Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT (now The Futures of Entertainment); a magazine editor; and a award-winning short film producer. more »
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