Experts on game design

Farley Chery
Farley James Chery
  • Associate Professor of Teaching Interactive Media & Game Development
Professor Farley Chery studies technical art and areas of experimentation like storytelling, and experimental game mechanics. His research about character rigging, which is the making of a digital skeleton that animators can use to control and animate a
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Melissa Kagen
  • Assistant Professor of Teaching Interactive Media & Game Development
Melissa Kagen teaches and conducts research into gaming, interactive storytelling, escape rooms, immersive performance, and walking simulators. As the author of Wandering Games, she can speak about the history and meaning of the use of wandering in games,T...
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Erin R Ottmar
  • Associate Professor Social Science & Policy Studies
Professor Ottmar aims to develop and evaluate classroom interventions that improve mathematics teaching and learning. Her research focuses on the intersections of educational, cognitive, and developmental psychology. She is interested in understanding how ...
Gillian Smith
  • Associate Professor Computer Science
Professor Smith is an award-winning game designer. Her interdisciplinary work merges technical research in AI and HCI with creative practice in textiles and games, with a view towards addressing social issues and broadening participation and perspectives