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Areas of expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Game Studies, Science and Technology


Biography, Education and Training

 Ira Pohl is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. He is a Fellow of the ACM (2000) and a member of AAAI.


Areas of expertise: Computer Science, Game Studies, Science Education, Software Engineering


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. Computer Science, University of California, San Diego M.S. Computer Science, University of California, San Diego B.A. Mathematics, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

Soraya E A Murray

Soraya E A Murray

Associate Professor, Provost, Porter College

Film and Digital Media Department

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semurray@ucsc.edu


Areas of expertise: Visual Culture, Cultural Studies, Visual Arts, Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies, Game Studies, Contemporary Art, Contemporary Cinema, Digital Media, Diversity, Critical Theory


Biography, Education and Training

Soraya Murray (PhD Cornell) studies contemporary visual culture, especially film and video games. She is an Associate Professor in the Film + Digital Media Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her writings may be found in journals in the areas of contemporary art, film and digital culture, including venues such as Art Journal, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art, Public Art Review, Third Text, Open Library of Humanities, PAJ: A... more »

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Tim Stephens

Senior Public Information Representative, Science & Engineering

stephens@ucsc.edu

831-459-4352


Areas of expertise: Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies, Fiction, Digital Media, Digital Humanities, Digital Arts, Game Studies, Game Technology, Game Design, Artificial Intelligence, New Media


Biography, Education and Training

Noah Wardrip-Fruin is a Professor of Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he co-directs the Expressive Intelligence Studio, a technical and cultural research group.  Noah's research areas include new models of storytelling in games, how games express ideas through play, the literary possibilities of computational media, and how cultural software can be preserved, discovered, and cited. Noah has authored or co-edited five books on games and digital media f... more »

Dani Wright

Dani Wright

Lecturer of Art & Design: Games & Playable Media

Arts Division

Areas of expertise: Queer Studies, Game Design, Game Studies, Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies, New Media, Design


Biography, Education and Training

dani (she/they) is a game designer and educator currently lecturing at UC Santa Cruz. She has studied computer science and game design ever since discovering an interest during high school. After loving a couple of design-centric courses, they switched their undergraduate major from Computer Science: Game Design to Art and Design: Games & Playable Media. Currently, she is currently lecturing for the Art & Design: Games & Playable Media major at UC Santa Cruz. dani is passionate abou... more »

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