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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 »

Magy Seif El Nasr

Magy Seif El Nasr

Professor and Department Chair

Computational Media

Areas of expertise: Human Computer Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Game Design, Game Technology, Visual Arts


Biography, Education and Training

Magy Seif El-Nasr is a Professor in Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she directs the Game User Interaction and Intelligence (GUII) Lab. Dr. Seif El-Nasr earned her Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University in Computer Science in 2003. Her research focuses on two goals (a) developing automated tools and techniques for authoring, adapting, and personalizing virtual environments (e.g., interactive narrative, believable characters, and visuals), and (b) developi... more »

Grant Gilmore Whipple

Grant Gilmore Whipple

Assistant Teaching Professor

Art Department

Areas of expertise: Visual Arts


Biography, Education and Training

Grant Whipple's new paintings fragment the routines of daily life to bring overlooked contrasts into high relief. An elite university encroaches on a low-income community. Ecological crisis creeps its way in to the comforts of home. Tourists seeking leisure find a 21st-century world rearranged beyond comprehension. Born in Chicago, he received his BA from DePauw University and an MFA from Michigan State University. He exhibits in galleries locallly, nationally, and internationally. Currently Gra... more »


Areas of expertise: Asian American Pacific Islander History, Visual Arts, Indigenous Arts, Virtual Reality, Immersive, and Augmented Reality Environments, Science and Technology, New Media, Literature, Performance


Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. English (Literature), University of California, Riverside | Designated Emphasis in Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Science |   M.A. English (Literature), University of California, Riverside | Awarded with Distinction |   B.A. English, University of Hawaii at Manoa    A.A. Liberal Arts, Leeward Community College  Dr. Nicole Ku'uleinapuananioliko'awapuhimelemeleolani Furtado was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and has lived in California over the last six years.... more »

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