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Professor (Lecturer), Division Of Games
Professional Service
- ACM.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer for CHI 2024, 11-16 May, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
12/01/2023 - 02/01/2024
- Independent Games Festival.
Juror for Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2024.
12/01/2023 - 12/31/2023
- Portuguese Society of Video Games Sciences (SPCV).
Role: Member of Scientific Committee.
Scientific Committee - 13th International Conference on Videogame Sciences and Arts, 28-30 November, 2023, Aveiro, Portugal.
08/01/2023 - present
- Uppsala University.
Role: Juror.
Gotland Game Conference 2023.
05/27/2023 - 05/29/2023
- CHI.
Role: Reviewer.
CHIPlay 2023, 10-13 October, Stratford, Canada.
05/01/2023 - 07/31/2024
- University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
Role: Reviewer.
Games Lit 2023, May 10-11, Katowice, Poland.
03/01/2023 - 04/01/2023
- ACM.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer for journal "ACM Games: Research and Practice".
02/01/2023 - present
- DiGRA.
Role: Reviewer.
International Conference of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) 2023, 19-23 June, Sevilla, Spain.
02/01/2023 - 03/31/2024
- Society for Advancement of the Study of Digital Games (SASDG).
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer for 5th Workshop on Tabletop Games @ Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) 2023, 11-14 April, Lisbon, Portugal.
12/15/2022 - 04/14/2023
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Reviewer for research proposals submitted to SSHRC.
12/15/2022 - 01/15/2023
- DiGRA España.
Role: Member of Program Committee.
Member of Program Committee for DiGRAES 2023 - II Congreso DiGRA Spain, April 25-28, 2023.
12/01/2022 - 04/28/2023
- Independent Games Festival.
Juror for Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2023.
12/01/2022 - 01/15/2023
- Society for Advancement of the Study of Digital Games (SASDG).
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer for 4th Workshop on Tabletop Games, September 5-8, 2022, Athens, Greece.
06/01/2022 - 09/08/2022
- Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA).
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer for the 2022 International Conference of the Digital Games Research Association, July 7-11, Kraków, Poland.
04/01/2022 - 07/11/2022
- ITU Copenhagen.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer for Game Analysis Perspectives Conference (GAP), April 20-23, Copenhagen, Denmark.
04/01/2022 - 04/23/2022
- Independent Games Festival.
Role: Juror.
Juror for Independent Games Festival (2022).
12/01/2021 - 01/15/2022
- Sociedad Chilena de las Ciencias de la Computacion (SCCC).
Role: Reviewer.
Sociedad Chilena de las Ciencias de la Computacion (SCCC) 2021 (40th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Society), 15-19th November, 2021.
10/01/2021 - 11/19/2021
- ACM.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer for DIS2021, Jun 28-Jul 2. (held online).
04/01/2021 - 07/02/2021
- Independent Games Festival.
Role: Juror.
Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2021.
12/01/2020 - 01/31/2021
- IEEE.
Role: Reviewer.
IEEE Transactions on Games.
10/2020 - present
- FDG.
Role: Track Chair.
Foundations of Digital Games (FDG) Conference 2021.
06/2020 - 08/2021
- Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW).
Role: Reviewer.
Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW), 3-7 Feb, 2020, Melbourne, Australia.
11/01/2019 - 02/07/2020
- Independent Games Festival.
Role: Juror.
Independent Games Festival (IGF) 2020.
10/31/2019 - 01/31/2020
- Foundations of Digital Games (FDG).
Role: Track Chair (Game Education).
Foundations of Digital Games Conference (FDG) 2020, Malta.
10/01/2019 - 09/18/2020
- Central and Eastern European Game Studies .
Role: Program Commitee Member.
Central and Eastern European Game Studies (CEEGS), 2018, 11-13 October, Prague.
08/01/2019 - 10/13/2019
- Immersive Learning Research Network.
Role: Program Commitee Member.
Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) 2020 Conference, .
06/2019 - 06/2020
- Interactive Entertainment Conference.
Role: Program Committee.
The 15th Annual Interactive Entertainment Conference 29th - 31st January 2019.
10/01/2018 - 01/31/2019
- International Journal of Role-Playing.
Role: Reviewer.
https://ijrp.subcultures.nl/.
01/01/2018 - present
- UNESCO.
Role: Reviewer.
UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development) – Working Paper Series Reviewer.
11/2017 - present
- Canada Research Chairs.
Role: Research Project Reviewer.
Research Project Reviewer .
10/2017 - present
- ACM.
Role: Reviewer.
Conference Reviewer for ACM CHI Play Conference.
08/01/2017 - present
- iLRN.
Role: Program Committee.
Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) 2017, Coimbra, Portugal, June 26-29. Includes reviewing anonymous paper submissions.
10/2016 - 06/2017
- MindTrek Conference.
Reviewed 3 anonymous submissions.
08/2016 - 09/2016
- Digital Games Research Association.
Role: Editor in Chief.
Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association (Journal).
05/2016 - present
- Living Games Conference.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewed 2 submissions.
05/2016 - 06/2016
- MP2016.
Role: Program Committee.
Morality Play 2016: Workshop on the Design of Games for Moral Engagement. Includes reviewing anonymous paper submissions.
04/2016 - 06/2016
- CISTI.
Role: Program Committee.
CISTI Workshops 2016 - 11th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, Gran Canaria, Spain, 15-18 June. Includes reviewing anonymous paper submissions.
03/2016 - 06/2016
- Extending Play Conference.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewed 8 anonymous paper submissions.
03/2016 - 04/2016
- Digital Games Research Association / Society for the Advancement of the Study of Digital Games.
Role: Program Committee.
2016 Joint International Conference DiGRA and FDG, 1-6 August, 2016. Includes reviewing anonymous paper submissions.
02/2016 - 08/2016
- University of Michigan Press.
Role: Book Proposal Reviewer.
Review proposal for unannounced title.
02/2016 - 03/2016
- ACM.
Role: Chair.
PLAY (curated game exhibition at CHI Play Conference), Oct 16-19 2016.
12/2015 - 10/2016
- iLRN.
Role: Program Committee.
Immersive Learning Research Network Conference (iLRN) 2016, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Includes reviewing anonymous paper submissions.
10/2015 - 07/2016
- First Person Scholar.
Role: Board of Discussants (member).
Journal.
01/2014 - 12/2017
- ETC Press.
Role: Editorial Advisory Board.
Well Played Journal.
07/2013 - present
- IndieCade.
Role: Juror.
International Festival of Independent Games.
03/2012 - present
- De Gruyter.
Role: International Editorial Board.
Multimodal Communication (journal).
10/20/2011 - 11/24/2013
- FDG (Foundations of Digital Games).
Role: Reviewer.
Paper Reviewer for Fundations of Digital Games Conference.
02/01/2011 - present
- G|A|M|E: The Italian Journal of Game Studies.
Role: Academic Advisory Board (member).
G|A|M|E: The Italian Journal of Game Studies.
06/2010 - present
- SAGE.
Role: Editorial Board (member).
Games and Culture (journal). Includes reviewing anonymous paper submissions, 2-3/year.
06/2010 - present
- Game Studies.
Role: Board of Reviewers (member).
Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Games Research. Includes reviewing anonymous paper submissions, 2-3/year.
01/2010 - present
- IGI .
Role: Editorial Review Board (member).
International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations.
11/2008 - 11/2013
- Canadian Game Studies Organization.
Role: Editorial Board (member).
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06/2007 - present
Honors & Awards
- Fellow.
Higher Education Videogame Alliance (HEVGA),
06/2020
- 3rd place, Game Design Contest for "Abstract Hex Dice".
BryceCon,
01/2019
- Digital Games Research Association Distinguished Scholar.
Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA),
09/2016
- Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Leadership in Ethics Education Award (2015-2016).
University of Utah,
05/2016
Internal Service
- MEAE Admissions Committee (Design Track).
Member,
11/01/2023 - 04/30/2024.
Department service.
- EAE Curriculum Committee.
Chair,
08/2021 - 12/31/2023.
Department service.
- EAE Curriculum Committee.
Program Commitee Member,
01/2021 - present.
Department service.
- University of Utah Research Committee (URC).
Member,
08/2019 - 07/31/2022.
University service.
- Auxiliary Faculty Appointment Advisory Committee.
Chair,
08/2018 - present.
Department service.
- Admissions Committee (Design track).
Committee Member,
03/2016 - 02/29/2020.
Department service.
- EAE Lecture Series.
Organizer,
01/2016 - 06/30/2023.
Department service.
- EAE Hiring Committee (both regular and ad-hoc).
Chair (until Spring 2023),
01/2016 - 05/31/2023.
Department service.
- College of Engineering Curriculum Committee.
Member (representative of EAE),
08/2015 - 12/2017.
College service.
- EAE Curriculum Committee.
Member,
01/2015 - 07/2016.
Department service.
Affiliations
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Digital Games Research Association
(DiGRA),
Vice President,
08/2013 - 07/31/2015
In the Media
- Interviewed live on KSL NewsRadio (102.7fm) as part of the "Dave and Dujanovic Show" as an expert on videogames commenting on videogames education. 10/26/2023.
- Interviewed in New York Times about the forthcoming release of Immortals of Aveum. ("Forget Guns. This First-Person Shooter Only Has Magic"). 08/22/2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/arts/immortals-...
- Interviewed in New York Times regarding the forthcoming launch of Diablo IV ("Diablo IV Wants Gamers to Slay Monsters in Hell Forever"). 06/05/2023.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/05/arts/diablo-iv-...
- Interviewed in Inverse Magazine (“Is Joel a Good Person? The Complicated Ethics of Last of Us”)
. 03/15/2023.
https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-last-of-...
- Samsung Display, “What’s Happening in Gaming in 2023?”
(Interviewed as expert on gaming for Samsung IT trend column). 01/20/2023.
https://global.samsungdisplay.com/31083
- Interviewed in ETC Magazine (Nr 38, 23 September 2022), “ALLA VINNER – ELLER ALLA FÖRLORAR”. • Swedish print magazine, article is about collaborative games, also available at https://www.etc.se/feature/slipp-konflikterna-med-barnen-haer-aer-spelen-daer-alla-aer-vinnare (paywall). 09/23/2022.
https://www.etc.se/feature/slipp-konflikterna-med-...
- Featured in article on videogames in French Epsilon Magazine. Article title “L´ENQUETE - Jeux vidéo : le piège se referme” (Epsiloon is an Award-winning French popular science print magazine. (“Le magazine d'actualité scientifique qui décrypte le monde et suscite la curiosité”)
. 08/2022.
- Live interview on Fox13 News discussing the phenomenon and popularity of the game "Wordle". 03/07/2022.
- Invited Guest on Ethics and Video Games Podcast. Title of Episode “Episode 31: How Should Intellectual Property Apply to Video Games? (with Jose Zagal)”. 12/07/2021.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-31-h...
- Invited guest on Ethics and Videogames Podcast. Topic was "Teaching Ethics and Video Games". 08/03/2021.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teaching-eth...
- Research on Role-playing games referred to in "Play it Smart" column in Tabletop Gaming magazine published in the UK. 06/2019.
- Guest interviewee on BackStory podcast hosted by Alex Roberts (Episode 67). 09/13/2018.
https://oneshotpodcast.com/interview-discussion/ba...
- Appearance in "How Pokémon Go encourages players to get outside
and meet other people" published in the Salt Lake Tribune. 11/01/2017.