Professional Service

• AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE). Local Arrangements Chair. 11/01/2022 - 11/01/2023
• ACM Games: Research and Practice (journal). Role: Narrative in Games track co-editor. Associate Editor. 11/01/2021 - present
• International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Senior Program Committee Member. 01/01/2021 - 12/01/2021
• AAAI Fall Symposium on Cognitive Systems for Anticipatory Thinking. Role: Member. Program Committee. 08/17/2020 - 11/01/2021
• IEEE. Role: Program Committee Member. Program Committee, IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, online event, 2020. 08/01/2020 - 12/15/2020
• ACM. Role: Senior Program Committee Member. Senior Program Committee Member, International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, Glasgow, UK. (2020) . 06/01/2020 - 10/01/2020
• NSF. Role: Panel Member. CISE Funding Panel Member. 05/01/2020 - 05/30/2020
• International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. Senior Program Committee Member. 04/01/2019 - 09/01/2019
• SASDG. Role: Program Committee Member. Program Committee, Workshop on Envisioning Next Generation Personalized Game Experiences, at the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2019. 03/01/2019 - 08/30/2019
• University of California, Santa Cruz. Role: Member . External Review Committee, Computational Media Department External Review, Baskin College of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, (2019). 02/01/2019 - 05/01/2020
• International Conference on Interactive Digital Entertainment. General Chair. 02/01/2019 - 12/01/2019
• Association for Research on Digital Interactive Narratives. Role: Conference General Chair. International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling. 12/12/2018 - 12/01/2019
• IEEE Transactions on Games. Associate Editor. 10/01/2018 - 01/31/2023
• International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Role: Senior Program Committee Member. Supervised Program Committee Processes for Socially Intelligent Agents Track. 06/01/2018 - 12/01/2018
• IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality. Program Committee member. 04/01/2018 - 09/19/2018
• US National Science Foundation. Panel Member Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate. 10/02/2017 - 11/29/2017
• International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Senior Program Committee Member (Socially Interactive Agents Track). 05/01/2017 - 07/10/2018
• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Program Committee Member, Cognitive Systems Track, Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2017. 03/13/2017 - 08/20/2018
• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Program Committee, International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, Doctoral Consortium. 02/06/2017 - 10/10/2017
• Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Local Arrangements Chair, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE). 02/01/2017 - 10/10/2017
• Eurographics. Program Committee Member, Eurographics Workshop on Intelligent Camera Control, Cinematics and Film Editing. 01/17/2017 - 09/11/2017
• Eurographics Workshop on Intelligent Camera Control, Cinematics and Film Editing. Program Committee Member. 01/09/2017 - present
• Society for the Advancement of Science of Digital Games. Program Committee Member, Games Technologies Track, International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG). 01/09/2017 - 10/16/2017
• International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games (FDG). Program Committee Member, Games Technologies Track. 10/01/2016 - 07/01/2017
• AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE). Local Arrangements Chair. 08/01/2016 - 10/06/2017
• International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents. Senior Program Committee Member. 08/01/2016 - 03/01/2017
• Society for the Advancement of the Science of Digital Games. Role: Chair. Steering Committee of the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games. 03/01/2016 - present
• Society for the Advancement of the Science of Digital Games. Role: Vice-President and board member. Leadership on conference management, direction of the society. 01/01/2016 - present
• IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games. Role: Associate Editor. Manage scientific review of journal articles, solicit and review proposals for special issues. 01/01/2016 - 10/06/2018
• Annual Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Program Committee Member, Cognitive Systems Track. 01/01/2016 - 06/01/2017
• International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations. Editorial Advisory Board Member. 05/01/2014 - present
• International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations (IJGCMS). International Advisory Board Member. 05/01/2014 - present
• Workshop on Intelligent Narrative Technologies. Member, Board of Advisors. 07/01/2013 - present
• Advances in Cognitive Systems Journal. Editorial Board Member. 03/01/2012 - present
• AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE). Member, Board of Advisors. 03/01/2010 - present
• IEEE. Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in Games, October, 2008 to December, 2018. 08/01/2008 - 12/01/2018
• Wake Technical Community College Games and Simulation Degree Program. Member, Board of Advisors. 03/01/2006 - present
• Central Piedmont Community College Games and Simulation Degree Program. Member, Board of Advisors. 03/01/2006 - 05/01/2017

Internal Service

• DATASET Steering Committee. Member, 01/01/2023 - present. University service.
• College of Engineering Diversity Committee. ASEE Bronze Level Certification Subcommittee, 08/01/2022 - 12/01/2022. College service.
• University Committee on Faculty Data. Member , 08/01/2021 - present. University service.
• EAE Graduate Council Review Committee. Chair, 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
• College of Engineering Diversity Committee member. Committee Member, 10/01/2020 - present. College service.
• School of Computing Informal RPT Small Committee. Committee Member , 09/30/2020 - 01/04/2021. Department service.
• Planning Committee, University of Utah Interdisciplinary Computing Building. Member , 01/26/2020 - 09/01/2021. College service.
• Graduate School Internal Review Committee member, Asian Studies Program Internal Review, January 2020 to July 2020. Committee Member , 01/01/2020 - 07/15/2020. University service.
• Entertainment Arts and Engineering. Program Director, 07/01/2019 - present. Department service.
• “Now You Too Can Play Videogames for Homework” University presentation to Crimson Parents Steering Committee. Presenter, 04/26/2019 - 04/26/2019. University service.
• School of Computing RPT Committee for associate professor new hire. 04/01/2019 - 05/31/2019. Department service.
• EAE Scholarships Committee. Chair, 01/01/2019 - present. Department service.
• Graduate Admissions Committee. Chair, 01/01/2019 - present. Department service.
• Graduate Studies. Director of Graduate Studies (DOGS), 01/01/2019 - present. Department service.
• School of Computing Curriculum Committee. 01/01/2019 - 08/15/2022. Department service.
• Entertainment Arts and Engineering. Interim Director, 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2019. Department service.
• School of Computing Hiring Committee. Committee Member (HCC/Viz/Games), 10/01/2018 - 05/01/2019. Department service.
• School of Computing RPT Committee. Member, 08/15/2018 - 12/31/2018. Department service.
• School of Computing Machine Learning Faculty Search Committee. Member. 01/01/2018 - 05/15/2018. Department service.
• Leadership Development Program. Participant, 09/08/2017 - 04/16/2018. University service.
• School of Computing RPT Committee. 08/15/2017 - 12/31/2017. Department service.
• School of Computing Awards Committee. Member, 07/18/2017 - 06/30/2020. Department service.
• School of Computing Gemstone Faculty Search Committee. Member , 11/30/2016 - 05/15/2017. Department service.
• School of Computing RPT Committee. Member, 08/31/2016 - 12/31/2016. Department service.
• School of Computing Executive Committee. Member, 08/16/2016 - 06/30/2020. Department service.
• Entertainment Arts and Engineering Executive Committee. Member , 05/16/2016 - 12/31/2018. Department service.
• Entertainment Arts and Engineering Program. Deputy Directory, 05/16/2016 - 12/31/2018. Department service.

Community Partnership

• Presentation on Game Development to McGillis School middle school classes. 02/06/2019 - 02/06/2019

Outreach

• Presentation to Crimson Parents Steering Committee. 04/26/2019 - 04/26/2019
• Film Day at the Utah Capitol Building. 02/27/2019 - 02/27/2019
• Film Day at the Utah Capitol Building. 02/01/2017 - 02/01/2017

Honors & Awards

• EAE Program ranked #2 public undergraduate program in the US, #8 overall by US News and World Report. 10/01/2022
• EAE Program rated #1 public institution in the world for graduate programs in games, #5 overall. Princeton Review. 03/01/2022
• EAE Program ranked #1 undergraduate program in the US, #3 overall by US News and World Report. 10/01/2021
• EAE Program rated #1 public institution in the world for graduate programs in games, #6 overall. Princeton Review, 03/01/2021
• EAE Program rated #2 public institution in the world for undergraduate programs in games, #8 overall. Princeton Review, 03/01/2021
• Best Paper Nomination . International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, 12/18/2018
• HEVGA Fellow, inaugural class. Higher Education Video Game Alliance, 04/01/2017
• Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award for Outreach, Extension and Engagement . NC State University , 10/01/2015
• Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award for Research. NC State University, 10/01/2015
• Distinguished Scientist. Association for Computing Machinery, 10/05/2013
• Alumni Association Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching. NC State University, 10/01/2005
• CAREER Award. National Science Foundation, 10/01/2004