Director of PLAIT Lab
Magy Seif El-Nasr
Associate Professor
Director of Game Educational Programs and Research
Colleges of Arts, Media and Design & Computer & Information Sciences
Interest & Expertise: Affective design and Game User Research
Faculty
Alessandro Canossa
Associate Professor
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media, and Design
Interest & Expertise: Game Design, Psychology of Play and Game User Research
Anders Drachen
Associate Professor
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media, and Design
Interest & Expertise: Game Analytics and Game User Research
Nathan Felde
Professor and Chair
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media, and Design
Interest & Expertise: Design and Graphics Design
Casper Harteveld
Assistant Professor
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media, and Design
Interest & Expertise: Serious Gaming, Game User Research
Ann McDonald
Associate Professor
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media and Design
Interest & Expertise: Interactive Media, Design
Russell Pensyl
Professor
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media and Design
Interest & Expertise: Interactive Arts, Interactive Media
Gillian Smith
Assistant Professor
College of Computer and Information Science
Art and Design, College of Arts, Media, and Design
Interest & Expertise: Game Design, Procedural Content Generation, and Game AI
Brooke Foucault Welles
Assistant Professor
Communication
College of Arts, Media, and Design
Interest & Expertise: Social Science and Massively Multiplayer Games
Academic Specialists
Mark Sivak
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media and Design
Interest & Expertise: Game Design, new Devices enabling new game designs
Visiting Artists
Brian Sullivan
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media and Design
Interest & Expertise: Game Design and project management
Adjunct Faculty
Kevin Dill
Lockheed Martin
Interest & Expertise: Game AI, game programming, modular & reusable behavior
Seth Sivak
Zynga Boston
Game Faculty Friends
Richard Rasala
Associate Dean
College of Computer and Information Science
Isabel Meirelles
Associate Professor
Art and Design
College of Arts, Media and Design
Affiliated Faculty
| Tim Bickmore Associate Professor College of Computer and Information Sciences |
Elizabeth Bigsby Assistant Professor Communications, College of Arts, Media and Design |
| Marco Deseriis Assistant Professor Media and Film Studies, College of Arts, Media and Design |
Lisa Barrett Feldman Professor Psychology, College of Sciences |
| Matthew Goodwin Associate Professor College of Computer and Information Sciences Health Sciences, Bouve College of Health Science |
Steve Intille Associate Professor College of Computer and Information Sciences Health Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences |
| Jeff Howe Assistant Professor Journalism, College of Arts, Media and Design |
Matthew Gray Assistant Professor Theatre, College of Arts, Media and Design |
| Maura Iverson Professor and Chair Physical Therapy, Bouve College of Health Sciences |
Derek M. Isaacowitz Associate Professor Psychology, College of Sciences |
| Jackie A. Issacs Professor Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering |
William Kaizen Assistant Professor Art History and Media Studies, College of Arts, Media and Design |
| David Lazer Professor College of Computer and Information Sciences Political Science, College of Social Sciences and Humanities |
Rupal Patel Associate Professor Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Bouve College of Health Sciences College of Computer and Information Science |
| Alan Mislove Associate Professor College of Computer and Information Sciences |
Ronald R. Mourant Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering |
| Mirek Riedewald Associate Professor College of Computer and Information Sciences |
Joseph Reagle Assistant Professor Communications, College of Arts, Media and Design |
| Carmen Sceppa Associate Professor and Chair Health Sciences, Bouve College of Health Sciences |
Fareena Sultan Professor Marketing, College of Business Administration |