RESEARCHER, WRITER, SPEAKER

I am an Assistant Professor of Media Industries at New York University, specializing in historical, cultural, and economic analysis of the video game and computer industries.

My research has been featured in popular venues such as The Atlantic, Flash Forward Podcast, The Internet History Podcast, and NPR, as well as academic journals such as Game Studies, The American Journal of Play, and Journal of Visual Culture.

RECENT EVENTS + GOINGS ON

GDC 2020  |  The Uncredited: A Lost History of Labor in Games
I'll be telling a story of women, labor, and the US game industry this March at the Game Developer's Conference.

​SCMS 2020  |  Journal Editors Panel
If you'll be at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference this April, I'll be participating in a Thursday afternoon AMA roundtable about journal publishing. 

MAGfest 2020  |  Multiple Talks
Early this January, I gave an early version of my GDC address at MAGfest, and participated in a hot sauce gauntlet where I shared stories about the making of Softporn Adventure. Stay tuned for videos. 

Photo credit | Nina Dolgin