I produce, manage, and design games and digital media with a focus in content for children and learning. With over 8 years experience in games and digital media creation and 3 years experience as an educator, I am able to merge design theory and pedagogy to create effective and entertaining games and learning experiences. I have produced over 30 titles for PC, iOS, and Android, for an audience of an average of 1.2 million per year.
M.S. Digital Media, 2015
University Graduate Research Award 2015
Dean's Scholar
Thesis: Dissertation and defense of framework for combining game design and universal design for learning pedagogy for teaching prosody skills to children with Autism. Created accompanying iOS game and published peer reviewed research. See CV for details.
B.A. in Linguistics, Minor Digital Arts
Presidential Scholar
2019 - present
Responsible for producing and providing oversight of the design, development, project management, implementation, and maintenance of exhibit games and creative media to drive significant new and repeat visitation and enhance the visitor experience for the museum, for an audience of approximately 1.2 million per year. Responsible for the supervision of staff and vendors, maintaining agile development processes, creating and managing project timelines and budgets, and gathering assets for interactive and digital projects. Oversee internal cross-departmental and external resources to deliver on-time and on-budget exhibit and interactive projects.
October 2015 - 2019
Worked in conjuntion with IU faculty, developers, and technology vendors to iteratively design and rapid prototype games and other digital experiences to support the pedagogical intent of course content and interactions. Provided project management for migration of IU's compliance system from Absorb e-Training to Canvas and Catalog, and designed data visualization reporting system. Provided project management and asset development of Medical Imaging Technologies degree program. Created WebGL, iOS, and Android games and courses for teaching movement skills in conjunction with dance legend Twyla Tharp for a collaboration with Indiana University, who is being awarded a 2018 Indiana Governor's Arts Award for the project. Identified and led pilots for emerging technologies for university adoption, such as the Smart Classrooms initiative and Google AR/VR Higher Ed case studies creating 360 interactive virtual tours using Jump Odyssey, Vuze, and Google Tour Builder and Expeditions.
January 2017 - 2019
Taught primarily online courses in the School of Science’s Department of Computer and Information Science. Focus on teaching Web Development for degree and certificate seeking undergraduate students.
October 2013 - October 2015
Produced and was part of design team for several educational digital video games for PC and iOS. Led small teams of artists and programmers in the creation of games. Conducted research in digital interactive storytelling. Developed graphical assets and participated in design, testing, research proposals, and journal publications. Maintained assets on laboratory website.
September 2013 - October 2015
Created multimedia assets (video, audio, online and print graphical assets and flyers) for the School of Dental Medicine. Created visual assets for school wide presentations. Created and presented classes on various design skills, including games, web development , social media, and presentations for courses through the university library Weigle Information Commons. Completed special projects (i.e. redesigning and maintaining websites and social media). Developed online, print, and digital signage and publicity graphic assets for the library.
August 2012 - September 2013
Created and implemented games programming for private and public groups of all ages. Developed activities in keeping with K-12 course learning outcomes. Promoted digital literacy in library patrons by incorporating technology and technological concepts in all programming. Created digital and print graphical assets to publicize special events.
