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Areas of expertise: Human Computer Interaction, Game Design, Design


Biography, Education and Training

Katherine Isbister directs the Social Emotional Technology Lab https://setlab.soe.ucsc.edu/. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, and completed a one-year postdoc at NTT in Japan. Isbister's research team creates interactive experiences at the intersection of HCI and Games/Play to heighten social and emotional connections and wellbeing, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Isbister is a recipient of MIT Technology Review's Young Innovator Award, and is an ACM ... more »

dani wright

dani wright

Lecturer of Art & Design: Games & Playable Media

Arts Division

Areas of expertise: Queer Studies, Game Design, Game Studies, Video Games, Game Design, Game Studies, New Media, Design


Biography, Education and Training

dani (she/they) is a game designer and educator currently lecturing at UC Santa Cruz. She has studied computer science and game design ever since discovering an interest during high school. After loving a couple of design-centric courses, they switched their undergraduate major from Computer Science: Game Design to Art and Design: Games & Playable Media. Currently, she is currently lecturing for the Art & Design: Games & Playable Media major at UC Santa Cruz. dani is passionate abou... more »

Chris Yonge

Chris Yonge

Continuing Lecturer

Computational Media

Areas of expertise: Animation, Design, Digital Media


Biography, Education and Training

Chris has been involved in technical/creative professions for most of his life. Starting his university studies in pure Math he graduated as an architect, then retrained as a furniture maker and worked for ten years as an independent designer/maker in Scotland. Moving to the US in 1989 he added a Master’s in product design and subsequently pursued a successful design career in North Carolina and California before being hired by Sun Microsystems as a senior digital modeler and animator. In ... more »

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