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Board Members and Officers

SASDG is governed by its Board of Directors, and operated by its officers. Officers are elected by the Board of Directors. Directors are elected by the Board of Directors at the annual board meeting, the second Wednesday of April each calendar year. Persons interested in serving as directors or officers should contact the Board Chair via email at <ejw@cs.ucsc.edu>.

Board of Directors

(Chair) Jim Whitehead, Professor, Dept. of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
Mia Consalvo, Professor and Canada Research Chair In Game Studies & Design, Communication Studies, Concordia University
Drew Davidson, Director, Entertainment Technology Center, Carnegie-Mellon University
Mirjam Eladhari, Senior Lecturer, Södertörns University
Ian Horswill, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Northwestern University
Robin Hunicke, Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz
Andy Nealen, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Gillian Smith, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
R. Michael Young, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Utah
Jichen Zhu, Associate Professor, Digital Media Program and Dept. Computer Science, Drexel University

Officers

President: Jim Whitehead, Professor, Dept. of Computational Media, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Vice-President: R. Michael Young, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Utah
Treasurer:
Secretary:

Please note that the listing of university and corporate affiliations above does not imply official endorsement of SASDG by these institutions.