2009 Game Education Summit Speakers



Tracy J. Gromek

Game & Curriculum Designer and Research Specialist
Institute of Play


Tracy J. Gromek is a Game & Curriculum Designer and Research Specialist at the Institute of Play (IoP) and teaches in the Design and Technology Graduate Program at Parsons, the New School for Design. She has worked in the interactive, technology, and game design field for over 7 years and her projects have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout New York, Chicago and Germany. Prior to receiving her MFA, Tracy worked as an Exhibition Designer for the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo, stop-motion animated for Disney, Hasbro and PBS, and developed and taught ESL curriculum for ages 3 to 17 in Spain and China. When she's not at IoP, Tracy designs and builds interactive games using physical elements and computer vision for television and museums through her company, Electronic Bohemia, and works on new projects for Freedom in Interactive Wearable Art (FiiWA), her internationally award-winning line of sporting equipment for individuals with visual and/or physical impairments.