Game Education Summit North America

Stephen Jacobs is an Associate Professor in the Department of Interactive Games and Media at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he teaches game history, analysis design, and interactive narrative. His research work explores the application of semiotic analysis techniques to the design and critical analysis of games. He also directs the Lab for Technological Literacy which currently is doing work in the areas of serious games and open source development, particularly for the One Laptop Per Child and Sugar communities. He is a Visiting Scholar at the International Center for the History of Electronic Games (ICHEG) where he contributed to the design of eGameRevolution, the world's first permanent exhibition on the History and Impact of Electronic Games and continues to assist in the interpretation of their collections. Professor Jacobs is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Game Design and Development and will be editing a special issue of The American Journal of Play on Video Games. Stephen received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research in 1986 and 1987 and did post-graduate work in computer animation at RIT from 1992-1994 before joint the faculty full-time. He is currently on sabbatical for the 2011-2012 academic year where he continues to work with ICHEG