Game Education Summit North America

Susan Gold recently joined the faculty of Full Sail University’s Graduate Program. Prof. Gold’s personal focus is on collaboration, which resulted in the 1st Annual Global Game Jam (http://globalgamejam.org), an experiment in creativity and innovation with 1650 participants in 53 locations in 23 countries, which inspired 370 games. Susan serves as chairperson of the IGDA Education SIG and her work with the IGDA Ed SIG has created many resources for instructors in game education. Currently, she is building an outreach campaign to meet the needs of educators worldwide, and continues to develop tools & resources for educator professional development. Susan is an artist, teacher, and activist with a specialization in digital art, new media and videogames. Her artwork and writing has been featured in numerous galleries, museums and publications.