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Elena G. Bertozzi

Associate Professor Digital Game Design and Development

B.A., Williams CollegeM.S., Indiana University-BloomingtonM.L.S., Indiana University-Bloomington
Ph.D., European Graduate School, Leuk Stadt, Switzerland

http://myweb.cwpost.liu.edu/ebertozz/vita.html

Specialties

Game Design and Development, Gender and Play, Gender and Technology, Play and Art

Publications

  • "The Clitoris and the Joystick: Play, Pleasure and Power in Cyberspace", Atropos Press, New York, (2012) (publication of my dissertation in book form)
  • “Marking the Territory: Exploring Masculinities in Grand Theft Auto IV,” published in “Social Exclusion, Power and Video Game Play: New Research in Digital Media and Technology (forthcoming, 2011)
  • “You Play Like A Girl: Cross-Gender Competition and the Uneven Playing Field,” published in “Gender, Race and Class in Media,” 3rd edition (2010)
  • “I am Shocked, Shocked!’: Taboo Breaking in Digital Gameplay,” published in Loading . . . Journal of the Canadian Games Studies Association (2008)
  • “‘You Play Like a Girl’—Cross Gender Competition and the Uneven Playing Field,” published in Convergence, The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies (2008)
  • Co-author, article in Women’s Studies in Communication special issue on Exploring Gender, Feminism and Technology from a Communication Perspective (2007)
  • “Playing the Final: An Experiment in Pedagogy,” published in The Ivory Tower Column, International Game Developers Association (2004)

Artists Books:

  • "Come Le Balene," text by Elena typeset by Melaydra, Edizioni Pulcinoelefante, Osnago (2012)
  • “Hunger,” text, Edizioni Pulcinoelefante, Osnago (2011)
  • “Coffee,” text, Kennedy and Sons Fine Printers (2005)
  • Five artists books listed in Catalogo Generale (2005)*
    “The Fold,” text (2003)*
    “Shall We Dance?” text (2002)**
    “Dancing Ephemera,” posters (2002)**
    “Fear and Trembling in Milan” (2002)*
    “Cryptic Clowns,” text (2002)**
    “Digital Book,” collaboration (2000)*
    “A Riddle,” collaboration (1999)*

*Edizioni Pulcinoelefante, Osnago
**Kennedy and Sons Fine Printers

Lectures and Presentations

"Managing Clients, Organizing Teams and Building Games as Thesis Projects," panel presentation, Game Developer's Conference, San Francisco, (March 2012)

Exhibits

  • “Colored: Rosa Parks and the Demise of Jim Crow,” SOHO in Ottakring, Vienna (2009)
  • Graphic Novels, Zines and Comix: From Hogarth to Robert Crumb, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2008)
  • Manifesti dall’Alabama, Kennedy poster show , Milan (2007)
  • Curated first Alabama Photobook Exhibition, Mobile (2007)
  • Cash and Carry, Fairhope, Alabama (2007)
  • “A Love Letter to Kennedy,” FILE Electronic Language Festival, Sao Paolo, Brazil (2005)
  • Un Mondo Fantastico: Arte Contemporanea in Cameri, Cameri, Italy (2002)
  • “Dancing Ephemera,” poster text, St. Louis (2002)

Performances

“Colored: Rosa Parks and the Demise of Jim Crow,” Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (2009)

Films

Interviewee, translator and subtitle author, “Proceed and Be Bold” (2008)
Featured subject, “Why I Teach” series (2000)

Honors/Awards

  • Emergency Birth!, a game to train non-medical professionals how to deliver a baby outside of a medical facility won a Silver Medal at the 2011 International Serious Play Conference game competion.
  • Recipient, UWW College of Arts and Communication Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Award (2010)
  • Recipient, UWW Communication Department Excellence in Service Award (2009)
  • Recipient, UWW Communication Department Excellence in Research Award (2008)
  • Recipient, UWW Communication Department Excellence in Teaching Award (2007)
  • Member, Beta Phi Mu Honor Society (Inducted 1997)

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, International Communication Association
  • Member, International Game Developers Association

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