Author

Lori Landay is a professor of cultural studies at Berklee College of Music and an interdisciplinary scholar and new media artist exploring the making of visual meaning in 20th- and 21st-century culture. She is the author of two books, I Love Lucy and Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture, in addition to articles on topics such as virtual worlds, digital narrative, silent film, and television culture. Her creative work includes animation, graphic design, creative documentary, machinima, interactive virtual art installations, and music video. Landay has been awarded the Dean’s Award for Excellence in the Professional Education Division at Berklee College of Music, a Newbury Comics Faculty Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Enduring Questions Grant. She has consulted on and appeared in Finding Lucy, an American Masters documentary airing nationally on PBS and internationally, in addition to serving as the Information Technology Officer for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies from 2002-05. Landay holds a bachelor’s degree from Colby College, which included a year abroad at the University of York in England, master’s degrees in American Studies and English from Boston College and Indiana University, respectively, and a doctoral degree in English and American Studies from Indiana University.

Instructor

Danielle Riendeau is an editorial video producer at Vox Media’s Polygon.com, a game development instructor and an indie game designer. She holds an MA in Visual Media Art from Emerson College and has taught at Northeastern University since 2010, primarily game design and interactive storytelling courses.

Instructor

Ricky Rockley is a game designer, developer, artist, and teacher specializing in Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality. He graduated with high honors from The Art Institutes International – Kansas City with a Bachelor of Arts in Game Art Design; and would later return to teach Game Art and Design to students from across the world. Ricky’s creative and professional background includes ground-up development, 3D modeling, traditional and digital sketches/paintings, texture/material/lighting for games, animation, rigging, VFX, and sound design.