HEVGA Fellows Program

Established in 2017, The Higher Education Video Game Alliance Fellows Program recognizes senior scholars in the games domain who have made significant contribution to the field in design, theory, or research. HEVGA Fellows are elected by their peers for outstanding contributions to games-based research and design in higher education. Fellows serve as integral ambassadors for the organization and are inducted as lifetime members.

BECOMING A FELLOW

Because fellowship is achieved by election, there is no fellowship application process and nominations may only be submitted and confirmed by current Fellows. Consideration of a candidate begins with their nomination, followed by an extensive and careful vetting process that results in a final ballot of current Fellows.

HEVGA FELLOWS

ESPEN AARSETH
IT University of Copenhagen

ROGER ALTIZER, JR.
University of Utah

Stephanie Barish
INDIECADE

STAFFAN BJÖRK
Gothenburg University, Sweden

IAN BOGOST
Georgia Institute of Technology

Naomi Clark
NYU

MIA CONSALVO
Concordia University

Mirjam Eladhari
Stockholm University

CLARA FERNÁNDEZ-VARA
NYU

MARY FLANAGAN
Dartmouth College

JAMES PAUL GEE
Arizona State University

Lindsay Grace
University of Miami

Kishonna Gray
University of Kentucky

Ashley Guajardo
DIGRA; NYU

D. Fox Harrell
MIT

CARRIE HEETER
Michigan State University

IAN HORSWILL
Northwestern University

ROBIN HUNICKE
University of California, Santa Cruz

HENRY JENKINS
University of Southern California

Kristine Jørgensen
University of Bergen

JESPER JUUL
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

BOB KESSLER*
University of Utah

Mitu Khandaker
NYU

Hartmut Koenitz
SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY

ERIC KLOPFER
MIT

Tanya Krzywinska
FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY

FRANK LANTZ
NYU

BRENDA LAUREL
Independent Scholar

HENRY LOWOOD
Stanford University

COLLEEN MACKLIN
Parsons School of Design

MICHAEL MATEAS
University of California, Santa Cruz

FRANS MÄYRÄ
University of Tampere

NICK MONTFORT
MIT

Torill Elvira Mortensen
IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN

Souvik Mukherjee
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta

JANET H. MURRAY
Georgia Tech

Soraya Murray
University of California at Santa Cruz

Lisa Nakamura
University of California at Santa Cruz

SCOT OSTERWEIL
MIT

RANDY PAUSCH *
Carnegie Mellon University

CELIA PEARCE
Northeastern University

PAOLO PEDERCINI
Carnegie Mellon University

Jane Pinckard
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

ZORAN POPOVIC
University of Washington

BRENDA ROMERO
Independent Scholar

Bo Ruberg
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

DORIS RUSCH
Uppsala University

TREAANDREA M. RUSSWORM
University of Southern California

JESSE SCHELL
Carnegie Mellon University

MAGY SEIF EL-NASR
Northeastern University

JOHN SHARP
Parsons School of Design

ADRIENNE SHAW
Temple University

MIGUEL SICART
IT University of Copenhagen

GILLIAN SMITH
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Olli Sotamaa
Tampere University

Anne Sullivan
YORK UNIVERSITY (CANADA)

T.L. TAYLOR
MIT

KATIE SALEN TEKINBAS
University of California, Irvine

KURT SQUIRE
University of California, Irvine

Jaakko Stenros
Tampere University

Aaron Trammell
University of California, Irvine

ANNIKA WAERN
Uppsala University

NOAH WARDRIP-FRUIN
University of California, Santa Cruz

JIM WHITEHEAD
University of California, Santa Cruz

Emma Witkowski
RMIT UNIVERSITY

R. MICHAEL YOUNG
University of Utah

José P. Zagal
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

ERIC ZIMMERMAN
NYU

FOUNDING FELLOWS

DREW DAVIDSON
Carnegie Mellon University

TRACY FULLERTON
University of Southern California

KATHERINE ISBISTER
University of California, Santa Cruz

ANDREW PHELPS
Rochester Institute of Technology

CONSTANCE STEINKUEHLER
University of California, Irvine