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
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IT University of Copenhagen
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University of Utah
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Gothenburg University, Sweden
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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NYU
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Concordia University
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Stockholm University
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NYU
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Dartmouth College
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Arizona State University
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University of Miami
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University of Kentucky
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MIT
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Michigan State University
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Northwestern University
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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University of Southern California
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Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
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University of Utah
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NYU
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SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY
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MIT
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FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY
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NYU
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Independent Scholar
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Stanford University
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Parsons School of Design
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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University of Tampere
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MIT
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IT UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
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Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
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Georgia Tech
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University of California at Santa Cruz
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University of California at Santa Cruz
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MIT
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Northeastern University
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Carnegie Mellon University
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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University of Washington
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Independent Scholar
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
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Uppsala University
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University of Southern California
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Northeastern University
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Parsons School of Design
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Temple University
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IT University of Copenhagen
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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YORK UNIVERSITY (CANADA)
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MIT
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University of California, Irvine
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University of California, Irvine
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Tampere University
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Uppsala University
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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RMIT UNIVERSITY
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University of Utah
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
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NYU
FOUNDING FELLOWS
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Carnegie Mellon University
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University of Southern California
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University of California, Santa Cruz
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Rochester Institute of Technology
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University of California, Irvine