2025 BIPOC Game Studies Conference Organizers

Conference Chairs:

Lindsay Grace

Knight Chair and Director of the MFA in Interactive Media at the University of Miami School of Communication

Stephen Jacobs

Scholar-in Residence The Strong National Museum of Play, Professor RIT School of Interactive Games and Media

Organizing Committee:

  • Conference Program Chair: Akil Fletcher, Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows and Lecturer in the Anthropology Department at Princeton University
  • Conference Proceedings and Publication Chair: Krystal Cooper, Rochester Institute of Technology IGME
  • Unconference Chair: Latoya Peterson, CXO/Cofounder at Glow Up Games
  • Showcase Co-Chairs:
    • Gordon Bellamy, Full Professor of the Practice, University of Southern California (USC)
    • Allen Turner, Assistant Professor, DePaul University

Program Committee and Jurors

  • Steven Dashiell, Morgan State University
  • Toiya Kristen Finley, Schnoodle Media, LLC (Independent)
  • Grace D. Gipson, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Lindsay D. Grace, University of Miami
  • Dr. Kishonna Gray, University of Michigan
  • Dr. Brandon C. Harris, University of Alabama
  • Stephen Jacobs, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Jonathan Jennings, Black In Gaming
  • Dr. Ian Larson, University of California-Irvine
  • Jay-Ann Lopez, Black Girl Gamers
  • Dr. Cody Mejeur, University of Buffalo
  • Dr. Stephanie Ortiz, University of Massachusetts-Lowell
  • Ashlyn Sparrow, University of Chicago
  • Dr. Aaron Trammell, University of California-Irvine
  • Lien Tran, DePaul University
  • Carl Varnado, Black In Gaming
  • Gerald Voorhees, University of Waterloo

Sponors

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