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MacArthur Digital Media Learning Initiative: Primary Investigators (Public List)

The MacArthur Foundation launched its five-year, $50 million digital media and learning initiative in 2006 to help determine how digital technologies are changing the way young people learn, play, socialize, and participate in civic life. Answers are critical to developing educational and other social institutions that can meet the needs of this and future generations. The initiative is both marshaling what is already known about the field and seeding innovation for continued growth.

Core projects have mobilized over 50 researchers and practitioners, including those below.

Person(s)
Anne Balsamo (Researcher)
  • School of Cinematic Arts
    University of Southern California
Elisabeth Hayes (Researcher)
  • Division of Curriculum & Instruction
    Arizona State University
Cathy Davidson (Researcher)
  • Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)
  • Department of English
    Duke University
    Durham, North Carolina, United States
David Shaffer (Researcher)
  • Winsconsin Center for Education Research
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
Edward Castronova (Researcher)
  • Department of Telecommunications
    Indiana University
    Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Ranjit Bhatnagar (Artist/Production)
Steve Jones (Researcher/Artist/Production/Technologist/Staff/Administration)
  • Institute of Communications Research
    University of Illinois-- Urbana-Champaign
    Urbana, Illinois, United States
David Parisi (Researcher)
  • Department of Media, Culture & Communication
    New York University
    New York, NY, United States
Ute Ritterfeld (Researcher)
  • Annenberg School for Communication
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA, United States
Fabrice Floren (Activist/Advocate)
  • NewsTrust
    Mill Valley, California, United States
Kwan Min Lee (Researcher)
  • Annenberg School for Communication
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA, United States
Sherry Turkle (Researcher)
  • Program in Science, Technology, and Society
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Steven Johnson (Researcher)
Dana Carlisle Kletchka (Researcher)
Mary C. Waters (Researcher)
  • Department of Sociology
    Harvard University
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  • Department of Sociology
    Queen's University
    Kingston, ON, Canada
Frank Moretti (Researcher)
  • Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL)
    Columbia University
    New York, New York, United States
Amit Pitaru (Researcher)
  • Interactive Telecommunications Program
    New York University
    New York City, New York, United States
David Birchfield (Researcher)
Douglas Thomas (Researcher)
  • Annenberg School for Communication
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA, United States
Howard Gardner (Researcher)
  • Graduate School of Education
    Harvard University
    Cambridge, MA, United States
Jane McGonigal (Technologist)
  • Institute for the Future
    Palo Alto, California, United States
Joseph Kahne (Researcher)
Noshir Contractor (Researcher/Technologist)
  • Department of Communication Studies
    Northwestern University
    Evanston, IL, United States
Sasha Barab (Researcher)
  • Center for Research on Learning and Technology (CRLT)
    Indiana University
    Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Lance Bennett (Researcher)
  • Center for Communication & Civic Engagement
    University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington, United States
Suzanne Seggerman (Artist/Production)
  • Games 4 Change
    New York, NY, United States
Michael Carter (Researcher)
  • The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE)
    Monterrey, California, United States
Mitchell Resnick (Researcher/Technologist)
  • The MIT Media Lab
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Christine Bachen (Researcher)
  • Department of Communication
    Santa Clara University
    Santa Clara, CA
Byron Reeves (Researcher)
  • Department of Communication
    Stanford University
    Stanford, CA, United States
Kathleen M. Lynn (Researcher)
  • Department of Communication
    Santa Clara University
    Santa Clara, CA
Mizuko (Mimi) Ito (Researcher)
  • University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI)
    Irvine, California, United States
Ann E Williams (Researcher)
  • Department of Communication
    Georgia State University
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Alex Galloway (Researcher)
  • Department of Media, Culture & Communication
    New York University
    New York, NY, United States
Gail Robinson (Journalist)
  • Gotham Gazette
Catherine Herdlick (Technologist)
Dale Fahnstrom (Researcher)
  • Illinois Institute of Design
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dan Hunter (Researcher)
  • Institute for Information Law and Policy
    New York Law School
    New York, NY, United States
Miriam Metzger (Researcher)
  • Department of Communication
    University of California-Santa Barbara
    Santa Barbara, California, United States
Peter Lyman (Researcher)
  • School of Information (until 2007)
    University of California-Berkeley
    Berkeley, CA, United States
Kirt Squire (Researcher)
  • Winsconsin Center for Education Research
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
Larry Johnson (Artist/Production)
  • New Media Consortium
    Austin, TX, United States
Miodrag Mitrasinovic (Researcher)
  • Department of Communications Design and Technology
    Parsons the New School for Design
    New York City, New York, United States
Melissa Gresalfi (Researcher)
  • School of Education
    Indiana University
Nicholas Fortugno (Technologist)
  • Gamelab
    New York, New York, United States
  • Department of Communications Design and Technology
    Parsons the New School for Design
    New York City, New York, United States
Ron Chaluisan (Researcher)
Wagner James Au (Researcher)
Michael Joseph Edwards (Researcher/Artist/Production/Technologist)
  • Department of Communications Design and Technology
    Parsons the New School for Design
    New York City, New York, United States
Brad Templeton (Technologist)
  • Stop1984
    Germany
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
    San Francisco, CA 94110, United States
Cory Doctorow (Activist/Advocate/Artist/Production)
  • Annenberg Center for Communication (2006 - 2007)
    University of Southern California
    Los Angeles, CA, United States
Christy Glaubke (Researcher)
  • Children Now
    Oakland, California, United States
Amy Bruckman (Researcher)
  • College of Computing
    Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
    Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Michael Cole (Researcher)
  • Department of Communications
    University of California - San Diego
    La Jolla, CA, United States
Andrew Flanagin (Researcher)
  • Center for Information Technology & Society (CITS)
    University of California, Santa Barbara
    United States
David Theo Goldberg (Researcher)
  • University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI)
    Irvine, California, United States
Eric Zimmerman (Technologist)
  • Gamelab
    New York, New York, United States
Eszter Hargittai (Researcher)
  • Department of Communication Studies
    Northwestern University
    Evanston, IL, United States
Frank Lantz (Technologist)
Jacqueline Yue (Artist/Production)
  • Gamelab
    New York, New York, United States
Joshua Fouts (Researcher)
  • Center on Public Diplomacy
    University of Southern California (USC)
Katie Salen (Technologist)
  • Department of Design and Management
    The New School
Kimberley Gomez (Researcher)
  • School of Education
    Northwestern University
Loretta Wolozin (Researcher)
  • Department of Design and Management
    The New School
Pinkard Nichole (Researcher)
  • Center for Urban School Improvement
    University of Chicago
Renee Hobbs (Grantmaker)
Deepthi Welaratna (Graduate Student)
  • Media Studies
    The New School University
    New York, New York, United States
Naomi Clark (Artist/Production)
  • Gamelab
    New York, New York, United States
Gloria Rakovic (Staff/Administration)
  • New Visions for Public Schools
    New York, NY, United States
Constance Steinkuehler (Researcher)
  • Department of Curriculum and Instruction
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Elizabeth Daley (Researcher)
  • School of Cinematic Arts
    University of Southern California
Greg Prygrocki (Researcher)
  • Illinois Institute of Design
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
Heloisa Moura (Researcher)
  • Illinois Institute of Design
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
Henry Jenkins (Researcher)
  • Comparative Media Studies
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
James Bosco (Researcher)
  • Department of Educational Studies
    Western Michigan University
  • John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
James Gee (Researcher)
  • Division of Curriculum & Instruction
    Arizona State University
Ruth Rominger (Researcher)
  • The Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE)
    Monterrey, California, United States
Rich Halverson (Researcher)
  • Winsconsin Center for Education Research
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
Patrick Whitney (Researcher)
  • Illinois Institute of Design
    Illinois Institute of Technology
    Chicago, Illinois, United States
Lucy Bernholz (Researcher)
  • Blueprint Research and Design, Inc.
    San Francisco, CA, United States
Aram Sinnreich (Researcher/Activist/Advocate/Artist/Production/Journalist)
  • Department of Media, Culture & Communication
    New York University
    New York, NY, United States
Patricia Phalen (Researcher)
  • School of Media and Public Affairs
    George Washington University
    Washington, DC, United States
Ted Lempert (Activist/Advocate/Staff/Administration)
  • Children Now
    Oakland, California, United States
John Willinsky (Researcher)
  • Department of Language and Literacy Education
    University of British Columbia
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Joseph A. Grundfest (Researcher)
  • Stanford Law School
    Stanford University
    Stanford, CA, United States
Barrie Thorne (Researcher)
  • Department of Gender and Women's Studies
    University of California - Berkeley
    Berkeley, California, United States
  • Department of Sociology
    University of California - Berkeley
    Berkeley, California, United States
Barry Joseph (Activist/Advocate)
  • Global Kids
Beth Noveck (Researcher)
  • Institute for Information Law and Policy
    New York Law School
    New York, NY, United States
Brigid Barron (Researcher)
  • Center on adolescence
    Stanford University
Ricki Goldman (Researcher)
  • CREATE Lab
    New York University
    New York, New York, United States
Neil Postman (Researcher)
  • Department of Media, Culture & Communication (1958 - 2002)
    New York University
    New York, NY, United States
Arvind Singhal (Researcher)
  • Department of Communications
    The University of Texas at El Paso
    El Paso, Texas, United States
Isabel Castellanos (Researcher)
Christine Borgman (Researcher)
  • Department of Information Studies
    University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
    Los Angeles, CA, United States
Leah A. Lievrouw (Researcher)
  • Department of Information Studies
    University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
    Los Angeles, CA, United States
Robin R. Means Coleman (Researcher)
  • Department of Communication Studies
    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, MI, Michigan, United States
Justin Louie (commercial)
  • Blueprint Research and Design, Inc.
    San Francisco, CA, United States
Graciela Leon Orozco (Researcher)
  • Department for Social Sciences
    San Fransisco State University
    San Fransisco, California, United States
Sonia Livingstone (Researcher)
  • The Department of Media and Communications (Media@lse)
    London School of Economics
    London, United Kingdom
  • International Communication Association (ICA)
    Washington, DC, United States
James Lull (Researcher)
  • Department of Communication Studies
    San José State University
    San José, California, United States
Peter Lee Seung-Taek (Artist/Production)
  • Gamelab
    New York, New York, United States
  • Department of Communications Design and Technology
    Parsons the New School for Design
    New York City, New York, United States
Robert Hughes (Activist/Advocate)
  • New Visions for Public Schools
    New York, NY, United States
Institution(s)
Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)
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