Robert Nideffer
- nideffer@uci.edu
- Telephone
- 2129985251
- Interests
- Software, Games (electronic/online), Massive Multi-Player Online Games
- Role(s)
- Researcher
Current Institutional Affiliation(s)
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The Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Science
University of California -- IrvineIrvine, California, United States
Discipline(s)
- Computer Science
- Sociology
Biography
Associate Professor (MFA in Computer Arts, PhD in
Sociology 1995, University of California, Santa Barbara), is also appointed in Information and Computer Science at UC Irvine, and an Affiliated Faculty in the Visual Studies Program.
He researches, teaches, and publishes in the areas of virtual environments and behavior, interface theory and design, technology and culture, and contemporary social theory, and has participated in a number of national and international online and offline exhibitions, speaking engagements and panels for a variety of professional
conferences. Currently he is hard at play initiating an
interdisciplinary program in Gaming Studies, and directing the newly formed Game Culture & Technology Lab.
- Linked from lists:
- Virtual World / MMOG Resources