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Constance Steinkuehler

Professor of Informatics

Constance Steinkuehler researches the cognitive and social aspects of multiplayer online videogames and esports.

Areas of Expertise

  • Teenage Boys and Gameplay
  • eSports
  • Computer Gaming
  • Multiplayer Online Videogames
  • Parenting and Videogames

Biography

Constance researches the cognitive and social aspects of multiplayer online videogames and esports. Current projects include studies of teenage boys and gameplay, parenting and videogames, and impacts of the NASEF high school esports league. She formerly served as Senior Policy Analyst under the Obama administration in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, advising on games and digital media, and founded the Higher Education Video Games Alliance (HEVGA), a national network of game-related programs.

Media

Watch on YouTube: Games Scholar Constance Steinkuhler on Interest-Driven Learning Using Video GamesWatch on YouTube: Constance Steinkuehler — Played: The Troubled Relationship Between Women and GamesWatch on YouTube: Dr. Constance Steinkuehler, Keynote Speaker for the 2020 Academic Esports ConferenceWatch on YouTube: Career Spotlight | Dr. Constance Steinkuehler

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison

PhD, Literacy Studies, 2005

University of Wisconsin-Madison

MS, Cognitive Science Applied to Education, 2005

University of Missouri-Columbia

BA, Mathematics, Literature, Religious Studies, 1993

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