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Patrick Jagoda works in the fields of digital media studies, game studies, and game design, focusing on twentieth and twenty-first century American culture, literature, and design. He is the co-editor of Critical Inquiry and the Director of the Media Arts Design program, as well as a co-founder of the Weston Game Lab. Jagoda is a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and his design work includes the alternate reality game Terrarium, which received an IndieCade award for Location Based Live Play Design. His publications include 'Network Aesthetics' (University of Chicago Press, 2016), 'Game Worlds: Jason Rohrer' (MIT Press, 2016, co-authored with Michael Maizels), 'Experimental Games: Critique, Play, Design Age Gamification' (University of Chicago Press, 2020), and 'Transmedia Stories: Narrative Methods for Public Health and Social Justice' (Stanford University Press, 2023). Jagoda's scholarship has contributed to the understanding of networked storytelling and the aesthetics of digital games, emphasizing participatory culture and sociopolitical interventions through collaborative design frameworks.
Department of Philosophy