Dr Constance Steinkuehler

Professor of Informatics, University of California Irvine

Constance is an American professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). She previously taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before taking public service leave, from 2011-2012, to work as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House Executive Office, where she advised on policy matters about video games and learning. She investigates cognition and learning in multiplayer video games and esports. She is also the Founder of Higher Education Video Games Alliance (HEVGA), an academic organization of game programs in higher education. Her current projects include mixed methods research on the North America Scholastic Esports Federation (NASEF) high school esports league, quantitative study of esports in higher education, and advice on parenting gamers. She is currently a co-chair of the Connected Learning Summit, and chair for the annual Esports Conference at UC Irvine, as well as the UCI Esports Program Task Force for Diversity and Inclusion. #edufuturists