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Carrie Heeter
Dr Carrie Heeter is a professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University, Creative Director of Virtual University Design and Technology and a principal in the Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab. She has studied and designed interactive experiences from the early days of multimedia to the exciting promise of virtual reality and the amazing reach of the Internet. Games bring all of those strands together with remarkable potential and social media extends them into new domains. Her most recent serious game is DNA Roulette. Heeter teaches graduate courses in MSU’s fully online graduate certificate program in serious games. She conducts research on gender and gaming and co-edited Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming. Heeter is also working with colleagues at Georgia Tech University to examine relationships between mindset, gaming motivations and learning, with implications for game design.