Birthday:
March 22
About
Are you a member of ACM SIGGRAPH?
No
Are you on a SIGGRAPH Committee?
No
Have you shown art in any SIGGRAPH Art Shows?
No
Have you shown in any SIGGRAPH Animation Screenings?
No
What countries do you work in?
United States
Short Bio
A researcher and game designer based in NYC and Atlanta, Schoemann is the creator of Different Games a conference and National Endowment for the Arts funded game design fellowship program focused on fostering diversity and inclusiveness in games. Schoemann’s research and organizing interests lie in social justice issues related to technology, in particular the representation of marginalized identities in games and the accessibility of games and technology to women and underserved populations. Formerly a Graduate Assistant to the NYU Poly Game Innovation Lab Under the Direction of Dr. Katherine Isbister and an adjunct lecturer at CUNY Hunter and Queens College where she taught Game Studies and Game Design, Schoemann received her BFA from The School of Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 2006 and her MS in Digital Media from NYU Polytech in 2013. Her professional background is in educational technology where she has designed and lead tech-based curricula for hundreds of K-12 students and educators since 2008. In fall 2013 she joined the doctoral program in Digital Media within the Georgia Institute of Technology’s College of Literature Culture and Communication as a Presidential Fellow. She is currently a member of the Emergent Game Group under the advisement of Dr. Celia Pearce where she is continuing her work on Different Games.
