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Stephen Jacobs

Position: 
Associate Professor and Director, Lab for Technological Literacy

Office: 
70-2557: Fall Office Hours: T 2-4, F 10-12

Office Phone: 
585-475-7803

Email: 
sj@mail.rit.edu

Bio: 
Post-Grad work: Computer Animation, RIT MA in Media Studies: New School for Social Research BA in Liberal Arts: New School for Social Research Aside from the academic titles listed above, my resume includes stints as a Museum Exhibit Designer, A Bench Tech for Crazy Eddie's Grenwich store, Sign Language Interpreter for Deaf Street Gangs and Paramount Pictures, Educational Filmmaker, and Technology Journalist. My Schoolin and Larnin includes a BA in Liberal Arts, and an MA in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research. I also did Post-Graduate work in Computer Animation at RIT. These days I teach graduate and undergraduate courses in the Game Design, and Development Degrees and a seminar in OLPC development . I do a mix of journalistic and academic writing. Most recent journalism pieces can be found on Gamasutra as can a couple of blog posts. I'll get around to listing them soon :-)