Emmanuel College, Boston
English
The rationale underlying the present material includes dealing with listening comprehension within a communicative perspective. The aim of this work is to provide teenager learners at secondary schools with authentic language in context... more
Media portrayals of comic book fandom routinely depict the comics community as a masculine space, one in which the female fan is an anomaly. Yet, women reportedly represent a growing number of comic book purchasers and convention... more
Released in October 2013, Papers, Please is an independently-produced game in which players are an immigration officer working at the border checkpoint in the fictional, Soviet-esque country Arstotzka in the year 1989. Gameplay is... more
This dissertation explores possible explanations and complexities surrounding women’s relationship with leisure and video games. One of my objectives with this study is to understand how women players view their relationship with gaming:... more
The past five years have seen an explosion of school curricula, scholarships, summer camps, and workshops designed to encourage females and people of color to learn to code and program their own games. Thus, this student underscored a... more