ROBERT F. NIDEFFER
Associate Professor (MFA in Computer Arts, PhD in
Sociology 1995, University of California, Santa Barbara), is also
appointed in Information and Computer Science at UC Irvine, and an
Affiliated Faculty in the Visual Studies Program.

He researches, teaches, and publishes in the areas of virtual
environments and behavior, interface theory and design, technology and
culture, and contemporary social theory, and has participated in a
number of national and international online and offline exhibitions,
speaking engagements and panels for a variety of professional
conferences. Currently he is hard at play initiating an
interdisciplinary program in Gaming Studies, and directing the newly
formed Game Culture & Technology Lab.

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