{"658603":{"#nid":"658603","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Anupam Wins 2021 Best Digital Media Dissertation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dm.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EDigital Media\u003C\/a\u003E faculty awarded Aditya Anupam, Ph.D. DM 2021, the 2021 Best Dissertation Award for his thesis \u0026quot;Situated at a Distance: A Framework for Teaching Reflexive Inquiry through Digital Games.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his dissertation, Anupam outlines an approach to help educators design digital games for teaching science and engineering.\u0026nbsp;He highlights the potential for digital games to teach problem-solving skills in STEM classrooms and beyond, connecting STEM education, media studies, game studies, and science and technology studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nassim.lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ENassim Parvin\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in LMC, served as the primary advisor on Anupam\u0026rsquo;s dissertation committee. Further committee members included \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/janet-murray\u0022\u003EJanet Murray\u003C\/a\u003E, distinguished professor in LMC; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/da38ca82-0cf8-5c78-8f4a-27f68f568f89\u0022\u003EAnne Sullivan\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in LMC; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/jay-bolter\u0022\u003EJay Bolter\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in LMC; and Donna Riley, Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnupam previously published articles in Learning, Media, and Technology; IEEE Transactions on Education; and Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. He also presented at conferences including 4S, the Connected Learning Summit, and ACM TAPIA, where he received the award for the best presentation on his dissertation as part of the doctoral consortium.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnupam will continue this research as a postdoctoral fellow with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/designstudio.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EDesign and Social Justice Studio,\u003C\/a\u003E working with Parvin on research projects at the intersection of feminist ethics, design education, and engineering practice.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERead Anupam\u0026rsquo;s dissertation on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/adityaanupam.com\/publications.html\u0022\u003Ehis website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In his dissertation, Anupam outlines an approach to help educators design digital games for teaching science and engineering."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2022-05-31 16:42:41","changed_gmt":"2022-05-31 16:42:41","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-05-31T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"652204":{"id":"652204","type":"image","title":"Aditya Anupam","body":null,"created":"1635441836","gmt_created":"2021-10-28 17:23:56","changed":"1635441836","gmt_changed":"2021-10-28 17:23:56","alt":"","file":{"fid":"247448","name":"Buzz Article Resizing.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Buzz%20Article%20Resizing.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Buzz%20Article%20Resizing.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1006480,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Buzz%20Article%20Resizing.png?itok=MAMqRSdC"}}},"media_ids":["652204"],"groups":[{"id":"648414","name":"_OLD: Ivan Allen College \u0022The Buzz\u0022"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"189208","name":"Aditya Anupam"},{"id":"190719","name":"phd digital media"},{"id":"124","name":"Digital Media"},{"id":"10658","name":"game design"},{"id":"190720","name":"game studies"},{"id":"167487","name":"STEM education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECassidy Chreene Whittle\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ecwhittle9@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}