New Media, DH, & Game authors at the MIT Press
This is an incomplete pack of MIT authors from the spaces of new media, dh, game studies, STS, comm, and other related fields at the MIT Press. Let me know if I missed you and you would like to be added
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@noahspringer.com
@gregmepstein.bsky.social
Humanist Chaplain @Harvard/@MIT. NYT bestseller Good Without God. New multi-award-winner TECH AGNOSTIC: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, & Why it Desperately Needs a Reformation @MITPress @PenguinRandom https://tinyurl.com/282sze6v
@garymarcus.bsky.social
AI and cognitive science, Founder and CEO (Geometric Intelligence, acquired by Uber). 8 books including Guitar Zero, Rebooting AI and Taming Silicon Valley. Newsletter (50k subscribers): garymarcus.substack.com
@stuhorvath.com
Publisher at @unwinnable.com | TTRPG history at VintageRPG.com | Co-host of Games People Play on @wfmu.bsky.social | New book with @strangeattractor.bsky.social in 2025 | Links: https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg
@kanarinka.bsky.social
Hacker Mama/Artist/Designer/Coder/Writer/She/Ella Assoc Prof of Urban Science @MITdusp, Director, Data + Feminism Lab, Co-author #DataFeminism, hablo castellano
@hzeavin.bsky.social
historian of mind & media I book: The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy I Founding Editor of @parapraxismag.bsky.social
@meredithbak.bsky.social
Asso. Prof. of Childhood Studies Film History | Toys | Media Archaeology www.meredithabak.com https://ninthletter.com/journal/volume-21-issue-01/
@sethgiddings.bsky.social
Out now: Toy Theory: technology and imagination in play (MIT) Professor of Ludic Technologies, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton https://www.microethology.net Living with motor neurone disease #mnd #als
@wasielewski.bsky.social
Art/media/urban histories | digital humanities & AI | Latest books: Computational Formalism: Art History & Machine Learning, Critical Digital Art History
@joannazylinska.bsky.social
Media philosopher, artist, writer Prof @ King's College London, Digital Humanities www.joannazylinska.net AI : nonhuman photography : life in the perception machine : media art : ethics : counter-apocalypse : imagining better futures
@patrickmccray.bsky.social
Professor @ UCSB => I write history stuff about science + tech + art + environment Cairn kicker 🚵 🎣 🧗♂️⛷️🏄🏼♂️🏔 living in Cali-rado; public lands in public hands, pls. #146,842 https://www.patrickmccray.com
@justcode.bsky.social
Writer I Professor I Historian I Ctr. Dir. Director, CBI for Computing Info. & Culture Prof. HSTM/STS, U. of MN. Co-edit JHUP Computing & Culture bk. srs. Research: Social Study of HCI, AI, Privacy, Security, Labor, Race, Gender & Inequality. JUST CODE
@gengelstein.bsky.social
Boardgame enthusiast, podcaster, books: Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design, Universe Explained with a Cookie games: Versailles 1919 and Super Skill Pinball. He/him https://open.substack.com/pub/gametek
@alexmonea.bsky.social
Assoc Prof @ George Mason U | Author: The Digital Closet (https://bit.ly/digitalcloset) | Focus: content moderation, platform governance, data ethics | Views my own | he/him
@pdmcdonald.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Design, Informal and Creative Education, UW-Madison. Game and play scholar, potter and dog friend.
@penixtadsen.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Spanish, Chair of Game Studies & Esports at the University of Delaware Author of 'Cultural Code: Video Games and Latin America' + Editor of 'Video Games and the Global South' https://sites.udel.edu/ptpt
@novomancy.bsky.social
Director, DEV Studio. DH & XR @ Dartmouth College. Digital Curation @ UMaine. Art & code @ WWW. #10print
@samplereality.bsky.social
Professor of Film, Media, and Digital Studies at Davidson College. Maker of @mobydickatsea.bsky.social and @clipart.bsky.social. Teaches, researches, and practices computational creativity. Other things I've made: https://samplereality.itch.io
@guyintheblackhat.bsky.social
Associate Professor of German, Niehoff Professor of Film & Media Studies at U of Cincinnati; Scholar of East German cinema, science fiction, and role-playing games. He/Him. Bi. Wears a hat.
@kohut.bsky.social
rhymes with donut | author, Speaking Out, co-author, The Smart Mission, Compelling People | scribbler + picker | Oxford comma | curse of the easily amused | http://www.matthewkohut.com
@lukeyoquinto.bsky.social
Go read: * Grasp: The Science Transforming How We Learn * Longevity Hubs: Regional Innovation for Global Aging
@ibogost.bsky.social
Professor at Washington University in St. Louis, Writer at The Atlantic. https://linktr.ee/ibogost
@aarontram.bsky.social
Anyone who ever had a heart, they wouldn't turn around and break it. Anyone who every played a part, they wouldn't turn around and hate it.
@andreizanescu.bsky.social
PT Faculty in Communication Studies + Socio/Anthro Postdoc @Concordia Blockbuster Resonance & Prestige in AAA Games, Film & Awards Shows Also Magic: The Gathering + Cultural Resonance Streaming by the Rest of Us (2025, MIT Press) www.andreizanescu.com
@anterobot.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Stanford University. NCTE President Elect. Education. Speculative Imagination. Healing. Dad of twins. he/him/his lacuenta.substack.com
@aschrock.bsky.social
Academic Editor & Writing Coach at https://www.indeliblevoice.com ・Communication and/or technology researcher・Author of "Politics Recoded" (MIT Press 2024) 🤖・Foodie 🍲・Nature boi 🌲・Cancer caregiver 🎗️・They/he・All links at https://bio.site/aure
@wernimont.bsky.social
Northern Woods dwelling nerd who thinks about how we turn people into numbers. Currently working on history of eugenics, health data, and death certificates. Into fibers, sports, and not falling over. Wrote Numbered Lives (MIT)
@jesperjuul.bsky.social
Video game theorist, author of Half-real, A Casual Revolution, The Art of Failure, and Handmade Pixels. New book "Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64" out Dec 10th 2024! https://jesperjuul.net/c64 https://jesperjuul.net
@anasalter.bsky.social
Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining.
@jacobgaboury.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Film & Media, UC Berkeley (he/him) Media History | STS | Queer Theory | Digital Visual Culture Book: Image Objects: An Archaeology of Computer Graphics (2021) Now: Screenshot Histories & Queer Computing https://jacobgaboury.com
@kcisbister.bsky.social
HCI and Games researcher, author of How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, and Playful Wearables (Jan 2024--https://tinyurl.com/4z9mjxrm)
@mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming. Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though. Default content: cats. Pests: blocked.
@astridensslin.bsky.social
Professor for the Dynamics of Virtual Communication Spaces at University of Regensburg
@rich-lem.bsky.social
Former Naughty Dog Lead Game Designer, now a professor in the USC Games program. Wrote 'A Playful Production Process' for the MIT Press. He/him.
@shirachess.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of Media Studies @ UGA Current projects: 1. The Unseen Internet: Conjuring the Occult in Digital Discourse (MIT press, 2026)💫 2. Freaks in the Machine: Mondo 2000 in Late 20th century digital culture (Strange Attractor with RU Sirius)
@brkeogh.bsky.social
Associate Professor: videogames, creative labour, cultural industries. Gamemaker and critic. The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist (MIT Press): http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262545402/ Brisbane, Australia | he/him
@macssmith.bsky.social
Lecturer in French and Francophone Culture, SELCS, UCL. Paris and the Parasite, MIT Press http://bit.ly/2G5BwnU
@nannathylstrup.bsky.social
Associate Prof @ University of Copenhagen. Author of: "The Politics of Mass Digitization" (MIT Press), editor of "Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data" (MIT Press) and "(W)archives: Archival Imaginaries, War, and Contemporary Art" (Sternberg)
@janethmurray.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor of Digital Media, Georgia Tech, graduate of Bx Science HS, author "Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace" (MIT Press updated edition 2017) . Views are my own. Current book in progress:"Digital Delusions" .
@sjjphd.bsky.social
I study race, media, activism, feminism, tech and politics but not always in that order. Co-Director @miccenter.bsky.social Opinions definitely my own
@berrydm.bsky.social
Professor currently researching AI, algorithms, software and the university in a digital age. Part of a research team that recently rediscovered the original Joseph Weizenbaum ELIZA source code.
@allergyphd.bsky.social
STS and Medical Anthropology, cyborgs, care, feminist theories of tech, faculty NYU Tandon, BISR faculty, she/her CYBORG: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547550/cyborg/ Food Allergy Advocacy: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517910563/food-allergy-advoca
@laura4lano.bsky.social
Writer. Design Researcher. Professor @NU_CAMD Type 1D. Design, Tech and Radical Futures. Noodle Fanatic, Laser Cut Fashionista and Latin Alternative Rocker.
@n-w-f.bsky.social
UC Santa Cruz professor; Expressive Intelligence Studio co-director; makes/studies games, elit, AI, etc; parent; Quaker; Henson/Muppet fan; disabled; he/him New book on Animal Crossing: New Horizons coming Fall 2025, in the U Chicago Press Replay series
@jmalazita.bsky.social
Associate Prof of STS and Game Studies at RPI. Author of "Enacting Platforms: Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine"
@drtvlotz.bsky.social
Reimaginer of media industries and society in digital age | Prof@QUT | Strategy consultant | US expat | Fan of swimming, baked goods & nature | drtvlotz@gmail | amandalotz.com | Mostly writing on LinkedIn, glimmers of also being a human here
@markdeuze.bsky.social
👨🎓 Professor Media Studies, U of Amsterdam 🎸bass: Skinflower; new music at Bandcamp 📚 latest books: Life in Media (MIT Press), Happiness in Journalism (Routledge) 🔊 🎥 Deuzevlog on YouTube and Spotify 🚴 Ride on! 🎓ORCID: 0000-0002-1986-5050
@tega.bsky.social
Artist, enviro engineer & prof of Design & Media at New York University - https://tegabrain.com/
@nolauren.bsky.social
DH Prof @URichmond. Exploring computer vision and visual culture. Ideas for the Association for Computers & the Humanities @ach.bsky.social and Computational Humanities Research Journal? Please share!
@laurenfklein.bsky.social
Digital humanities, data science, AI, eating, professor of Quantitative Theory & Methods and English at Emory. Coauthor #DataFeminism w/ @kanarinka, PI #AIAInetwork.
@benjedwards.com
Senior AI Reporter, Ars Technica. Tech Historian. Bylines Fast Company / The Atlantic / Retronauts. http://www.benjedwards.com Founder http://Vintagecomputing.com
@marcuscarter.com
Professor in HCI @ USYD, Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Game Studies & Virtual Reality.
@alexcustodio.com
PhD candidate studying videogame history at Concordia University. My dissertation focuses on the Game Boy’s afterlives, including hacks, mods, and emulation. Pixel artist and cross-stitcher. They/them.
@lagernina.bsky.social
Professor of visual culture @ NTNU Trondheim | Media, Data, Museums | Author of Picture Research: The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization @ MIT Press 2023 | Campuslivet (akademisk nyhetsbrev på norsk): campuslivet.substack.com
@ckunzelman.bsky.social
critic | games | science fiction. Discussing culture on podcasts for Ranged Touch (Shelved By Genre | Just King Things | Game Studies Study Buddies). Used to write a lot. Growing things outdoors. Working on books: Assassin’s Creed and Magic: The Gathering.
@jonippolito.net
How does tech empower and frustrate creators—writers, programmers, media makers—and how do we keep their work alive in the long run? UMaine Professor of New Media, Director of Digital Curation; former Guggenheim Curator of Media Art https://jonippolito.net
@increment.bsky.social
Author of game histories, mostly wargames and role-playing games. Playing at the World, Elusive Shift, Game Wizards, Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana, Making of OD&D, Heroes’ Feast, etc.
@adriennemassanari.bsky.social
Assoc Prof@AmericanU. New book: Gaming Democracy (MIT Press). Researches digital cultures, platform politics, games, etc. Wrote that one thing about Reddit that one time (okay several things). I will always want to see your pets. She/her/hers.
@rachelplotnick.bsky.social
Associate Prof, IU Media School. Hist of tech, interfaces, wearables, media tech and everyday life. Books: Power Button (MIT) bit.ly/2xMlmsr and License to Spill (MIT, out now!) https://shorturl.at/Yl1DP
@hollykruse.bsky.social
Media studies. Books: –Gender & tech (Polity 2025) –Synthpop, co-editor (Bloomsbury 2025) –Networks & horse racing (MIT Press https://t.ly/CJvI2) –Indie music scenes (Peter Lang https://t.ly/9ACTM) Irish Setters+horse+failed foster dog. Iowan in Tulsa.
@zizip.bsky.social
UIC Distinguished Professor of Communication + Poli Sci, Head of COMM@UIC Books: After Democracy; Affective Publics; A Private Sphere; A Networked Self series
@rmmilner.bsky.social
communication professor. aging meme scholar. charleston, sc usa. he/him
@merbroussard.bsky.social
Critical AI, data journalism, literary nonfiction. NYU professor. Author, "More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech." meredithbroussard.com
@jwyg.bsky.social
🐨 https://jonathangray.org/ 🌱 director @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social + reader @kingsdh.bsky.social king's college london + cofounder @publicdatalab.bsky.social 🫧 feminist STS, data studies, digital methods, internet studies, poetic computation
@ginasue.bsky.social
Flower fan and AI expert. Professor of Responsible AI, QMUL; Director Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, Cambridge and fellow Magdalene College. Deputy CEO Responsible AI UK. https://linktr.ee/mctdcambridge?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
@whkchun.bsky.social
new media theorist and professor. director of the SFU digital democracies institute. posts reflect my own views only. banner from Mongrel Network's 2004 Bush-Blair project. Portrait by a wonderful scms audience member—let me know if you know them!
@aramsinn.bsky.social
SFF/Nonfiction Author Media Prof at American U Bassist/Producer (jazz, reggae, worldbeat) 💙📚THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA 💿 OUT OF OUR CELLS: Songs by Incarcerated Musicians in DC sinnreich.com https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048811/ linktree.com/wassako
@lukestark.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 just a simple country AI ethicist | Assistant Professor, Western University 🇨🇦 | he/his/him | | no all-male panels |#BLM | 🏳️⚧️ ally | views my own https://starkcontrast.co/ https://starlingcentre.ca/
@kylzjarrett.bsky.social
All the social medias; still nothing to say. Also on Masto and the Bad Place at same name Editor: Dialogues on Digital Society Author: Digital Labor (2022); Feminism, Labour and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife (2016)
@histoftech.bsky.social
Historian of technology and dad joke aficionado who lives with a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit. www.marhicks.com for writing & syllabi
@vthewanderer.bsky.social
Media Studies, Games scholar, Humanities human Lecturer at TecnoCampus, UPF (Barcelona) Founding member of @DIGRASpain Director de la colección Ludografías. Co-president of the History of Games conference. I also do my own stunts. linktr.ee/vthewanderer
@jaakkostenros.bsky.social
Scholar of games and play, author or editor of eleven books, into comic books, role-playing games, and art. Website: https://jaakkostenros.wordpress.com/ Email: jaakko.stenros (at) tuni.fi
@tltaylor.bsky.social
Not sure I'm ready for another platform but let's see. Theme park play research these days (yup, Disney). tltaylor.com (links to most of my work, inc books, that are OA) & instagram.com/ybikapix (for the fun stuff!)
@tbonini.bsky.social
Associate professor of Sociology of culture and Communication at @unisi. Co-author of Algorithms of Resistance (MIT Press 2024), available in OA, MIT press website
@drtanenbaum.bsky.social
🦋 Moth Mother Music 📖 Ex-Academic(ish)🎓 Professor of Anarchy 🎵 Songwriter and Composer 🎮 Game Designer 📚 Storyteller 🧹 Witch 🪶Poet ♿ Disabled 🌶️ Neurospicy! 🏳️⚧️ Extremely Dangerous Trans Rights Activist https://linktr.ee/MothMother
@jzagal.bsky.social
Game scholar, academic, professor at University of Utah's Division of Games Author: Seeing Red: Nintendo's Virtual Boy https://mitpress.mit.edu/author/jose-p-zagal-23078/ https://www.pillowfort.social/jpzagal Comics
@tjowens.bsky.social
Chief Research Officer at the American Institute of Physics. Working on the history of science, libraries and archives, and social science research. Fan of bike rides, small dogs, and vegetarian cuisine.
@docfarber.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado. Codirector, Gaming SEL Lab. Play theorist. NEW! The Well-Read Game a.co/d/6oAphWV
@noahspringer.com
acquisitions editor for dh, new media, game studies, hci, and design at the MIT Press | editor and columnist at Unwinnable Magazine | letterboxed https://boxd.it/oHIf