Susan Gold
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| Born | 16 April1962 Detroit, Michigan US |
| Education | University of Tampa, Visual Studies Workshop |
| Occupation | Educator, Professor, Game Philosopher |
| Known for | Global Game Jam |
Susan Gold (born April 16, 1962) is an American game educator, community developer who is most known for the creation of the Global Game Jam[1]. Susan currently serves as a co-founder of https://www.sagecurriculum.com/ Sage Curriculum, an EdTech Consulting firm working with non-linear hypermedia approach to teaching.
She currently resides in Chicago and has traveled to over 60 countries working with video games and helping communities grow.
Biography
Susan Gold learned early in life that community was extremely important, starting many youth groups and involving herself in politics. Susan started volunteering at the 43rd Ward in 1987 and she continues to work in GOTV actives wherever she lives.
Susan graduated from the University of Tampa with a BA in Communications in 1996. Susan is an alumnus of the Visual Studies Workshop where she studied under famed photographer Nathan Lyons. After completing her MFA in 1999 she took her first job as a digital arts professor at Sierra Nevada College where she created an early game education program in 2002.
Susan resuscitated the https://igda.org/sigs/game-education/ IGDA Education Special Interest Group[2] in 2006 growing the organization to over 1K members. Gold was mentored by Randy Pausch and she kept a tight advisory board with Eric Zimmerman, Robin Hunicke, Katherine Isbister, Warren Spector and Mark DeLoura. In 2008 the Special Interest Group collaboratively came up with the IGDA Game Education Framework[3] that has been used to create hundreds of university degrees all over the world. It still serves as an outline for how to approach collaborative cross genre education.
Career
As a frequent conference speaker, Susan found herself at the Gotland Game Awards and met Gorm Lai. She shared her idea of having an event that was experienced simultaneously around the world, where the excitement of game-making could be a fun event shared around the planet in one weekend. This was the birth of the Global Game Jam. Susan served as the face of GGJ from 2008-2020.
In 2008, the first occurrence of the event happening January 30, February 1st of 2009, later in 2017 was part of the creation of the https://ggjnext.org/ GGJ Next, focused on a younger audience.
Public Speaking
Gold is well known for her outgoing personality and will to speak and share what she know, she has given over 100 public talks on areas of game development, education and policy. Some of those participations were: The Reboot conference at Dubrovnik, Croatia, in April 2019 where she exposed about “https://www.gamesindustry.biz/reboot-develop-adds-global-game-jam-creator-bossa-co-funder-and-unity-vr-chief Corporate Social Responsibility[4][5]”; in 2017 she participated as a speaker at Game Developers Conference, Education Summit's in March with a presentation entitled “https://gdcvault.com/play/1024148/It-s-Not-All-About It's not all About Unicorns: Sustainable Diversity in the Classroom”, in June she presented a talk on “Targeted Marketing in Videogames—insights into Tobacco Control” for the https://www.servsig.org/wordpress/2016/10/2017-marketing-and-public-policy-conference-in-washington-d-c/ Marketing Public Policy Conference 2017 , in Washington DC and in December a presentation on “Game Jams” at the EU Culture Forum in Milano, Italy. Prior to those “Every Game(maker) has a Story” at the Boston Festival of Indie Games, Boston, MA in September 2015 and “Iterative Design & Rapid Prototyping” at the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée; Anglouême, France in January 2011.
Academic Publications
- Gold, S., Khosmood, F (2019) ICGJ 2019 Conference: "https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3316287.3316289 GGJ-Next: The Global Game Jam for Youth" White Paper, San Francisco, March 2019.
- Fowler, A., Gold, S., Eladhari, M. P., Arya, A. (2013) DiGRA ‘13 – http://www.fdg2013.org/program/workshops/ Global Game Jam Workshop, Proceedings of DiGRA, 2013 Conference: DeFragging Game Studies, Atlanta, GA, July 26-29, 2013.
- Alley, T., Flaxman, T., Gigel, J., Gold, S., Laxer, C., Pollack, B., ACM SIGGRAPH, “https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1179295.1179328 Knowledge Base for the Emerging Discipline of Computer Graphics ” White Paper, July 1, 2006
- Alley, T., Flaxman, T., Gigel, J., Gold, S., Laxer, C., Pollack, B., ACM SIGGRAPH, “https://education.siggraph.org/resources/curriculum Standardized Curriculum Components for Computer Graphics ” White Paper June 15, 2005
Written Works
- Grace, L., Gold, S. Editors;https://www.amazon.com/Global-Game-Stories-Lindsay-Grace/dp/035906664X/ Global Game Jam Stories[6]; LULU.COM ISBN 978-1387938148
Featured in
- Marco Accordi Rickards, Fabio Belsanti (2021) https://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Ludens-English-Accordi-Rickards/dp/B09MYXVQ8H Homo Cyber Ludens[7]; The Interactive Multiverse, an Interview with Susan Gold (189-198) ISBN 9798777789044
- Jon Brady (2011) https://www.amazon.com/Global-Game-Jam-Persistence-Programming/dp/0957051107/ Global Game Jam, 48 hours of Persistence, Programming and Pizza at Scottish Game Jam[8], Foreword by Susan Gold ISBN 9798777789044
Past and Present Professional Affiliations
ACM SIGGRAPH, International Game Developers Association (IGDA), Women In Games International (WIGI), American Association of University Women (AAUW), College Art Association (CAA), Global Game Jam (GGJ)
References
- ↑ "History | Global Game Jam". globalgamejam.org. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ↑ "Game Education – IGDA". Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ↑ "Igda2008cf.pdf". Google Docs. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ↑ Handrahan, Matthew (2018-01-22). "Reboot Develop adds Global Game Jam creator, Bossa co-funder and Unity VR chief". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ↑ "2019 speakers lineup". Reboot Develop Blue 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ↑ Susan Gold, Lindsay Grace (September 3, 2018). Global Game Jam Stories. ISBN 978-0359066643.
- ↑ Accordi Rickards, Marco (December 9, 2021). Homo Cyber Ludens. Idra Editing S.r.l. pp. 189–198. ISBN 979-1280218124.
- ↑ Brady, Jon (October 28, 2011). Global Game Jam: 48 Hours of Persistence, Programming, and Pizza at Scottish Game Jam. Bennion Kearny Limited. pp. Foreward. ISBN 978-0957051102.
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