Thanks to the officers and representatives who work tirelessly for the division each year.
Are you interested in becoming an officer? Learn more by reading the ICA Game Studies bylaws.
Current Officers
Chair: Maxwell Foxman
Assistant Professor
School of Journalism and Communication
University of Oregon
mfoxman@uoregon.edu
Vice Chair: Ruud Jacobs
Assistant Professor
Communication and Technology
University of Twente
r.s.jacobs@utwente.nl
Secretary: Sarah Stang
Assistant Professor of Game Studies
Centre for Digital Humanities
Brock University
sstang@brocku.ca
Student & Early Career Representative: Alex P. Leith
Assistant Professor
Media Studies
Southern Illinois University: Edwardsville
aleith@siue.edu
International Liaison: Benjamin Li Junting
Assistant Professor
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University
benjyli@ntu.edu.sg
PR Directors: Nick Bowman
Associate Professor of Communications
Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University
nbowman@syr.edu
Previous Officers
- 2021 – 2023: Chair: Vivian Chen; Vice: Maxwell Foxman; Secretary: Sarah Stang
- 2019 – 2021: Chair: Rabindra Ratan; Vice: Vivian Chen; Secretary: Tim Wulf
- 2017 – 2019: Chair: Julia Kneer; Vice: Rabindra Ratan; Secretary: Ruud Jacobs
- 2015 – 2017: Chair: Nick Bowman; Vice: Julia Kneer; Secretary: Daniel Pietschmann
- 2013 – 2015: Chair: James Ivory; Vice: Nick Bowman; Secretary: Rachel Kowert
- 2011 – 2013: Chair: Dmitri Williams; Vice: James Ivory; Secretary: Joyce Neys
- 2007 – 2011: Chair: John Sherry; Vice: Dmitri Williams; Secretary: Dmitri Williams
- 2006 – 2007: Chair: James Watt; Vice: John Sherry; Secretary: Jeroen Jansz
- 2005: Game Studies SIG approved by the ICA Board (proposal was written by James Watt, John Sherry and Jeroen Jansz)
Thanks also to the preconference organizers each year:
- 2020: (For Gold Coast, transitioned online), Jessica Taylor Piotrowski, Mark Johnson, and Anna Potter. Direct Conference
- 2019: Washington D.C., Maxwell Foxman, Benjamin Stokes. Games + Communication.
- 2018: Prague, Daniel Pietschmann et al. Games Everywhere, Gaming Everywhere.
- 2017: San Diego, Chad Wertley, John Velez et al. My So-Called Gamified Life.
- 2016: Tokyo, Teresa Lynch. Just Games?
- 2015: San Juan, Jaime Banks. Gaming Bodies.
- 2014: Seattle, Elizabeth Newbury. Beyond Pixels.
- 2013: London, co-hosted with ECREA. Power of Play.
- 2012: Phoenix, Nick Bowman, Robby Ratan. It’s More than Just a Game.