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Welcome to BEA2025! Grab a cup of coffee and a muffin and get the inside knowledge on BEA initiatives, volunteer opportunities and journals. Panelists will give you tips on navigating BEA's annual convention and NAB Show.
Hmmm, who am I...I am a Professor in the Point Park University School of CommunicationI teach Media & Society, Media Literacy, Video Production, Multimedia, and other random things.I'm involved with our School of Continuing and Professional Studies, working on microcredentials, certificates... Read More →
Jennifer Meadows is a Professor of Media Arts in the Media Arts, Design, and Technology Department at California State University, Chico. She is the 2023-2024 BEA Secretary/Treasurer. Her research and teaching focuses on communication technology, emerging technologies, and video... Read More →
Dr. Glenda Balas is a Professor in Communication and Technology at the University of North Texas at Dallas. She was formerly Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNT Dallas; Professor and Chair of the Communication and Journalism Department at the University of New Mexico; and Chair... Read More →
Videogames trace their history to the 1960s, but games did not feature content labels until the industry formed the Entertainment Software Raging Board (ESRB) after Congressional intervention in 1994. For 30 years, the ESRB has been the de facto regulatory body of videogame content, with practices informed by systems used in films, comics, and music. This panel reflects on the ESRB’s history, formation, and influence (for better and worse) in shaping videogame content and culture.
Moderator: Nicholas David Bowman, Syracuse University Panelists: Amy Kristin Sanders, Pennsylvania State University; Blood-spatter effects and breasts that jiggle during combat: Are we effectively regulating video game content? Nick Bowman, Syracuse University; Moral Panics and motivated myopia: How the ESRB influences broader views of videogames as (il)legitimate leisure Sam Srauy, Oakland University; Violence? Whose violence: The imagined gamer, race, and the ESRB hearings 30 years later Trystram Spiro-Costello, Temple University, Digital involution: Three decades of ESRB ratings
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world. Obtaining this coveted award is extremely competitive and the process of approval is rigorous and opaque. Finalists are granted their award without much explanation of what got them across the finish line and unsuccessful applicants are left to grasp at straws as to where they went wrong. This panel seeks to demystify the process of applying for a Fulbright grant and examine the various opportunities. The panelists will discuss their successes and failures in navigating the Fulbright application process and their international appointments.
Moderator: James E. Machado, MFA, Millersville University of Pennsylvania Panelists: Katerina Spasovska, Western Carolina University Madeleine Liseblad, California State University, Long Beach Andrew Sharma, Salisbury University Richard Vogel, retired from Culver Stockton College
