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  • Colleen Macklin

    Professor of Media Design

    Email
    colleen@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    Parsons Faculty Hotseat

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    Colleen Macklin

    Profile

    Colleen Macklin is an associate professor teaching in the Design and Technology and Transdisciplinary Design programs at Parsons The New School for Design and the director of PETLab (Prototyping Evaluation, Teaching and Learning lab), a joint project of Games for Change and Parsons, supported by funding from the MacArthur Foundation, focused on developing new games, simulations, and play experiences which encourage experimental learning and investigation into social and global issues. Projects range from a curriculum in game design for the Boys and Girls Club to big games such as Re:Activism and the sport Budgetball. In addition to work in social games and interactive media, her research focuses on the social aspects of design and prototyping process. In this vein, she is working with the Social Science Research Council on a prototyping approach to creating innovative learning spaces with youth, public schools and cultural institutions, with funding through the MacArthur Foundation's Digital Media and Learning Initiative. University Forum member, Nokia and India China Institute Fellow (2006-2007). Member of the game design collectives Local No. 12 (see backchattergame.com) and The Leisure Society. Interactive work shown at Come Out and Play, SoundLab, The Whitney Museum for American Art and Creative Time. BFA, Media Arts Pratt Institute, graduate studies in Computer Science, CUNY and International Affairs, The New School.


    Research Interests

    data visualization,game design,mobile media,programming,social media


    Portfolio

    www.colleenmacklin.com


    Current Courses

    Collab
    PSAM 5550, Fall 2024

    Core Studio Objects
    PUDT 2100, Fall 2024

    Perc/VirtWorl:Exper/DesigPsy
    GPSY 6456, Fall 2024

    Future Courses

    Game Studies
    PSAM 5702, Spring 2025

    Thesis 2
    PUDT 4200, Spring 2025

    Past Courses

    Creative Practice Seminar 2
    PGTE 5261, Spring 2024

    Independent Study
    PGTE 5900, Spring 2024

    Thesis Studio 2
    PGTE 5301, Spring 2024

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