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1. Brian Ganter

   Brian joined the department in 2008. His areas of interest include post-modern and post-colonial print and digital literatures, representations of globalization and Empire in texts of the 20th and 21st centuries, media studies and film, critical theory, and Marxism. He is currently the convener of the CultureNet program, an interdisciplinary degree program in culture and technology.

   Brian currently holds degrees in Film, English, and Media Studies and is finishing his PhD in Literature at the University of Washington, Seattle. He has written and directed several short narrative and documentary films and videos. His latest feature film Metropole (2008) has screened in London (The British Museum), Italy, Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle.

   Having published in journals including Textual Practice and The Red Critique Brian continues to write for both popular and academic publications. He teaches a variety of intermediary courses in writing, fiction, drama, and digital literature and media, ranging from courses in “Detective Fiction” to the history of technology in literature.

   Patricia Tomaszek - 05.02.2014 - 14:21

2. Rand Miller

   Rand Miller (born January 17, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is CEO and co-founder of Cyan Worlds (originally Cyan). He and brother Robyn Miller became famous due to the success of their computer game Myst, which remained the number one-selling game from its release in 1993 until that record was surpassed by The Sims nearly a decade later. Rand also worked on the game's sequel, Riven, and later reprised his role as protagonist Atrus in Myst III: Exile, Myst IV: Revelation, Myst V: End of Ages, realMyst, and Uru. He also co-authored Myst novels The Book of Atrus, The Book of Ti'Ana, and The Book of D'ni.

   Source: Wikipedia

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 17.04.2014 - 15:38

3. Robyn Miller

   Robyn Charles Miller (born August 6, 1966, in Dallas, Texas) is the co-founder of Cyan Worlds (originally Cyan) with brother Rand Miller. He served as co-designer of the popular computer game Myst, which held the title of best-selling computer game from its release in 1993 until the release of The Sims nine years later. He also co-directed and co-lead designed the sequel to Myst, Riven, which was the best-selling computer game of its year of release, 1997. Miller composed and performed the soundtracks to both games. He also acted in Myst, portraying one of the antagonists, Sirrus (with brother and Cyan-cofounder Rand appearing as Achenar and Atrus). He co-wrote the first Myst novel, The Book of Atrus.

   After the release of Riven, Miller left Cyan to pursue non-game interests, including films. He is the director of the 2013 film, The Immortal Augustus Gladstone.

   (Source: Wikipedia)

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 17.04.2014 - 15:39

4. Richard Powers

   Richard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.04.2014 - 05:57

5. Benjamin J. Robertson

   Benjamin J. Robertson is an instructor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.04.2014 - 06:18

6. Julie Morel

   Julie Morel

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 22.04.2014 - 19:22

7. Eric Heisserer

   Eric Heisserer is an American film director and screenwriter.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 14.05.2014 - 20:27

8. Celeste Lantz

   Celeste Lantz

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 20.06.2014 - 18:02

9. Special America (Claire Donato and Jeff T. Johnson)

   Special America (Claire Donato & Jeff T. Johnson) is an upstart, outreach, non-partisan organization located at the intersection of poetry, politics, patriotism, digital history and fate. An exercise in and an exorcism of American Exceptionalism, based on the spirit of intellectual play—semiotic, humorous, and performative—Special America incubated in the electronic literature community, spread to the New York City Poetry Industrial Complex, and onto the silver screen.

   clairedonato - 27.06.2014 - 19:45

10. Bruno Ministro

    Bruno Ministro is Ph.D student in the Doctoral Program in Advanced Studies in the Materialities of Literature at University of Coimbra. he is collaborator of the Digital Archive of Portuguese Experimental Literature and the Consortium on Electronic Literature. He is also a poet, performer, and digital artist who believes in a practice-based research model for knowledge production.

    (Source: http://hackingthetext.net/about/)

    Alvaro Seica - 24.09.2014 - 09:03

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