Assistant Professor of Digital Media Arts
Department of Emerging Media
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA
Department of Emerging Media
University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, USA
Sky LaRell Anderson (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) is an award-winning researcher and professor of digital media and culture. He is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media Arts in the Department of Emerging Media at the University of St. Thomas.
His teaching primarily covers digital culture and media, with courses such as Visual Media Theory and Introduction to Emerging Media. In the past, he has taught courses such as Digital Technology and Cultural Change, Media and Your Body, Reimagining Social Media Practice, and Game Studies. He has also taught or is prepared to teach courses on media literacy, film, television, and other media studies topics.
Dr. Anderson’s research focuses on video games, games culture, and design. Recent projects include work on disability, accessibility, and mental illness in games culture. His research emphasizes the role disability plays in structuring how we talk about and engage with games. He also examines how games portray mental illness as well as how they can be critical tools for imagining improved discourses about mental health. He has published articles in international journals such as Games and Culture, Convergence, Game Studies, Transformative Works and Cultures, and Communication Studies.
Dr. Anderson is also an independent game designer with games published for free on his website skylarell.net.
His teaching primarily covers digital culture and media, with courses such as Visual Media Theory and Introduction to Emerging Media. In the past, he has taught courses such as Digital Technology and Cultural Change, Media and Your Body, Reimagining Social Media Practice, and Game Studies. He has also taught or is prepared to teach courses on media literacy, film, television, and other media studies topics.
Dr. Anderson’s research focuses on video games, games culture, and design. Recent projects include work on disability, accessibility, and mental illness in games culture. His research emphasizes the role disability plays in structuring how we talk about and engage with games. He also examines how games portray mental illness as well as how they can be critical tools for imagining improved discourses about mental health. He has published articles in international journals such as Games and Culture, Convergence, Game Studies, Transformative Works and Cultures, and Communication Studies.
Dr. Anderson is also an independent game designer with games published for free on his website skylarell.net.
