*External Members
Michael Barnett-Cowan
Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology
Dr. Michael Barnett-Cowan is an Assistant Professor for the Kinesiology Department, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, at the University of Waterloo.
Shi Cao
Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering
Dr. Shi Cao studies human factors and ergonomics using both experiment and computational simulation methods.
Parmit Chilana
Assistant Professor, Management Sciences
Professor Chilana has disciplinary training in Information Science and Computer Science and has worked on a variety of research projects in HCI.
Beth Coleman
Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
Beth Coleman is co-director of the Critical Media Lab at the University of Waterloo, and participates in the Rhetoric & Professional Writing major as well as the Master of Arts in Experimental Digital Media.
Karen Collins
Associate Professor, Drama and Speech Communication
Karen Collins' research is diverse and interdisciplinary, but has always had a central focus: the interaction of humans and machines, specifically as related to sound.
Chrysanne Di Marco
Associate Professor, Artificial Intelligence Group (David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science) Cross Appointment, English Language and Literature
Chrysanne Di Marco has been a member of the Artificial Intelligence Group since 1990. She is also project leader of the HealthDoc project, which works to develop natural language generation systems for producing multimedia health information tailored to medical conditions and patient characteristics.
Colin Ellard
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Colin Ellard is a psychologist researching neuroscience. His interests include how the organization and appearance of natural and built spaces affects movement, wayfinding, emotion, and physiology. He directs the Urban Realities Lab at the University of Waterloo.
Susan Elliott
Professor, Geography and Environmental Management
Susan is a medical geographer with specific interests in global environmental health. She is an Adjunct Professor with the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, a partner in much of the global water and sanitation research that she does. She is also a research lead for the AllerGen national centr
Mark Hancock
Associate Director, The Games Institute; Associate Professor, Management Sciences
Mark Hancock is the Associate Director of the Games Institute. He is also an associate professor in the Department of Management Sciences in the Faculty of Engineering, where he directs the Touchlab.
Kevin Harrigan
Associate Professor, Drama and Speech Communication
Kevin Harrigan is a member of the University of Waterloo's Canadian Centre for Arts and Technology (CCAT). He teaches courses in multimedia and computer-game design in the Digital Arts Communication (DAC) program, and has been a technical expert witness in legal cases regarding Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs).
Jason Hawreliak*
Assistant Professor, Game Studies, Brock University
Jason Hawreliak received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Waterloo. His research examines rhetorics of heroism and immortality in videogames. Other research interests include multimodal rhetoric and the psychological function of digital media.
Jesse Hoey
Associate Professor, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Dr. Jesse Hoey is an associate professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. He is also an adjunct scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute in Toronto, Canada, where he is co-leader of the AI and Robotics Research Team. Dr. Hoey received the B.Sc. degree (1992) in physics from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, the M.Sc. degree (1995) in physics and the Ph.D degree (2004) in computer science from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. From 2004-2010, he was an assistant professor in the School of Computing at the University of Dundee, Scotland. In 2014-2015 he was a visiting professor at the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en automatique (INRIA) in Sophia-Antipolis, France.
Ning Jiang
Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering
In the research community, there has been a new direction of research on dexterous myoelectric control mimicking the neuromuscular system by extracting nature control information from surface EMG with advanced algorithm, and Ning Jiang is one of the world leading experts in this exciting direction.
Craig S. Kaplan
Associate Professor, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Professor Kaplan studies the application of computer graphics in art, illustration, ornamentation, and design. This research area is rooted in computer graphics, but involves forays into art (to study historical sources) classical and computational geometry (to develop mathematical and computational models of ornament), and computer-aided design and manufacturing.
Ed Lank
Associate Professor, Cheriton School of Computer Science
Ed Lank is an associate professor in the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. His research is in the area of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
Edith Law
Assistant Professor, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Edith Law is an Assistant Professor at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on interaction techniques and incentive mechanisms for volunteer-based human computation systems, and how these systems can address problems in Science and Public Health. She is also part of the Human Computer Interaction Lab.
Fue-Sang Lien
Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Professor Fue-Sang Lien has over 20 years of research experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Turbulance Modelling.
Kristina Llewellyn
Associate Professor, Social Development Studies
Kristina R. Llewellyn is the Principal Investigator of Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation (www.dohr.ca): The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children History Education Initiative, a project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Brad Mehlenbacher*
Associate Professor, NC State University
Dr. Brad Mehlenbacher is a Visiting Researcher at the University of Waterloo’s Games Institute. Mehlenbacher does research on the differences between print and online media, studying how they inform human communication, instruction, and learning.
Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher
Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature
Professor Mehlenbacher is an Ontario Early Researcher Award holder who specializes in science communication, citizen science, and expertise in multidisciplinary teams.
Ian Milligan
Associate Professor, Department of History
Ian Milligan is a digital and Canadian historian. He’s currently exploring how historians can fruitfully use web archives and other large digital repositories.
Lennart Nacke
Associate Director Graduate Studies, Stratford | Associate Professor, Stratford / Drama and Speech Communication / The Games Institute
Dr. Lennart Nacke is an Associate Professor, the Associate Director Graduate Studies for Stratford campus, and the Director of the HCI Games Group at the University of Waterloo’s Games Institute. Professor Nacke teaches User Experience, Human-Computer Interaction, and Game Design at the University of Waterloo.
Isabel Pedersen*
Associate Professor, Communication Studies, UOIT
Dr. Isabel Pedersen, Director of the Decimal Lab at UOIT and Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media, and Culture, studies the societal impact of human-computer interaction.
Neil Randall
Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
Director of The Games Institute
In addition to directing The Games Institute, Neil Randall has also earned large grants for The Interactive and Multi-Modal Research Syndicate (IMMERSe) and the Waterloo Game Analysis and Monitoring Environment (WatGAME). He is the Faculty Advisor to the Games Institute's First Person Scholar.
Jennifer Roberts-Smith
Associate Professor, Drama and Speech Communication
Jennifer Roberts-Smith is Director of the Q Collaborative, a research lab that leverages digital media (including games) to study and encourage audience engagement in cultural activities. She is Principal Investigator of The Stratford Festival Online: Games and Virtual Learning Environments for Education and Audience Engagement, funded by the Ontario Early Researcher Award program and the Stratford Festival. Her recent work in game studies has focused primarily on Shakespeare games. At the Games Institute, JRS is also a member of the Virtual Reality cluster of the Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation project. She teaches acting, digital media design, and dramaturgy, as well as directing departmental theatre productions in the Theatre and Performance program.
Stacey Scott
Assistant Professor, Systems Design Engineering Cross Appointment, English Language and Literature
Stacey’s research and teaching interests are human-computer interaction and computer-supported collaboration.
Ben Thompson
Associate Professor, Optometry and Vison Science
Ben’s background is in visual neuroscience and his research interests relate to the development and plasticity of human visual brain areas.
Jane Tingley
Assistant Professor, Fine Arts
Jane Tingley is an Assistant Professor in Hybrid Media in the Department of Fine Arts and the Stratford campus at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Her research combines traditional studio practice with new media tools, spanning responsive/interactive installation, performative robotics, and the creation of a gestural game.
Gerald Voorhees
Assistant Professor, Drama and Speech Communication
Gerald Voorhees studies games and new media as sites for the construction and contestation of identity and culture. He is also interested in public discourse pertaining to games and new media, as well as rhetorics of race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality in mediated public discourse.
Jim Wallace
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Health Systems
Jim Wallace is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health and Health Systems at University of Waterloo. His research focuses on interaction techniques for computing systems that involve multiple devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and large interactive wall displays, and how these systems can address problems in Public Health.
Jennifer Whitson
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Legal Studies
Jennifer Whitson is the Research Advisor for Execution Labs, an accelerator and investment platform for indie game studios, as well as an affiliated faculty member with the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Centre (TAG) at Concordia University.
Leah Zhang-Kennedy
Lecturer, User Experience Research and Design
Leah teaches User Experience Design and Innovation at the University of Waterloo’s Stratford Campus. She joined Waterloo from an interdisciplinary background, bridging design and research from computer science, human-computer interaction, and graphic design. She has four years of industry experience working as a designer.
