The Games Institute acknowledges that we are living and working on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (also known as Neutral), Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.
Assistant Professor, Communication Arts
Mina Momeni is an Assistant Professor in Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo. Momeni holds a PhD in Communication and Culture from the joint program at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University, and she received her MFA in Documentary Media from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her studies focus on comprehending individuals’ connection with digital media technologies and exploring people’s interaction with different digital platforms and smart applications. Momeni explores how these technologies provide possibilities and empower users to perform an act, while they can also limit or disable users’ actions in different contexts. She examines how individuals restructure various technologies by using their affordances unconventionally. Momeni’s research interest and teaching expertise lie in the intersections of media studies, digital arts communication, human-computer interaction, multimedia storytelling, philosophy of technology, visual culture, digital media affordances, and smart technologies.
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo