About Lori Shyba
In no particular order, I have been a journalist, video producer, magazine publisher, web/graphic/game designer, advertising art director, TV talent, dancer/choreographer, digital art curator, university professor, theatre impresario, creative director of Sundial Media, and cowgirl among other things. My PHD is in Interactive Media from the University of Calgary, Canada and my dissertation, called "Beyond Fun and Games," is about the way Serious Games can help us better understand social issues. Among my more recent artistic endeavors is the forum theatre event Spies in the Oil Sands, and its spin-off computer game “The Pipeline Pinball Energy Thrill Ride Game” which mix live improvisational drama with screen-delivered intermedia and games, peppered with audience participation, and served on a bed of subversive humour. I am also interested in cultural aspects of human-computer interaction (HCI), digital humanities, play in social network environments, and research adventures in far-away corners of the world. I am an assistant professor at MontanaTech in the Professional and Technical Communications, College of Letters.
Here is a recent article about my games work at Montana Tech.
