Ryan Martinez

Biography

Ryan Martinez is a first–year doctoral student in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and is a member of the GLS Research Initiative. Ryan’s primary interests are how games facilitate reflections on society as well as the applicability of first–person games in formal and informal learning environments. Ryan helps manage the Mad Designers Game Design Jam, an ongoing workshop devoted to providing a forum for those who wish to learn about, create, and playtest games of their own design.

Sessions

• GTA and You: Conversations With the Game World, Your Avatar, and Our Society
  Thursday, June 11

  11:00–12:30

  Class of ’24 (4th floor, East Central)
• The ARIS Game Jam Results: Play Some iPhone Games With Us!
  Thursday, June 11

  3:30–4:30

  Play Circle Theater (2nd floor, West)