Elisabeth Hayes, Professor
Arizona State University
Three Expertise Keywords:
gender, IT fluency, modding
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Recent Posts:
- Elisabeth Hayes: Becoming a new kind of girl through gaming (December 6, 2007)
- Betty Hayes: Learning from Kids’ Conceptions of Game Design (July 17, 2007)
- Betty Hayes: Assessment and Curricular Models in GameStar Mechanic (July 17, 2007)
Description of Current Work:
My current work focuses on gender, digital technologies, and learning, particularly the development of IT fluency. I am is a lead investigator on two MacArthur-funded projects: GameDesigner, a collaborative project with the New York City company GameLab to create innovative game design software that will help young people acquire technical, artistic, and cognitive skills, and the TechSavvy Girls project, which is investigating how gaming can be a starting point for the development of IT fluency, particularly for girls and women. One of my current gaming obsessions is The Sims.
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
Hayes, E. (in press). Girls, gaming, and trajectories of technological expertise. In Kafai, Y.B., Heeter, C., Denner, J., & Sun, J. (Eds.) Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New perspectives on gender, games, and computing.
Hayes, E. Game content creation and IT proficiency: An exploratory study. Manuscript accepted for publication in Computers and Education.
Hayes, E. (2007). Women and video gaming: Gendered identities at play. Games and Culture, 2(1), 23-48.
Hayes, E. (2005). Women, video gaming, & learning: Beyond stereotypes. TechTrends, 49(5), 23-28.
