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Dr. José Zagal works with the University of Utah’s nationally ranked Entertainment Arts & Engineering program where he teaches courses on game design and analysis. He has over 10 years of experience teaching game design and development, has supervised multiple award-winning student projects, and many of his former students work at leading game studios worldwide. José’s research explores the development of frameworks for describing, analyzing, and understanding games from a critical perspective to help inform the design of better games. He is also interested in supporting games literacy and game education. His book on this topic, “Ludoliteracy: Defining, Understanding, and Supporting Games Education” was published in 2010. In 2012 he edited “The Videogame Ethics Reader”, a collection of writings that provide an entry point for thinking, deliberating, and discussing ethical topics surrounding videogames. His next book, in collaboration with Dr. Sebastian Deterding, provides an in-depth examination of role-playing games across different media and disciplinary contexts. It will be published in 2017 by Routledge. José received his PhD in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008.