Dr. Krystina Madej is Professor of the Practice in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, Atlanta. At Tech since 2011, she teaches about and researches how humans have adapted their narratives to changing media throughout the centuries, physical play and children’s interaction with digital games that are based in narrative, and in Disney’s approach to stories across media since the 1920s. Adjunct Professor with the School for Interactive Art and Technology (SIAT) at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, for ten years, she taught as Visiting Professor for the Center for Digital Media’s Master’s degree program. She is research faculty at University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Poland where as Visiting Professor she has taught Disney History and Children’s Game Design for the Erasmus Program and Design Thinking and History of Social Media for the Big Data, Digital Media, and Trendwatching Master’s Program. Prior to returning to academia in 1999, she was principal of a communications and design firm for 15 years, where, as design strategist, she planned and created successful branding programs and exhibits for government, business, industry, and museums.
Books:
Upcoming: Disney Stories: Getting to Digital, 2nd Edition
Physical Play and Children’s Digital Games (Fall 2016)
Interactivity, Collaboration, and Authoring in Social Media (January 2016)
Disney Stories: Getting to Digital (2012)
Engaging Imagination and Developing Creativity (2010)
Affiliations:
Current
Professor of the Practice, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Tech Visiting Professor, University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Poland
Past
Visiting Professor, Masters of Digital Media Program, Center for Digital Media, Vancouver
Adjunct Professor, School for Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada