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CURRICULUM VITAE
OWEN GOTTLIEB
Assistant Professor
School of Interactive Games and Media
B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology
152 Lomb Memorial Drive
Bldg. 70-2145
Rochester, NY 14623
public AT owengottlieb.org
www.owengottlieb.org
www.converjent.org
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Games for learning and social impact; game design and development, religion and
culture, educational technology; digital media, international film, television, and radio;
Jewish civilization and education; history, education, and games; mobile augmented
reality gaming; civic and democratic education; design-based research
ACADEMIC POSITION
Assistant Professor (tenure track), Interactive Games and Media, Rochester Institute of
Technology, Rochester, New York (August 2014-present).
•Founder and Lead Research Faculty, RCP@MAGIC: Religion, Culture and Policy
Initiative at MAGIC. http://magic.rit.edu/rcp
•Affiliate faculty, RIT Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity
(MAGIC).
•Awarded $5000 Seed Funding, Office of the Vice President for Research, RIT,
April, 2015
•Awarded $10,000 Seed Grant from GCCIS for student support on research project on
design of game for religious education, December, 2014.
EDUCATION
2010-2015
Ph.D., Program in Education and Jewish Studies,
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University
Dissertation topic: Digital Mobile Augmented Reality Gaming for
Learning Modern Jewish History
Degree conferred May, 2015
Advisors: Robert Chazan (Chair), Christopher Hoadley,
Faye Ginsburg, GPA: 3.96/4.0
•HASTAC Scholar 2012
•GLS Doctoral Consortium, Games Learning Society,
University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013
•Emerging Scholar Award, NRJE, 2013 ($1000)
•Most Innovative Game Nominee 2013:
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10 annual Games for Change Festival
2005-2010
M. A., Hebrew Letters and Rabbinic ordination
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, NY
1995-1997
M.A., Cinema-Television
University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts
Coursework included cyberculture and avant-garde media,
screenwriting, film and television production, theory, history
Teaching Assistant for CNTV 466: Theatrical Film Symposium
1991-1995
A.B. (Bachelors), Department of Film and Media Studies,
Dartmouth College
Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Presidential Scholar
Minor in Psychology
Director, Dartmouth Film Society
ACADEMIC SERVICE
National Service
National Endowment for the Humanties (NEH), Panel Reviewer, Digital
Humanities Start-Up Grants. Washington, D.C., December, 2014.
Departmental Service
•Graduate Admissions committee, Fall, 2014-present
•Table-top Game Demo – Initiated weekly extra-curricular teaching
demonstrations for graduate students on table-top game mechanics, 2014
GAME DEVELOPMENT AND LITERACY
2010present
Founder and Director, ConverJent: Jewish Games for Learning. Resident
Organization at Clal: The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
(501c3 fiscal sponsor). Game-based design, development, pedagogies, and
workshops for Jewish literacy.
Jewish Time Jump: New York was nominated for Most Innovative Game 2013,
10th annual Games for Change Festival and has been featured in publications
including The Atlantic, The Village Voice, Boing Boing, story on WNYC public
radio. See articles at www.converjent.org
Grants:
January, 2014: Awarded $33,000 grant over a year from The Covenant
Foundation to train educators on the mobile GPS game Jewish Time Jump:
New York, and to develop a curriculum that can be integrated into its play.
January, 2012: Awarded $65,000 grant over two years from The Covenant
Foundation for design and development of GPS locative augmented reality
situated documentary to teach modern Jewish history on location in New York
City.
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PUBLICATIONS
2015a
Occupy Judaism: Religion, Digital Media, and the Public Sphere. Coauthor with Ayala Fader (Fordham). Anthropological Quarterly. Scheduled
for publication Summer, 2015.
2015b
Jewish Games for Learning: Renewing Heritage Traditions in the Digital
Age. Book chapter in Digital Judaism: Jewish Negotiations with Digital Medi
and Culture. (pp 91-109). Edited by Heidi Campbell, Routledge.
2015c
Mobile History Games: Challenges, Frameworks, and Design Principles.
Proceedings GLS 10 Games + Learning + Society Conference, Madison, WI.
ETC, 14-16. Convener and presenter on Panel with Jim Mathews, Karen
Schrier, and Jennifer Sly.
2015d
Nurturing Play-Makers and Active Investigative Agents: Schwartz Tag,
Good Video Games, and Futures of Jewish Learning. Book Chapter in book
on Informal Jewish Education, edited by David Bryfman Torah Aura. (January,
2015). Pages 197-204.
2014
Case Study of Jewish Time Jump: New York in book Learning, Education
and Games: Volume 1: Curricular and Design Considerations. Edited by
Karen Schrier. ECT Press (October, 22 2014).
2013a
Media Studies Orientations for Israel Education: Lessons from In
Treatment, Homeland and Z-Cars. Journal of Jewish Education. (79:1) 2013.
Pages 49-69.
2013b
You Can’t Wrap Herring in an iPad: Digitization of Sacred Jewish Books,
the Stripping of Embodied Ritual, and Implications for Jewish Education.
CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Spring, 2013. Pages 130-141.
2013c
Game Design Seedlings: ‘Multi-Dimensional’ Modeling Sh’ma: A Journal
of Jewish Responsibility, February 2013/Adar 5773. Pages 13-14.
2012
An Agenda For Jewish Games For Learning. Contact: The Journal Of The
Steinhardt Foundation For Jewish Life. Autumn 2012/Cheshvan 5773.
Volume 15 Number 1, Page 9.
2011a
Video Games, Game Design, and 21st-Century Jewish Education.
Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility, 42/684. Page 24, 22 (cont’d).
2011b
Moving Beyond the Limited Reach of Current “Social Media”
Approaches: Why Jewish Digital Communities Require Rich and
Remixable Narrative Content. CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly,
Spring 2011. Pages 82-99.
2007a
Co-Editor of book: The Gender Gap: A Congregational Guide for
Beginning the Conversation about Men’s Involvement in Synagogue Life.
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with Person, H. (senior editor), Bricklin, C., Stollman, M. Z. URJ Books and
Music.
2007b
Galloping Horseback, Zen Judaism, and Leaping for the Sky. Contributing
author in, The Gender Gap: A Congregational Guide for Beginning the
Conversation about Men’s Involvement in Synagogue Life. Edited by
Holzman, M. URJ Books and Music. Pages 167-170.
CONFERENCE, PANEL PRESENTATIONS, AND INVITED TALKS
2015a
DBMK (Diversifying Barbie and Mortal Kombat) – An NSF Funded
Workshop on Gender, Diversity, and Serious Games. Video game, Jewish
Time Jump: New York featured. University of Pennsylvania. (April 23-24).
2015b
Time Travel, Women’s Labor Organizing, and Ethnic Identity: Catalyzing
the Null Curriculum in GPS Mobile Augmented Reality History Gaming.
Paper Presentation; Challenge the Past/Diversify the Future: A Critical
Approach to Multi-Sensory Representations of History and Culture.
Gothenburg, Sweden, (March 19-21st, 2015).
2014a
Mobile History Games: Challenges, Frameworks, and Design Principles.
Developed panel; presented on panel. Games+Learning+Society 10.0
Conference. University of Wisconsin-Madison (June 09-13).
2014b
Inquiry and Learning through Mobile Game Design. Presented on panel.
Games+Learning+Society 10.0 Conference. University of Wisconsin-Madison
(June 09-13,).
2014c
Workshop: ARIS as a tool to support design based research (DBR).
ARIS summit/Playful Learning Summit. Games+Learning+Society 10.0 PreConference. University of Wisconsin-Madison (June 10). ARIS summit.
2014d
Surrogates, Suturing, and Supra-reveals: Developing Narrative Design
Principles for Mobile Augmented Reality History Games. Invited talk.
Rochester Institute of Technology, School of Interactive Games and Media.
Rochester, New York (April 17).
2014e
Encouraging Modern Jewish History Investigation with Mobile Geolocative
Augmented Reality Gaming. Paper Presentation. AERA Annual Meeting,
Paper Session: Media, Imagery, and History Education. SIG – Teaching
History. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (April 6).
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Surrogates, Suturing, and, Supra-reveals: Developing Narrative Design
Principles for Mobile Augmented Reality History Games. Invited talk.
Emerson College, Department of Visual and Media Arts. Boston, Massachusetts
(January 23).
2013a:
Designing and Building Mobile, Locative Games with ARIS (mobile
gaming platform). Presentation on using ARIS for teaching modern Jewish
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history: Games+Learning+Society 9.0 Conference. University of WisconsinMadison (June 12-14).
2013b
Design Rationale and Implications for Cultural Heritage Gaming: A Case
Study of a Jewish Game for Learning. Paper presentation. Emerging
Learning Design conference. Montclair State University, New Jersey. (June 7).
2013c
Initiating Design-Based Research for Digital Games for Jewish Learning:
A Case Study of Design Rationale. Paper presentation. Network for Research
in Jewish Education Conference, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York
(June 2-4).
2013d
Digital Judaism: Tablet to Tablet. How have digital technologies entered
Jewish life, changing ideas of moral authority, community, gender, education
and more? With Ayala Fader (Anthropology, Fordham); Owen Gottlieb
(Steinhardt, NYU); Rachel Wagner (Religion, Ithaca College); and Jeffrey
Shandler (Jewish Studies, Rutgers). With generous support from the Henry R.
Luce Initiative on Religion & International Affairs. Part of the Digital
Religion: Knowledge, Politics And Practice Series at The Center for Religion
and Media and The Center for Media, Culture, and History, New York
University, New York (April 25).
2012a
Occupy Judaism: Bringing the Jews to Occupy Wall Street, Bringing
Occupy Wall Street to the Jews. Paper presentation. Co-author with Ayala
Fader. Part of panel: Changing Perspectives: The Evolving Relationship
Between American Jews and Israel. Association for Jewish Studies Annual
Conference, Chicago (December 18).
2012b
Occupy Judaism: Bringing the Jews to Occupy Wall Street, Bringing
Occupy Wall Street to the Jews. Paper presentation. Co-author with Ayala
Fader. Part of panel, “Pre-Occupied by the Borders of Art, Religion and
Activism.” Religion in the Digital Age: Media, Performance and “Spectacular
Activism” Conference, New York University, New York (June 25).
2012c
ARIS Mobile Platform: Stories from the Field. Co-presenter: Games +
Learning + Society 8.0 Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison (June
14).
2012d
Making Jewish Meaning in the Digital Age: The Promise of Computer
Supported Epistemic Games. Paper presentation. Network for Research in
Jewish Education Conference. Hebrew College, Boston (June 10).
2011a
Z Cars meets In Treatment: A Paradigm for Israel Education through
Television and Film. Paper presentation. Network for Research in Jewish
Education Conference. York University, Toronto, Canada (June 13).
2011b
You Can’t Wrap Herring in an iPad: Digitization of Sacred Jewish Books,
the Stripping of Embodied Ritual, and Implications for Jewish Education.
Paper consultation. Network for Research in Jewish Education Conference.
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York University, Toronto, Canada (June 13).
TEACHING (Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional, and Adult Education)
2015
Assistant Professor. Game Design and Development I (GDD 1). Department of
Interactive Games and Media. Rochester Institute of Technology.
Undergraduate course which covers game history, prototyping, playtesting,
ideation, team dynamics, and theory. Spring 2015.
2014a
Assistant Professor. Game Design. Department of Interactive Games and Media.
Rochester Institute of Technology. Graduate course in theory of game design.
Course covers game design and play theory from a design-oriented perspective.
Topics include game mechanics, narrative, gameplay, rules and formal elements,
ideologies, culture. Course uses mini-games to connect theory and design.
Student feedback placed instructor in top 12% of teachers in the Golisano
college. Fall 2014.
2014b
Invited Lecturer on Games for Learning. Winter Institute, Hebrew Union
College Certificate Program in Jewish Education for Adolescents and Emerging
Adults, January, 6, New York.
2013a Part Time Lecturer. Theories of Teaching and Learning. Eugene Lang College,
New School University, New York. Sole teacher for undergraduate education
seminar of twenty students. Course covers teaching and learning theories across
fields of educational psychology, pedagogy, and anthropology. Includes
perspectives in the learning sciences and educational technology. Fall 2013.
2013b Invited Guest Lecturer. “The Map,” Professor Mary Flanagan (Film & Media
Studies, Digital Humanities, Studio Art) Studio Art 17: Special Topics.
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. Lecturing on maps and
ideologies, workshopping on augmented reality GPS mapping. August 7 and 8.
2013c Guest Speaker to advanced (2+ year) doctoral students in Education and Jewish
Studies. Seminar in Jewish Education: Advanced Writing Seminar. Professor
Bethamie Horowitz. Steinhardt School, New York University, New York.
2013d
Invited Lecturer on Digital Media and Augmented Reality Games for Learning.
MARE (M.A. of Religious Education) Praxis Seminar. Professor Evie Rotstein.
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, New York.
2012a
Invited Lecturer on Digital Media and Games for Learning. Hebrew Union
College Certificate Program in Jewish Education for Adolescents and Emerging
Adults.
2012b
Guest Lecturer via teleseminar on Digital Media and Games for Learning.
Graduate class in Education. Professor Isa Aron. Hebrew Union College,
Los Angeles.
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2012c
Workshop Instructor. Teacher teleseminar in Games for Jewish Learning.
Jewish Education Center of Cleveland.
2012d
Workshop Instructor. 21st Century Learning Webinar for member-Rabbis of the
Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform).
2012e
Workshop Instructor on Game Design for Jewish Learning. Elat Chayyim
MIKVAH: The Spirit of Generosity, Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center,
Falls Village, CT.
2011a
Resident Faculty Member and Guest Lecturer on Games for Jewish Learning.
Rabbis Without Borders, Clal, The National Jewish Center for Learning and
Leadership, New York.
2011b
Guest Lecturer on Digital Media and Games for Learning. Graduate class in
Education. Professor Lisa Grant. Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of
Religion, New York.
2011c
Co-Presenter and Panelist with Daniel Sieradski. “Virtual Peoplehood, Virtual
Community: How Technology and Media Will Enhance Jewish Community.”
Judaism 2030: A Working Conference for a Vibrant Jewish Future and the
Steps Necessary to Get Us There. Jewish Outreach Institute Conference, New
York.
2010a
Workshop Instructor. Game Design and Media “Play”shop.
National Havurah Institute, Rindge, NH.
20072010b
Rabbi/Teacher. Monthly adult Jewish education classes at Temple Beth
Am, Monessen, PA.
1997
Teaching Assistant. CNTV 466: undergraduate Theatrical Film Symposium
Responsible for class administration and grading staff for class of over 100
students.
1995
Guest Lecturer. Filmmaking II. Lecturer Jim Brown. Dartmouth College.
TEACHING (Teens, Junior High, and Elementary School Children)
2011a
Teacher, 5th grade, supplementary school. Torah Through Game Design. East
End Temple, New York.
2011b
Workshops Leader/Rabbi. Dramatic Story Development and Rabbinic Literature
through Game Design. URJ Kutz Camp (teen leaders), NY.
20062010
Teacher 2nd, 5th, 7th grade, supplementary school. Central Synagogue,
New York. Includes teaching 7th grade modern Hebrew using Israeli teen
soap-operas.
AWARDS, MEDIA SCREENINGS, GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
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2013
Emerging Scholar Award from Network for Research in Jewish Education
(NRJE), $1000.
2010a
Jim Joseph Fellowship to Ph.D. Program at Steinhardt/NYU, including up to
five years covering all tuition, fees, insurance, and stipend.
20082010b
At HUC-JIR, NY
The Martin Berman Memorial Prize for proficiency in Philosophy
The Burton Lehman Prize in Jewish Leadership
Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce Prize in Human Relations
Rabbi Richard J. Jacobs Prize for creative leadership in worship
2005
World Union of Jewish Students award for contributions to the Arad, Israel
community through teaching at the MATNAS Arad (community center).
2005
Beit Omanut Gallery, Tel Aviv. Co-Choreographer/Dancer. Screened
original dance “Spirit of the Living Creatures...” on video, Spring 2004.
Co-Choreographer/Dancer: Hananel Dixon. Curator: Iris Kozlovich.
2004
Marks and Brown Fellow, awarded towards year-long study in Israel at Arad
Arts Project and WUJS ulpan, Jewish Federation of Los Angeles.
1997
Cutters, directed, produced, and edited short documentary screened at
Slamdance ’97 and 27th Sinking Creek Film/Video Festival (now, Nashville
Film Festival).
1993
U.S.A. Today Collegiate Scholar for scholarship at Dartmouth College,
activism, and documentary video: A Moment of Sobriety.
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At Dartmouth College
Ray W. Smith Award, for increasing the status of the college
Peter D. Smith Initiative Award, for talent and accomplishments in the arts
Rufus Choate Scholar
Churchill Award
Stern Film Award
Levitas Scholarship for personal and academic achievement
Documentary internships with Ken Burns, Paul Barnes,
and Barbara Kopple
INTERNET SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
1998-2000 Project Manager and Manager Business Strategy, US Interactive,
Los Angeles. Clients included Royal Caribbean, Disney, Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center, Universal Studios.
1997-1998 Project Coordinator and Partner Liaison, PeopleLink, an IdeaLab Legacy
Company. Santa Monica, CA
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SCREEN AND TELEVISION WRITING, FILM ARTS EXPERIENCE
2001-2003 Screenwriter, Zora, Universal Pictures. Los Angeles.
Featured in Variety, August 12, 2001
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117851084/
2000-2001 Staff Writer, Seven Days, Paramount Pictures Television. Los Angeles.
1993-2006 Telluride Film Festival, Hanover, NH and Telluride, CO.
Directors’ Liaison, Filmmakers of Tomorrow (Summers ’94-’06)
Festival Distribution Manager. Curatorial for feature-films (Summer, ’94)
PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY ASSOCIATIONS
Network for Research in Jewish Education (NRJE)
American Academy of Religion (AAR)
International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)
Writers Guild of America, West (WGA)
VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
2011- 2013
Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member, Shir HaMaalot,
volunteer-led egalitarian havurah (Jewish community) in Brooklyn, NY.
www.facebook.com/shirhamaalotbk
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