Contact
Faculty of Arts - Womens & Gender Studies
- ps.berge@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Game Design Trans Media Studies Indie Games Tabletop Roleplaying Games Feminist Platform Studies
About
Dr. Persephone Blue Rivas-Berge ("PS Berge" or just "PB") is an award-winning media scholar, game designer, and self-described ludoarsonist. 🔥 They are an Assistant Professor of Experimental Game Design and is cross-appointed in the Media & Technology Studies Program and the Department of Women's and Gender Studies. She is also the director of the Discord Academic Research Community and a co-founder of Tabletop Research in Practice. Their research concerns the so-called "unplayable," trans game design, feminist platform studies, and toxic technocultures. Their work can be found in New Media & Society, Game Studies, Feminist Media Studies, The Journal of Cinema and Media Studies and more.
Courses
DH 530 - Topics in Building in Context
MST 350 - Understanding Video Games
Beginning with an exploration of games in general and leading to modern video games. Prerequisite: CMPUT 250 or consent of the Program. Not open to students with credit in STS 350, STS 351, or MST 351.
MST 399 - Special Topics in Media Studies
Prerequisite: MST 100 or consent of the Program Administrator.
WGS 470 - Sexualities: Special Topics
This course offers advanced examination of selected issues in sexuality studies. Prerequisite: Any 100 or 200 level WGS course, or consent of department.
Featured Publications
David Kocik, P. S. Berge, Camille Butera, Celeste Oon, Michael Senters
Transformative Works and Cultures. 2024 March; 10.3983/twc.2024.2497
Daniel G Heslep, PS Berge
New Media & Society. 2024 January; 10.1177/14614448211062548
PS Berge
Games and Culture. 2023 October; 10.1177/15554120231204145
PS Berge
Feminist Media Studies. 2023 July; 10.1080/14680777.2023.2231655
Proceedings of the 2022 DiGRA International Conference: Bringing Worlds Together. 2022 July;
PS Berge, Daniel Cox, Jack Murray, Anastasia Salter
2022 January; 10.1007/978-3-031-22298-6_32
Game Studies. 2021 December;
Interactive Storytelling. 2021 December; 10.1007/978-3-030-92300-6_16
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 2021 September; 10.5210/spir.v2021i0.11869
Proceedings of the 32st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. 2021 August; 10.1145/3465336.3475094
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