Gender in Gaming - Let's Talk About It

Here is a short bio, so you know a bit more about Ro before we get started… 

Vol 5 No 7

This Monday at 3:00 (password 2020), I’d like you all to come to a talk wherein my good friend and fellow nerd Ro will be virtually piping in to us from California to talk about Marginalized Genders in Gaming. Ro has been actively working in the gaming community for over six years. Prior to that, they studied English at California State University, Northridge. I have to point that out, because I may be a little biased when it comes to English degrees!

Rowan is a narrative writer for Legends of Runeterra, responsible for expanding on Runeterran lore and making a whole lot of new characters tied to the champs people love from League!

Rowan's first endeavor at Riot just went live with the release of the Targon set, Call of the Mountain. Prior to working at Riot, they were a narrative designer at Telltale Games working on branching narrative. Some of Rowan's more notable titles include Batman: The Enemy Within and Minecraft: Story Mode for Netflix. 

As part of the LGBTQ+ community, diversity and inclusion is a big part of Rowan's day-to-day. They are always striving to include more and more diverse voices in LoR and bringing authenticity to the work they create.

Outside of work, Ro is an active gamer, including tabletops and board games. They dabble in some arts and crafts on the side, but haven't taken too many embarrassing WIP pictures to show their progress along the way. 

With Great Power....Physics Power!

 Vol 5 No 6

Our talk this week is taking a much different turn!  This is what Dr. Johnson-Steigelman has to say about the topic…

(Classic) Spider-Man is known to be an excellent chemist, producing the formula for web fluid on his own.  His physical strength and agility came from a radioactive spider bite.

However, he learned physics the hard way.

In this presentation, you will learn about kinetic energy, potential energy, impulse, and momentum using examples from comic books and movies featuring Spider-Man.

This should be an amazing talk with lots of opportunity to learn new things and ask questions.  Our speaker certainly knows what he’s talking about….

Dr. Trevor Johnson-Steigelman received a B.S.Ed. degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania.  After teaching high school physics and working at a private tutoring center for several years, he received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2004 and 2007, respectively.  His work for his master’s degree included research on high dielectric insulators. He was awarded a patent for a method of producing hafnium silicate by depositing Hf metal on silicon oxide.  For his doctorate, he studied the growth of cobalt thin films on magnesium oxide.   

He uses examples from both real-life and comic books to illustrate physics principles in his classes at Finger Lakes Community College.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 from 11:30am to 12:30pm. (password 2020)