CURRICULUM VITAE DAVID (D.S.) COHEN [email protected] EDUCATION Master of Arts - Interactive Design & Game Development - Savannah College of Art & Design - Dec. 2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Media Arts - University of the Arts - 1997 Associate in Fine Arts - Visual Communication - Maryland College of Art and Design - 1994 ACADEMIC HONORS/AWARDS SCAD Educators Scholarship Award - 2016-2018 Annie E. Sinnott Film Award - 1997 Kodak Film Grant - 1996/97 Scholastic Art Award: Portfolio - 1992 Smithsonian Discover Graphics Exhibition - 1991 PUBLIC SPEAKING / INTERVIEWS 2019 - Laspau, affiliated with Harvard University/Brazil STEM + Humanities Consortium – Webinar Speaker: Principles of Game-Based Learning & Game Design 2019 - University of Texas, Austin - AET 102: Gender, Race and Technology - Guest Lecturer: Representing Mental Health in Games and Media 2019 - Planet Texas Research Showcase – Co-Presenter: Collaborative Escape Room Project 2018 – University of Texas, Austin – AET 372 - Senior Design Project I Guest Lecturer for two talks: Career Development, Entrepreneurship 2018 - STAPLE! Austin, Independent Media Expo - Panel Moderator: Storytelling in Video Games 2018 - Austin Game Devs - Panel Moderator: Narrative Design for Video Games 2017 - Classic Games Fest - Panelist: Careers In Games 2016 - CHIPlay 2016 - Speaker: Transformation Through Transparency: Undercover Education in Gameplay 2016 - Austin Game Devs - Panelist: The Game Producers Chair: Top Austin Game Producers Panel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceTGpZgEO54 2010 - Tucson Festival of Books - Speaker: Writing and Producing Video Games 2010 - Tucson Festival of Books - Speaker: Your First Published Book: What Every Writer Needs to Know 2010 – Raleigh News & Observer – Interview: Video Game Sells for Big Gain by Sue Stock (Feb 20, 2010) 1 DAVID (D.S.) COHEN Curriculum Vitae [email protected] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - ACADEMIC Assistant Professor of Practice (Fall 2018 – Present) Acting Director of Game Design (Summer 2019) Co-Investigator Lecturer – SAGA Lab (Summer 2018) University of Texas at Austin, College of Fine Arts, School of Design and Creative Technology, Austin, TX BS Art and Entertainment Technology Committees: o AET Admissions Committee (Chair) – 2019-present o SDCT Executive Committee – 2019-present o UT Game Steering Committee - 2019-present o Audio Tech Faculty Search Committee - 2019 o Library/Faculty Advisory Committee - 2018-2019 Courses Taught: o AET 304 Foundations of Art and Entertainment Technology o AET 119 AET Focus on Careers o AET 318 Foundations of Games and Playable Apps o AET 318C Foundations of Video Game Development o AET 336 Game History and Theory o AET 336C Video Game History and Culture o AET 339 Narrative Design for Games o AET 339 Game Production o AET 33D Video Game Production Faculty II (Instructor/ Lecturer) Art Institute of Austin, Austin, TX BFA Game Art and Design Program 2016 - 2018 Awards: Faculty of the Quarter – Winter 2017 SXSW Gaming Committee Co-Chair: Jointly in charge of and managing all of all Texas based Art Institutes involvement with SXSW Gaming, including content and booth initiatives. Courses Taught: o Intro to Game Development o Interactive Storytelling o Project Management for Games o Team Production Planning, Team Production I, Team Production II o Portfolio I, Portfolio II o Workshops: Job Interviewing, Resume Building Program Coordinator (Curriculum Development/Lecturer/Instructor/) University of Texas at Austin, Moody College of Communication, Denius-Sams Gaming Academy Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Leadership & Management 2014 – 2016 Co-developed/co-instructed 9-month program on leadership and management for the video game industry. Lesson Designer and Writer IEP: Interactive Entertainment Professionals, 2016 Lesson writer and consultant for certification program focused on video game business, management, and development 2 DAVID (D.S.) COHEN Curriculum Vitae [email protected] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – INDUSTRY Consulting Director of Games (Contract) o Mattel, Inc,, Mattel Digital, Los Angeles, Austin, TX (Via Pro-Unlimited), 2017 Community Operations Lead (Contract) o Facebook (via Pro-Unlimited), Austin, TX, 2016 CEO - Founder o Born O.R.G., Pittsburgh, PA, Austin, TX, 2013 – Present . Dedicated to development of accessible, training, therapeutic, and developmental learning games for individuals with disabilities and disorders. Senior Producer o Schell Games, Pittsburgh, PA. 2011 – 2013 o Titles: Tunnel Tail (iOS/Android), Lionel Battle Train (iPad) . Awards: Tunnel Tail – 2013 Silver Metal Winner, International Serious Play Awards; 2012 Serious Games Challenge finalist; 2012 Runner Up Best Digital Game, Meaningful Play Lionel Battle Train – 2014 DATA Award Finalist Producer (Production and Design) o National Geographic Society - Nat Geo Games, Washington D.C., 2010 – 2011 o Producer of award winning children’s virtual world, National Geographic Animal Jam, animaljam.com. Awards: National Parenting Publications Award; About.com Readers’ Choice Award; Life Buzz Award; Mom’s Choice Award Producer (Production, Digital Artist) o Oddworld Inhabitants, San Luis Obispo/Los Angeles, CA, 2009 – 2010 o Titles: Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee (PC Port), Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Abe's Exoddus (PC Localization) Producer (Contract) o Disney, Disney Internet Group (Via Volt Technical Resources), Los Angeles, CA 2009 o Titles: DisneyXD.com (Online Game Portal), Pirates of the Caribbean: Call of the Kraken (PC Game) Creative Producer (Production and Design), o Brash Entertainment, Hollywood, CA, 2006 - 2008 o Vision holder, manager, writer, co-designer, SAW: The Video Game (Console, PC) o Additional Titles: Flash: Fastest Man Alive (Canceled) 3 DAVID (D.S.) COHEN Curriculum Vitae [email protected] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE – INDUSTRY (CONTINUED) Production/Marketing Coordinator o Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Interactive/WB Games, Burbank, CA, 1999-2006 o Titles: . 300: March To Glory (PSP) WB Games . Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck (NDS) . Animaniacs: Lights, Camera, Action (GBA, . The Matrix: Path Of Neo (Console) NDS) . The Polar Express (Consoles, GBA) . Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt . Powerpuff Girls: Mojo Jojo’s Clone Zone (PC) (Console) . Powerpuff Girls: Princess Snorebucks (PC) . The Ant Bully (Console, GBA, PC) . Samurai Jack: Shadow of Aku (Console) . Batman Begins (Console, GBA) . Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (GBA) . Cartoon Network Block Party (GBA) . Scooby-Doo: Funland of Freaky Frights (DVD . Cartoon Network Speedway (GBA) Game) . Catwoman (Console, GBA) . Scooby-Doo: Glowing Bug Man (PC) . Codename: Kids Next Door Operation . Scooby-Doo: Jinx at the Sphinx (PC) V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E. (Console) . Scooby-Doo: Mystery Mayhem (Console, . Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation GBA) S.O.D.A. (GBA) . Scooby-Doo: Phantom of the Knight (PC) . Constantine (Console, PC) . Scooby-Doo: Scary Stone Dragon (PC) . Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General . Scooby-Doo: Showdown in Ghost Town (PC) Lee (Console) . Scooby-Doo: Unmasked (Console, GBA, NDS) . ER (PC) . Static Shock (GBA) (Completed, Unreleased) . The Goonies (GBA) (Japan only) . Superman Returns (Console, NDS) . Happy Feet (Console, GBA, NDS, PC) . Superman Returns: Fortress of Solitude (GBA) . Justice League Heroes (Console) . Teen Titans (Console, GBA) . Justice League Heroes: The Flash (GBA) . Xiaolin Showdown (Console, NDS, PSP) . Looney Tunes Double Pack: Acme Antics & Dizzy Driving (GBA) PUBLICATIONS Book Author - Producing Games: From Business and Budgets to Creativity and Design o Co-Authored with Sergio A. Bustamante. o Publisher: Focal Press - 2009 o https://www.routledge.com/Producing-Games-From-Business-and-Budgets-to-Creativity-and- Design/Cohen-Bustamante/p/book/9780240810706 . Sample chapter available in accompanying Appendix Columnist: Cyber Dreams – Fantastique Magazine, UK Edition o Quarterly column on video game culture and media for print magazine o Publisher: Fantastique, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Winter 2009 Writer, Editor – New York Times website About.com Classic Video Games o “Guide” to video game history 2005 – 2012 o Below is a list of all 217 published articles on game history and culture o A curated sample of 30 articles is available in the accompanying Appendix. 2010: The Graphic Action Game - The Year ColecoVision Made Contact . 2600 Terrors - Horror Games for the Atari 2600 . 3-D Gaming Origins – SegaScope 3D for the Sega Master System 4 DAVID (D.S.) COHEN Curriculum Vitae [email protected] PUBLICATIONS (CONTINUED) Writer, Editor – New York Times website About.com Classic Video Games (Continued) . 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe - Atari 2600 Game Profile . A Boy and His Blob - 2009 Remake Preview Gallery . A Look Inside a Classic Arcade Cabinet . A Nightmare on Elm Street - Freddy's NES Nightmare . A Popples Christmas Adventure for the Commodore 64 . A Very Pac-Man Christmas - The Weirdest Holiday Tie-In . Activision Hits Remixed – PSP Game Collection Review . Adventure for the iPhone - Review of the re-released Atari Classic on the iPhone . Adventures in Text - The Origin of Adventure Games . All About The Atari 2600 - A Retro Video Game Hub of Info . Amazing Maze from Midway, The - The Great Arcade Maze Race . Ant Attack for the ZX Spectrum – Classic Computer Game Profile . Arcade Cabinet Tour – Computer Space, The First Video Arcade Cabinet . Arkanoid DS - Preview Screenshot Gallery . Art of Video Games: From Pac-Man to Mass Effect, The - Book