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Welcome!
On this site you'll find info on recent and past talks, papers,
& research.
NEWS:

New
Book Published by Springer April 2012
Disney
Stories: Getting to Digital
Co-authors:
Newton Lee
and Krystina Madej
Available
from Springer and on Amazon

Engaging Imagination and Developing Creativity in Education
Co-Editors:
Kieran Egan and Krystina Madej
Published
by Cambridge Scholars Press, March 2010.
Available
through Cambridge and at Amazon.
Areas of Research
History of children's narrative from 1000
Characteristics
of narrative engagement in print & in games (such as interactivity
& agency)
Children's
changing perception of narrative once they enter school
Myth
of Narrative Climax: the Subjugation of Narrative
Imaginative approaches to literacy in the 1700s
Disney stories from the 1920s to now
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Krystina
Madej Quick Bio:
I
am a Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Literature,
Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, and an Adjunct
Professor at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
My
primary research interests are how
we create meaning for ourselves through "Technologies of
Representation" and "Narrative
Across Media" including Digital Narrative. I'd like to encourage
more exploration, innovation, and a better range of stories in
digital narratives and video games, in particular for children.
I
have a Fine Arts degree from Concordia in Montreal, a Masters
in Professional Writing from Kennesaw State in Atlanta, and a
PhD in Digital Narrative from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Before
I returned to graduate school in 1999, I was a designer and communication
consultant in Toronto, Edmonton, and Calgary
for more than twenty years.
Besides these cities, I've lived in Montreal, London, Champaign/Urbana,
and currently share my time between Atlanta and Vancouver.
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