Stephen J. Mandiberg
University of North Texas
Media Arts
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Education

PhD, University of California San Diego, 2015.
Major: Communication
MA, New York University, 2008.
Major: Media, Culture and Communication
BA, Carleton College, 2003.
Major: Art History

Professional Memberships

Digital Games Research Association. (September 2009 – Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
MRTS 2400, Digital Media Writing, 4 courses.
MRTS 2980, Experimental Course, 1 course.
MRTS 3410, Intermediate Topics in Media Studies, 10 courses.
MRTS 3445, Video Game Histories, 6 courses.
MRTS 3610, Film and Television Analysis, 1 course.
MRTS 3630, Perspectives on Video Games, 9 courses.
MRTS 4125, History and Theory of Film Remakes, 2 courses.
MRTS 4350, Media Authors, 2 courses.
MRTS 4410, Topics in Digital Media Studies, 15 courses.
MRTS 4415, Topics in Film and Television Studies, 4 courses.
MRTS 5121, Digital Media Studies, 1 course.
MRTS 5205, History and Theory of Film Remakes, 1 course.
MRTS 5400, Media Studies Seminars, 6 courses.
MRTS 5515, Media Genres and Authors, 6 courses.
MRTS 5804, MFA Colloquium, 1 course.
MRTS 5900, Special Problems, 1 course.
MRTS 5950, Master's Thesis, 3 courses.

Directed Student Learning

Other,"Student Teaching Practicum," Media Arts. (September 2023 – December 2023).

Other,"Outsider," Media Arts. (September 2023 – December 2023).

Master's Thesis Committee Member, Media Arts. (April 2022 – May 5, 2023).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Media Arts. (March 2022 – December 2022).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"The Mutant Database: Media Franchise Authorship, Creators’ Rights, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," Media Arts. (May 2021 – March 22, 2022).

Master's Comprehensive Exam Member or Grader, Media Arts. (January 2021 – April 26, 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"What Does it Mean to Go Super Saiyan: Gender Identity and Fandom in the Toonami Release of Dragon Ball Z (1998-2003)," Media Arts. (June 2020 – April 26, 2021).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Chronicle of the Online Culture Wars: Reactionary Affective Publics in Neoliberal Postmodernity," Media Arts. (February 2020 – March 2021).

Directed Individual/Independent Study,"Game Studies," Media Arts. (August 2020 – December 2020).

Master's Thesis Committee Member,"Immersive Police Training: A User Experience Study of SurviVR," Anthropology. (May 2018 – July 2020).

Awards and Honors

Nominated for: Supervisor of the Year Award, UNT. (March 23, 2022 – Present).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Mandiberg, S. J. (2021). Video Games Have Never Been Global: Resituating Video Game Localization History. Game History and the Local. Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030664213
Mandiberg, S. J. (2014). Games, Localization and Diaspora. Fun For All: Translation and Accessibility Practices in Video Games. 217-242. Bern: Peter Lang AG.
Journal Article
Mandiberg, S. J. (2018). Fallacies of game localization: Censorship and #TorrentialDownpour. Other. 4(2), 162-182. John Benjamins Publishing Company. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/jial.00002.man
Mandiberg, S. J. (2015). Playing (with) the Trace: Localized Culture in Phoenix Wright. Other. 5(1), 111-141. https://www.kinephanos.ca/2015/playing-with-the-trace/
Mandiberg, S. J. (2012). Translation and/as Interface. Other. 6(10), 53-70. http://journals.sfu.ca/loading/index.php/loading/article/view/114
Cartwright, L., Mandiberg, S. J. (2009). Obama and Shepard Fairey: The Copy and Political Iconography in the Age of the Demake. Other. 8(2), 172-176. SAGE Publications. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14704129090080020303

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Mandiberg, S. (Author & Presenter), Studio For Mediating Play, Toward Responsible Localization, University of Texas at Dallas, United States of America. (2021).

Mandiberg, S. J. (Author & Presenter), GASP Lecture Series, The 5 Ws of Video Games in Art Museums, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced, CA, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Panel Presentation

Mandiberg, S. (Author & Presenter), Mandiberg, M. (Author), 10th Digital Games Research Association Conference, Walnuts and Python: Analyzing Game Localization Protests on Twitter, Digital Games Research Association, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Australia. (2017 – 2017).

Paper

De Wolff, K. R. (Author), Mandiberg, S. J. (Author & Presenter), 8th DiGRA Conference, We are Never Alone: Sharing Culture through ‘World Games, Lüneburg, Germany, Germany. (2015).

Symposium

Mandiberg, S. (Discussant), NTX Gaming Symposium, Pedagogy Roundtable, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Workshop

Mandiberg, S. J. (Presenter), De Wolff, K. R. (Presenter), Mediating Change, Feminist Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, University of North Texas, Denton, United States of America. (2018).

Media Contributions

Internet
"UNT podcast / Star Wars Across the Generations," UNT Pod. (December 2019).
"Interview with Stephen Mandiberg," LocaLAIse This!. (January 2017).
TV
"Princess Peach: Showtime," ntTV. (April 1, 2024).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Grant - Teaching
Mandiberg, S. J., "Wikimedia Rapid Grant," Sponsored by Wikimedia Foundation, Other, $230 Funded. (February 2018).

Service

University Service

Member, Ad Hoc Committee for VR. (August 2023 – Present).

Co-Chair, Personnel Affairs Committee. (August 2022 – Present).

Committee Member, Ad Hoc CLASS Committee for the Game Studies and Design Program. (November 2019 – Present).

Member, Media Arts Graduate Admissions Committee. (February 2024 – March 2024).

Committee Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (September 1, 2017 – July 2023).

Member, Hiring Committee. (September 2022 – May 2023).

Member, Hiring Committee. (September 2022 – May 2023).

Co-Chair, Hiring Committee. (August 2022 – February 2023).

Member, Hiring Committee. (June 2022 – September 2022).

Committee Member, Reappointments, Promotion and Tenure Committee. (August 2021 – August 2022).

Committee Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee. (September 1, 2018 – August 2020).

Task Force Member, Gaming Certificate. (March 2019 – November 2019).

Professional Service

Reviewer, Conference Paper, University Film and Video Association. (March 2022 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Internationalization and Localization, Amsterdam. (May 2019 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Engineering Studies. (February 2023 – March 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Sound and Music in Games. (December 2022 – January 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Arts. (September 2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Transactions of the Digital Games Research Association. (July 2020 – 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Communication. (August 2018 – 2018).