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Stephen J. Mandiberg

Senior Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Media Arts

Email: Stephen.Mandiberg@unt.edu

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, 8 courses.
  • MRTS 3610 - Film and Television Analysis, 1 course.
  • MRTS 3630 - Perspectives on Video Games, 12 courses.
  • MRTS 4125 - History and Theory of Film Remakes, 3 courses.
  • MRTS 4350 - Media Authors, 3 courses.
  • MRTS 4410 - Topics in Digital Media Studies, 15 courses.
  • MRTS 4415 - Topics in Film and Television Studies, 4 courses.
  • MRTS 4660 - Gender and Gaming, 1 course.
  • MRTS 5121 - Digital Media Studies, 1 course.
  • MRTS 5205 - History and Theory of Film Remakes, 2 courses.
  • MRTS 5400 - Media Studies Seminars, 7 courses.
  • MRTS 5515 - Media Genres and Authors, 7 courses.
  • MRTS 5804 - MFA Colloquium, 1 course.
  • MRTS 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • MRTS 5950 - Master's Thesis, 3 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Other (GSTEP Student Teaching Practicum), "Student Teaching Practicum," Media Arts. (September 2023 - December 2023).
  • Other (Honors College Contract), "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).

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).

    • Other

  • 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).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Mandiberg, S.J. (Author & Presenter), History of Games Conference 2024, Remakes and Demakes: Gaming Families and Prodigal Children, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom. (2024 - 2024).
  • 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).

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, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Teaching

  • Mandiberg, S.J., "Wikimedia Rapid Grant," sponsored by Wikimedia Foundation, Other, $230 Funded. ( - 2018).
  • Mandiberg, S., "Wikimedia Rapid Grant," sponsored by Wikimedia Foundation, Other, Funded. ( - 2018).

Service

University Service

  • Member, Media Arts Graduate Curriculum Committee. (September 2024 - Present).
  • 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, Journal Article, Journal of Internationalization and Localization. Amsterdam, (May 2019 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, University Film and Video Association. (March 2022 - 2023).
  • 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).