Stephen J. Mandiberg
- Radio, TV, Film & Performing Arts 224
- Stephen.Mandiberg@unt.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae LinkEducation
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PhD, University of California San Diego, 2015
Major: Communication
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MA, New York University, 2008
Major: Media, Culture and Communication
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BA, Carleton College, 2003
Major: Art History
Current Scheduled Teaching
No current or future courses scheduled.
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Previous Scheduled Teaching
| MRTS 4660.001 | Gender and Gaming | Spring 2025 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4125.001 | History and Theory of Film Remakes | Spring 2025 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5205.001 | History and Theory of Film Remakes | Spring 2025 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 5400.003 | Media Studies Seminars | Spring 2025 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 3630.400 | Perspectives on Video Games | Spring 2025 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3445.001 | Video Game Histories | Spring 2025 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4350.001 | Media Authors | Fall 2024 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5515.002 | Media Genres and Authors | Fall 2024 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 3630.001 | Perspectives on Video Games | Fall 2024 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3630.400 | Perspectives on Video Games | Fall 2024 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3445.001 | Video Game Histories | Fall 2024 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5121.001 | Digital Media Studies | Spring 2024 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 4125.001 | History and Theory of Film Remakes | Spring 2024 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5205.001 | History and Theory of Film Remakes | Spring 2024 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 3630.100 | Perspectives on Video Games | Spring 2024 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3445.001 | Video Game Histories | Spring 2024 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3630.001 | Perspectives on Video Games | Fall 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3630.100 | Perspectives on Video Games | Fall 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.001 | Topics in Digital Media Studies | Fall 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3445.001 | Video Game Histories | Fall 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5400.001 | Media Studies Seminars | Spring 2023 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 3630.100 | Perspectives on Video Games | Spring 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.001 | Topics in Digital Media Studies | Spring 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3445.001 | Video Game Histories | Spring 2023 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5400.001 | Media Studies Seminars | Fall 2022 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 3630.001 | Perspectives on Video Games | Fall 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3630.100 | Perspectives on Video Games | Fall 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.001 | Topics in Digital Media Studies | Fall 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3445.001 | Video Game Histories | Fall 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4125.001 | History and Theory of Film Remakes | Spring 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5950.776 | Master's Thesis | Spring 2022 | ||
| MRTS 5515.001 | Media Genres and Authors | Spring 2022 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 5400.001 | Media Studies Seminars | Spring 2022 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 3630.100 | Perspectives on Video Games | Spring 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.001 | Topics in Digital Media Studies | Spring 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3445.001 | Video Game Histories | Spring 2022 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5950.776 | Master's Thesis | Fall 2021 | ||
| MRTS 4350.001 | Media Authors | Fall 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5515.001 | Media Genres and Authors | Fall 2021 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 3630.001 | Perspectives on Video Games | Fall 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3630.100 | Perspectives on Video Games | Fall 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3445.001 | Video Game Histories | Fall 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 2400.001 | Digital Media Writing | Spring 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 2400.002 | Digital Media Writing | Spring 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3410.002 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Spring 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3410.100 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Spring 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5950.776 | Master's Thesis | Spring 2021 | ||
| MRTS 5515.001 | Media Genres and Authors | Spring 2021 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 4415.001 | Topics in Film and Television Studies | Spring 2021 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 2400.001 | Digital Media Writing | Fall 2020 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 2400.002 | Digital Media Writing | Fall 2020 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3410.002 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Fall 2020 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3410.100 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Fall 2020 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5900.778 | Special Problems | Fall 2020 | ||
| MRTS 3410.100 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Summer 5W1 2020 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3410.100 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Spring 2020 | Syllabus | |
| MRTS 3410.101 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Spring 2020 | Syllabus | |
| MRTS 5515.001 | Media Genres and Authors | Spring 2020 | ||
| MRTS 5400.001 | Media Studies Seminars | Spring 2020 | ||
| MRTS 4410.001 | Media Studies Topics | Spring 2020 | Syllabus | |
| MRTS 5804.001 | MFA Colloquium | Spring 2020 | ||
| MRTS 4415.001 | Topics in Film and Television Genres | Spring 2020 | Syllabus | |
| MRTS 2980.001 | Experimental Course | Fall 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3410.001 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Fall 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3410.100 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Fall 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3410.101 | Intermediate Topics in Media Studies | Fall 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.100 | Media Studies Topics | Summer 5W1 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5515.001 | Media Genres and Authors | Spring 2019 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 4410.002 | Media Studies Topics | Spring 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.100 | Media Studies Topics | Spring 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4415.001 | Topics in Film and Television Genres | Spring 2019 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 3610.002 | Film and Television Analysis | Fall 2018 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5400.002 | Media Studies Seminars | Fall 2018 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 4410.002 | Media Studies Topics | Fall 2018 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.003 | Media Studies Topics | Fall 2018 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.100 | Media Studies Topics | Fall 2018 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4350.001 | Film Authors | Spring 2018 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5400.002 | Media Studies Seminars | Spring 2018 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 4410.001 | Media Studies Topics | Spring 2018 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.002 | Media Studies Topics | Spring 2018 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 5515.004 | Media Genres and Authors | Fall 2017 | SPOT | |
| MRTS 4410.002 | Media Studies Topics | Fall 2017 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4410.003 | Media Studies Topics | Fall 2017 | Syllabus | SPOT |
| MRTS 4415.003 | Topics in Film and Television Genres | Fall 2017 | Syllabus | SPOT |
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Published Intellectual Contributions
- 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.
- 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
Book Chapter
Journal Article
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- 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).
Grant - Teaching
| Overall Summative Rating |
Challenge and Engagement Index |
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out of 5 |
out of 7 |
% of students responded |
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Overall Summative Rating (median):
This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):- The course as a whole was
- The course content was
- The instructor’s contribution to the course was
- The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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Challenge and Engagement Index:
This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):- Do you expect your grade in this course to be
- The intellectual challenge presented was
- The amount of effort you put into this course was
- The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
- Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was