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Stephen J. Mandiberg

Title: Senior Lecturer

Department: Media Arts

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

MRTS 4660.001Gender and GamingSpring 2025
MRTS 4125.001History and Theory of Film RemakesSpring 2025
MRTS 5205.001History and Theory of Film RemakesSpring 2025
MRTS 5400.003Media Studies SeminarsSpring 2025
MRTS 3630.400Perspectives on Video GamesSpring 2025
MRTS 3445.001Video Game HistoriesSpring 2025
MRTS 4350.001Media AuthorsFall 2024 Syllabus
MRTS 5515.002Media Genres and AuthorsFall 2024
MRTS 3630.001Perspectives on Video GamesFall 2024 Syllabus
MRTS 3630.400Perspectives on Video GamesFall 2024 Syllabus
MRTS 3445.001Video Game HistoriesFall 2024 Syllabus
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 5121.001Digital Media StudiesSpring 2024 SPOT
MRTS 4125.001History and Theory of Film RemakesSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5205.001History and Theory of Film RemakesSpring 2024 SPOT
MRTS 3630.100Perspectives on Video GamesSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3445.001Video Game HistoriesSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3630.001Perspectives on Video GamesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3630.100Perspectives on Video GamesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.001Topics in Digital Media StudiesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3445.001Video Game HistoriesFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5400.001Media Studies SeminarsSpring 2023 SPOT
MRTS 3630.100Perspectives on Video GamesSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.001Topics in Digital Media StudiesSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3445.001Video Game HistoriesSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5400.001Media Studies SeminarsFall 2022 SPOT
MRTS 3630.001Perspectives on Video GamesFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3630.100Perspectives on Video GamesFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.001Topics in Digital Media StudiesFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3445.001Video Game HistoriesFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4125.001History and Theory of Film RemakesSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5950.776Master's ThesisSpring 2022
MRTS 5515.001Media Genres and AuthorsSpring 2022 SPOT
MRTS 5400.001Media Studies SeminarsSpring 2022 SPOT
MRTS 3630.100Perspectives on Video GamesSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.001Topics in Digital Media StudiesSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3445.001Video Game HistoriesSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5950.776Master's ThesisFall 2021
MRTS 4350.001Media AuthorsFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5515.001Media Genres and AuthorsFall 2021 SPOT
MRTS 3630.001Perspectives on Video GamesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3630.100Perspectives on Video GamesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3445.001Video Game HistoriesFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 2400.001Digital Media WritingSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 2400.002Digital Media WritingSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3410.002Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3410.100Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5950.776Master's ThesisSpring 2021
MRTS 5515.001Media Genres and AuthorsSpring 2021 SPOT
MRTS 4415.001Topics in Film and Television StudiesSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 2400.001Digital Media WritingFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 2400.002Digital Media WritingFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3410.002Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3410.100Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5900.778Special ProblemsFall 2020
MRTS 3410.100Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesSummer 5W1 2020 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3410.100Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesSpring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 3410.101Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesSpring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 5515.001Media Genres and AuthorsSpring 2020
MRTS 5400.001Media Studies SeminarsSpring 2020
MRTS 4410.001Media Studies TopicsSpring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 5804.001MFA ColloquiumSpring 2020
MRTS 4415.001Topics in Film and Television GenresSpring 2020 Syllabus
MRTS 2980.001Experimental CourseFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3410.001Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3410.100Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3410.101Intermediate Topics in Media StudiesFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.100Media Studies TopicsSummer 5W1 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5515.001Media Genres and AuthorsSpring 2019 SPOT
MRTS 4410.002Media Studies TopicsSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.100Media Studies TopicsSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4415.001Topics in Film and Television GenresSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3610.002Film and Television AnalysisFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5400.002Media Studies SeminarsFall 2018 SPOT
MRTS 4410.002Media Studies TopicsFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.003Media Studies TopicsFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.100Media Studies TopicsFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4350.001Film AuthorsSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5400.002Media Studies SeminarsSpring 2018 SPOT
MRTS 4410.001Media Studies TopicsSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.002Media Studies TopicsSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5515.004Media Genres and AuthorsFall 2017 SPOT
MRTS 4410.002Media Studies TopicsFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.003Media Studies TopicsFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4415.003Topics in Film and Television GenresFall 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

    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

Contracts, Grants and 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).
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Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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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
  • 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
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