Thanks to the folks at the Game Developers Conference — as well as the many people who gave support on social media — for making my 2019 Educators Summit talk free to view online through the GDC Vault. The talk is called “What To Do When ‘Toxic Gamer Culture’ Enters the Classroom” and it’s about strategies for how to thrive as an instructor in the face of discriminatory attitudes from students.
This is a huge problem in games education today, especially for those of us who are queer, trans, women, people of color, or who simply believe in the importance of teaching cultural issues in games classes. One of my biggest takeaways from the talk is that the people we work with (our colleagues, department chairs, administrators, etc.) need to trust us when we say that these problems are really happening. We need allies and advocates to make games education better.
You can watch the full video here on the GDC Vault.
