I am a senior lecturer at the Department of Media and Communication. I teach and supervise students in media studies, I am a games scholar and the current program coordinator for the one-year unit in media and communication. If you are a student in one of my courses, feel free to contact me or stop by my office at the Department if you have any course-related/academic questions. You may also contact me to schedule a meeting.
Academic Areas and Interests
- Video games
- Popular culture
- Gender and sexuality
- Textual analysis
- Media aesthetics
- Cultural theory
Background
- 2016 - 2017: Completion Grant Fellow, UiO
- 2013 - 2016: Doctoral Research Fellow in Media Studies, UiO
- 2013: Lecturer, Department of Media and Communication, UiO
- 2012 - 2018: Lecturer, NITH/Westerdals Oslo ACT
- 2010 - 2012: Seminar teacher, Department of Media and Communication, UiO
Education
- 2013 - 2017: PhD in Media Studies, UiO
- 2010 - 2011: Practical-pedagogical Education, UiO
- 2008 - 2010: Master of Philosophy in Media Studies, UiO
- 2005 - 2008: Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies, UiO
Research projects
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Queer game developers and players: a study on how game development, gaming and the game culture can contribute to diversity and the inclusion of young queer people in Norway.
Teaching
- EST3010 – Tverrestetisk prosjektarbeid (V17, V18)
- EST4004 – Skriveseminar for estetikkprogrammet (H12)
- EXFAC03-MVIT – Medievitenskapelige grunnferdigheter (H12, H17, H18, H19)
- MEVIT1010 – Medieanalyse: Tekst og fortolkning (H23)
- MEVIT1110 – Audiovisual Aesthetics (H11, H16)
- MEVIT1210 – Mediehistorie og medieinstitusjoner (H12)
- MEVIT1700 – Digital kultur (H11, H12, H17, H18, H19, H20, H21, H22, H23)
- MEVIT2110 – Medie- og kulturteori (V12, V13)
- MEVIT2532 – Filmhistorie (V12)
- MEVIT2700 – Medietekster: teori og analyse (V12, V13, V17, V18, V19, V20, V21)
- MEVIT2710 – Medietekstanalyse (V22, V23)
- MEVIT2724 – Dataspill i et mediekomparativt perspektiv (H10, H11)
- MEVIT2725 – Video Games: Aesthetics, Industry and Culture (H20, V21, H21, H22, H23)
- MEVIT3526 – Alternativ film (H12)
- MEVIT3527 – Norsk film: historie og analyse (H12)
- MEVIT3810 – Mediestudenter som forskere: akademisk prosjektarbeid (V19)
- MEVIT3811 – Mediestudenter i arbeidslivet: praksisplass og prosjektarbeid (V19, V20, V21, V22, V23)
- MEVIT4516 – Game Studies (V23)
- MEVIT4531/MUS4531 – Musikk og medier (V11, V12, V13)
- MEVIT4930 – Praksissemester for mediestudenter (H23)
- DS2200 – Digital kultur (ved NITH/Westerdals Oslo ACT) (2012-2018)