Nate Garrelts Explained

Nate Garrelts
Birth Name:Nathan Garrelts
Nationality:American
Field:Cultural Studies
Training:PhD, Michigan State University, American Studies
Works:Responding to Call of Duty (2017), Understanding Minecraft (2014), The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto (2006), Digital Gameplay (2005)

Nate Garrelts is an American academic who studies digital games and other media. He has edited four collections of essays on digital games: Digital Gameplay (McFarland, 2005), The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto (McFarland, 2006), Understanding Minecraft (McFarland, 2014), and Responding to Call of Duty (McFarland, 2017).[1] The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto was the first academic collection to focus on a single game series.[2] [3] He has also contributed essays to the websites Bad Subjects[4] and Berfrois. In 2003, he founded the Video Game Studies area at the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association National Conference in New Orleans[5] [6] and continued to coordinate it until 2007.[7] This area, which has since been renamed Game Studies, is one of the longest continually run game studies events in the United States.[8]

Biography

Garrelts received his PhD in American Studies from Michigan State University (2003). His dissertation was titled The Official Strategy Guide for Video Game Studies: A Grammar and Rhetoric.[9] He is currently Professor of English at Ferris State University.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: McFarland: A Leading Independent Publisher of Academic and Non-Profit Books. 13 June 2015.
  2. Web site: Dredge. Stuart. Top 10 things you never knew about Grand Theft Auto (because you're not brainy enough). TechDigest. 5 December 2006. 17 June 2015.
  3. Web site: Sauvé. Christian. The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto, Ed. Nate Garrelts. 13 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Search Results. Bad Subjects. 13 June 2015.
  5. Book: Voorhees. Gerald. Dungeons, Dragons, and Digital Denizens: The Digital Role-Playing Game. 2012. Continuum. 2. 9781441141088. 20 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Barr. Brandon. Video Game Studies (11/10/02; PCA/ACA, 4/16/03-4/19/03). Rhizome. 13 June 2015.
  7. Web site: CFP: Digital Games (11/1/06, PCA/ACA, 4/4/07-4/7/07). cfp.english.upenn.edu. 13 June 2015.
  8. Web site: PCA/ACA Conference: Game Studies Area. HNET. 13 June 2015.
  9. Web site: Doctoral Dissertations in American Studies Programs, 2002-2003 (September 2003). American Studies Association. 13 June 2015.
  10. Web site: Nathan Garrelts. Ferris State University. 9 October 2016.

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