Theresa Devine is an associate professor in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. She is an artist and a scholar whose interdisciplinary research draws on the subjects of games, play, psychology, aesthetics, ethics and social transformation. Theresa received her BFA in painting and printmaking at Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi in 1991 and her MFA in painting at University of Houston in 1994. She focuses on researching games to redefine and explore what they can be and how they can be used in concert with art to initiate transformation in our society. She believes that through a greater understanding of art and play, a road to creating a more just, tolerant and inclusive world can be exposed and that this path can be opened up for others to make discoveries of their own.
Theresa is leading the Studio for Gaming Innovation
“An epic win is an outcome that is so extraordinarily positive you had no idea it was even possible until you achieved it. It was almost beyond the threshold of imagination. And when you get there you are shocked to discover what you are truly capable of.” -- Jane McGonigal
Everything I do challenges the notion that games and art have no importance. I believe that games and art have an untapped potential to move and motivate people to become agents of change. My lab is devoted to investigating our gaming and art history, exploring our gaming and art present and leading our gaming and art future to inspire epic wins in the real world.
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 362 | Games & Narratology |
IAP 494 | Special Topics |
IAP 496 | Playworks Portfolio |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 220 | Intro to Game Studies |
IAP 394 | Special Topics |
IAS 394 | Special Topics |
IAP 496 | Playworks Portfolio |
IAP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 222 | Games and Ethics |
IAP 394 | Special Topics |
IAP 496 | Playworks Portfolio |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 201 | Intro to Interdisciplinary Art |
IAP 462 | Games and Play |
IAP 496 | Playworks Portfolio |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAS 480 | Capstone/Practices/Approaches |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 362 | Games & Narratology |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 294 | Special Topics |
HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
IAP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Summer 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 294 | Special Topics |
IAP 362 | Games & Narratology |
HON 492 | Honors Directed Study |
IAP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 294 | Special Topics |
IAP 462 | Games and Play |
IAP 499 | Individualized Instruction |
Spring 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 294 | Special Topics |
IAP 362 | Games & Narratology |
HON 493 | Honors Thesis |
Fall 2016 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
IAP 294 | Special Topics |
IAP 462 | Games and Play |
ACO 499 | Individualized Instruction |