Session Name: | LIVE Fireside Chat: Geena Davis and Mitu Khandaker on Masculinity in Video Games and the Gaming Community |
Speaker(s): | Geena Davis, Mitu Khandaker |
Company Name(s): | Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, Glow Up Games / NYU Game Center |
Track / Format: | Advocacy |
Did you know free users get access to 30% of content from the last 2 years?
Overview: | Geena Davis, Academy Award winner, Founder and Chair of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media Geena will be joined by Dr. Mitu Khandaker, CEO & Co-Founder of Glow Up Games and Assistant Arts Professor at NYU Game Center in a conversation moderated by IndieGamesPlus Editor-in-Chief, Joel Couture, to spotlight the institute's groundbreaking study on portrayals and representations of masculinity in the most popular video games and discuss recommendations on how to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in gaming. |