Tea Talk: "Bodies in Video Games: Performing Gender in Digital Spaces"

Dr. George Boone, visiting assistant professor of business administration, will present the Tea Talk, "Bodies in Video Games: Performing Gender in Digital Spaces."

This presentation presents historical examples of games reinforcing traditional gender forms, games that challenged gender norms, and the ways gaming technologies themselves upset distinctions between body and technology.

Dr. Boone teaches courses related to communication theory. His research approaches video games and other technologies as strategic, political and economic acts of communication.

The Women's & Gender Studies Tea Talks series features faculty, staff and guest speakers on a range of topics. All lectures will be held from 4-5 p.m. in Carlsson Evald Hall (Great Hall). Lectures are free and open to the public as well as the campus community.