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Game Design and Development at Michigan State University

The Game Design and Development Program at Michigan State University was founded in 2005, and has grown leaps and bounds into a Top 10 Ranked program by the Princeton Review.

25 Years of GameDev at Michigan State University

Join Our Faculty!

The Department of Media and Information (M&I) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks to hire an in-person, full-time Professor of Practice in Games and Interactive Media at our beautiful and vibrant East Lansing, Michigan campus. We envision an experienced game developer with a compelling portfolio and vision of the contributions creative work can make to this exciting, evolving medium. Ideal candidates would have a background and experience in game programming. We welcome applications with relevant experience from disciplines such as interactive and immersive media, computer science, simulation, and animation. The expected start date is August 15, 2026.

The Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts & Sciences (ComArtSci) ALSO seeks a postdoctoral fellow to join its faculty, which is consistently ranked among the best in the world for scholarly productivity and teaching. The expected start date is August 15, 2026.

Fabled Fox

Fabled Fox

The Unfair screenshot

The Unfair

Star Strikers screenshot

Star Strikers

Cybergrind Overdrive screenshot

Cybergrind Overdrive

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Chaos King

Avant Guardian art

Avant Guardian

Quoth the Raven art

Quoth, the Raven

Robo Redirekt screenshot

Robo Redirekt

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Overthrone

Wingman from the Other Side

Wingman from the Other Side

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M.A.G.Gi

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Mail Snail

Brian Winn

GEL Lab Director
Professor

Andrew Dennis

Professor of Practice

Susan Bonner

Associate Professor

Amanda Cote, Ph.D

Associate Professor and Director of the Serious Games MA Certificate

Ricardo Guimaraes

Professor of Practice

Cory Heald

Professor of Practice

Robby Ratan Ph.D

Associate Professor

Wei Peng Ph.D

Associate Professor

Valeta Wensloff

Undergraduate Director

If you are considering making a charitable gift to Michigan State University, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to GameDev at MSU to help support the mission of our program, our students, and to maintain our facilities.

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