Thomas Heinzen

Professor/Game Design Researcher

William Paterson University/Game Design Lab

Thomas Heinzen

Professor/Game Design Researcher

William Paterson University/Game Design Lab

I am a social psychologist at a state university in NJ. My wife and I were both in our 30s when we returned to college. Our lab at William Paterson University explores how principles of game design can increase graduation rates of at-risk students. For example, one set of experiments identified gameful features of a syllabus influence first impressions of a course. Other studies are exploring how game design influences high school students’ expectations of the critical first year to college. I am a research fellow of APA, APS, and EPA and have served on the EPA Board of Directors.

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