While earning her doctorate at Columbia University, she worked as the Director of Interactive Media at ESI Design, an Executive Producer at Scholastic, and a Producer at Nickelodeon. Karen is the co-editor of a two-book series on ethics and game design. Karen serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Game Design and Development Education (JGDDE), and was the Games Program co-chair of the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in 2008 and 2009. SCHEDULE