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Lauren Silberman
Lauren Silberman graduated with a BA in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007), where she also spent four years as a research assistant in the Games, Learning, and Society program. Using commercial sport video games as a model, her core research investigates how sport video games mediate athletes' physical play. She has observed and interviewed numerous professional and college level athletes about their virtual game-play. Her research has been published in The Journal of Physical Education and she has presented her research in various forums throughout the United States and abroad. She has worked for NBC and other leading media companies as a researcher and interactive media designer. Outside the video game arena, Lauren is on the Jimmy Fund Council where she helps raise money for Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Lauren Silberman graduated with a BA in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2007), where she also spent four years as a research assistant in the Games, Learning, and Society program. Using commercial sport video games as a model, her core research investigates how sport video games mediate athletes' physical play. She has observed and interviewed numerous professional and college level athletes about their virtual game-play. Her research has been published in The Journal of Physical Education and she has presented her research in various forums throughout the United States and abroad. She has worked for NBC and other leading media companies as a researcher and interactive media designer. Outside the video game arena, Lauren is on the Jimmy Fund Council where she helps raise money for Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.