Diane M Tucker

Director: Serious Games Initiative at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Creator and Creative Director at Chain of Foods

Washington, District Of Columbia

Computer Games

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Washington DC since May 2012
Director: Serious Games Initiative
Chain of Foods since Oct 2011
Creator and Creative Director
Creative Media and Behavioral Health Center, USC - Greater Los Angeles Area Jul 2011 - May 2012
Designer and Producer
Institute for Creative Technologies, USC - Greater Los Angeles Area Jun 2010 - May 2012
Researcher
USC's Advanced Game Project - Greater Los Angeles Area Jan 2010 - Jun 2011
Project Lead and Creative Director

University of Southern California 2008 - 2011
MFA, Interactive Media; Game Design and Production Harvard University 2002 - 2005
MA, Middle Eastern Studies Swarthmore College
BA, Religion

game design
gesture design
interactive experience design
gesture research
serious games
game production
natural user interface design
Video Games
Game Design
Serious Games
Artificial Intelligence
User Interface Design
Gameplay
Game Development
Storytelling
Research
Interaction Design
Sound Design
Research Design

-- Finalist in Games for Health Europe 2011 Competition (beating out 63 others for 1 of 5 Finalist spots) -- Mother Nature named a finalist in the Game Competition at the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2011 -- Annenberg Fellow -- Semifinalist in 2010 Disney Imagineering’s ImagiNations Design Competition -- Presentations at: SXSW, Sesame Workshop's Innovation Arcade, Microsoft's Kinect for XBox 360 Innovation Event, TEDxMaastricht, TEDxUSC, Los Angeles Times Book Fair, CHI Food and Interaction Workshop,Microsoft New Generation Entertainment Initiative Special Event, Games for Change Demo Spotlight, Unicon 2011: Mission Impossible: The New Era of Executive Education

Achievement in Center Excellence (ACE) Award
Woodrow Wilson Center
Honored for my contributions to the design and development of two interactive exhibition pieces on Woodrow Wilson and the Wilson Center, for the Woodrow Wilson Exhibit redesign in honor of the centenary of Wilson's having become President.

Director of Staff Development at J.Con Salon & Spa

Saint Petersburg, Florida

Professional Training & Coaching

J.Con Salon & Spa - J.Con Salon & Spa, St. Petersburg, Florida since Jan 2013
Director of Staff Development
Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores May 2005 - Dec 2012
Management Training & Development Specialist
Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores May 2002 - Apr 2005
Regional Loss Prevention Investigator

United States

United States

United States

United States