about t.l.
T.L. Taylor is associate professor in the Center for Computer Games Research at the IT University of Copenhagen. She has been working in the field of internet and multi-user studies for over fifteen years and has published on topics such as play and experience in online worlds, values in design, intellectual property, co-creative practices, game software modification, play as assemblage, avatars and online embodiment, gender and gaming, pervasive gaming, and e-sports. Her book Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture (MIT Press, 2006) uses her multi-year ethnography of EverQuest to explore issues related to massively multiplayer spaces. She is currently at work on a book about professional computer gaming (MIT Press, forthcoming) and a co-authored volume on ethnography and virtual worlds (Princeton University Press, forthcoming).
Upcoming events: AoIR (Göteborg Sweden) and The Online Videogame (Montreal) in October, Virtual Knowledge Studio (Amsterdam) in November.
Prospective PhD Students: The ITU periodically issues calls for PhD applications at its website. Please make sure to review the CCGR’s guidelines for game PhD applicants as well. I’m very happy to have a chat with potential applicants about projects that fit into my supervisory domain (and indeed we encourage this kind of contact with faculty.)
