About PhD&DThis webpage has been created to serve as an academic repository for research related to D&D and RPG's in general.
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The Mission StatementPhD&D serves as the academic repository for research in all facets of D&D and RPG's. This website/journal will promote the game and hobby from an academic perspective as well as explore the game.
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Who are We?We are a collection of academics who love the game and will share research and ideas about the game and how it can improve different realms of knowledge the game can impact. Find below the names of academics who have agreed to be part of the PhD&D Community.
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PhD&D Community
Brad Burenheide, PhD
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Seth Licktieg
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J. Spencer Clark, PhD
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Darrin Coe, PhD
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Darrin Coe holds a Ph.D. in General Psychology and has been interested in table-top role-playing games since his days as an undergraduate. His current interests are in studying the motivations of players, the processes of identity development, and the ethics related to playing table-top role-playing games. Dr. Coe primarily conducts qualitative research utilizing Grounded Theory or Phenomenology. He can regularly be found watching professional wrestling or wandering around the nearest ComiCon.
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David Allen, EdD.
Advisory/Editorial Board Member
Advisory/Editorial Board Member
Christian Lindke
Advisory/Editorial Board Member
Christian Lindke is a fifth year Doctoral student in Political Science at the University of California, Riverside and the Program Director of the Arsalyn Program of Ludwick Family Foundation. Christian earned his Master of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing and Market Research at California State Polytechnic, Pomona at their Graduate School of Business.
Christian's current research interests are political polarization, transmission of affective polarization between Generations, and how parenting interacts with politics. His research projects include examinations of the generational transmission of affective political attachment, the differences in levels of affective polarization between generations, and how parenting style preferences influence preferences for paternalistic governmental policies.
Advisory/Editorial Board Member
Christian Lindke is a fifth year Doctoral student in Political Science at the University of California, Riverside and the Program Director of the Arsalyn Program of Ludwick Family Foundation. Christian earned his Master of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Marketing and Market Research at California State Polytechnic, Pomona at their Graduate School of Business.
Christian's current research interests are political polarization, transmission of affective polarization between Generations, and how parenting interacts with politics. His research projects include examinations of the generational transmission of affective political attachment, the differences in levels of affective polarization between generations, and how parenting style preferences influence preferences for paternalistic governmental policies.
Suzanne Porath, PhD
Advisory/Editorial Board Member
Advisory/Editorial Board Member
An early resident of Second Life, Suzanne Porath has enjoyed learning and playing in created and virtual worlds for decades. A former classroom teacher and reading specialist, she is an Assistant Professor of Literacy at Kansas State University. Her research interests focus on teacher development through reflection, collaboration, connectedness - frequently through the use of social media.