Meet the Teams
Adroit Studios is a full-fledged team of game professionals, who strive to enable learners to feel confident in taking on challenging learning objectives while experiencing the fun of game play. The MHS approach consists of dynamic game play experiences that include (1) rich visual environments, (2) compelling narratives and characters, (3) engaging mechanics, and (4) specific just-in-time feedback.
As part of the University of Missouri College of Education, Adroit Studios creates compelling game-based learning environments for tomorrow’s education. The MHS project draws on faculty, staff and students from the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies, the ReSTEM Institute, and the Department of Computer Science.
Principal Investigators
James Laffey
University of Missouri
Professor Emeritus, SISLT, Education
Troy Sadler
University of Missouri
Professor, LT&C, Education
Sean Goggins
University of Missouri
Associate Professor, Computer Science, Engineering
Will Romine
Wright State University
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Design Team
Joe Griffin
Lead Designer
Creative Team
Justin Sigoloff
Creative Director
Jonathan Breedlove
Jr Modeler
Zak Anderson
Character Modeler
Jose Vazquez
Concept Artist
Tim Linder
Graphic Artist
Development Team
Sean Lander
Lead Developer
Wesley Thompson
Senior Developer
Jeremy Gonzalez
Jr Developer
Olivia Apperson
Jr Developer
Curriculum and Assessment Team
Eric Wulff
Graduate Research Assistant: Subject Matter Expert
AJ Womack
Graduate Research Assistant: Subject Matter Expert
Learning Analytics
Wenyi Lu
Graduate Research Assistant: Data Analyst
Nabil Alsharif
Server Developer
Advisors
Doug Clark, Vanderbilt University
Beth Covitt, University of Montana
Victor Sampson, University of Texas
Krista Galyen, Universty of Missouri-Columbia
Stephanie Teasley, University of Michigan
Diane Jass Ketelhut, University of Maryland
Support Team
Megan Wilkinson
Michelle Mueller
Jingyan Xia
Brenda Cook
Partner Organizations to Help in Working with Schools
Global Personalized Academics, Primary Contact Jed Friedrichsen
Missouri Partnership for Educational Renewal
Columbia Public Schools
Partner Organizations to Help with Developing Curriculum & Assessments
BSCS, Primary Contact Mark Bloom
Wright State University, Primary Contact Will Romine
Past Members
Ryan Babiuch, Lead Developer
Justin Brocard, Jr Developer
Curtis Bollinger, 2D Sim Developer
Alex Wilhelm, Jr Developer
Jed Speck, Developer Intern
Kate Watkins, Jr Developer
Eva Petakovic, Jr. Designer
Sydney Goggins, Jr. Designer
David Bowring, GRA Designer
Alex Schwartz, Jr Modeler
Deanna Lankford, Subject Matter Expert
Toni Milstead
Marilyn Soucie