About

Work
Founder & Executive Producer
GameZombie TV

Lecturer
Media Arts & Game Development
University of Wisconsin at Whitewater

Education
PhD, Digital Media & Learning/Multimedia & Digital Literacy
University of Wisconsin at Madison
(Expected: 2013)

M.S., Telecommunications,
Indiana University at Bloomington

B.S., Radio-TV-Film
B.A., History
University of Texas at Austin
Highest Honors, Phi Beta Kappa

Bio
I grew up primarily in New England–between Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts–and spent some of my youth in Southern California and Europe. I completed high school in Chicago, and received highest honors degrees in History and Film Production from the University of Texas at Austin. Upon graduation, I lived in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Brazil, a journey that resulted in the novels, Fury & Redemption and Bad Blood Born. In the fall of 2006, I entered the Telecommunications Program at Indiana University at Bloomington. My thesis project was the four-time Webby Award winning original series, GameZombie TV.

In the Fall of 2009, I joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, helping develop UW-W’s Media Arts & Game Development Program. Simultaneously, I’m pursuing a PhD in Digital Media & Learning/Multimedia & Digital Literacy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Objective
Via deep engagement with the cutting edge of digital media, I seek to synthesize research and practice toward
becoming an expert designer of 21st Century learning projects and systems that integrate new media production,
web video, social media optimization, and the new web.

Web Awards & Distinctions
2010 Webby Award
2010 People’s Voice Webby Award
2010 Mashable Awards Finalist – Best Web Video
2010 Silver Davey Award
2009 Webby Honoree Award
2008 Webby Honoree Award

Skills
Nonlinear Digital Editing & Motion Graphics Design
Including Final Cut Pro Editing Suite

Scripting Languages, Graphics Design, & Web Development
Including the XHTML, CSS, & Adobe Creative Suite

TV Studio Production, (multi-camera direction & advanced lighting):
Teaching and producing in a $2.5m HD studio

Writing & Producing for Books, Games, Film, TV, & the Web

Project Mgmt: built and oversee a smart, flexible, and highly productive media co. of 80+ students at UW & IU

Social Media Connect:
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/gamezombie
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gamezombieutube
LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerstriker
Academia.edu http://uww.academia.edu/SpencerStriker
Portfolio http://www.spencerstriker.com