Marina Fontolan

I am an Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at San Antonio. I am teaching Game Studies, Gamification and Global Game Industry, and Intercultural Communication. In 2025, I was recognized as Prominent Alumni at Department of Science and Technology Policy, at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (English: University of Campinas - Unicamp).I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the department of Radio-Television-Film, Moody College of Communication - The University of Texas at Austin, teaching Game Studies and Latin American Media courses. I was a Postdoc Researcher for the project entitled ENDURE: Inequalities, Community Resilience and New Governance Modalities in a Post-Pandemic World. The project is carried out at the Department of Science and Technology Policy, Unicamp - Brazil. I had a grant from the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and was supervised by Professor Leda Maria Caira Gitahy.I have a PhD in Science and Technology Policy at Unicamp. My dissertation's title is: ''It is 0,10 a word! The role of localization in the videogame industry'', and it focuses on the STS aspects of localization and the role this process has to the videogame industry. I was supervised by Assistant Professor Janaina Oliveira Pamplona da Costa (Unicamp), and by Assistant Professor James Wilson Malazita (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - RPI). I also have a Master's in Cultural History (Unicamp). I have a B.A. in History and a teaching degree in History (Unicamp).I was an International Fellow at Osteuropa Institut, Freie Universität (Berlin, Germany) during November 2022. I was an International Visiting Scholar (Rooney Scholar Award) at Robert Morris University during the spring term 2022. I was Visiting Scholar at RPI, supervised by Assistant Professor James Wilson Malazita, for the 2018-2019 year. I also was a visiting Scholar at Stanford University, supervised by Professor Lynn Meskell during the fall term of 2013.I currently serve at the UTSA's Department Faculty Advisory Committee and at Revista Multidisciplinar de Estudos Nerds/Geek's editorial board. I conduct volunteer research in the Laboratório de Pesquisas em Políticas Públicas, Geografia da Inovação e Governança (Lab GOING/FCA, UNICAMP). I am also one of the co-founders of Mario Schenberg Institute (SP), where I also serve as partnership coordinator. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)