USC Interactive Media Division

The University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television's Interactive Media Division first accepted students in 2002. In addition to coursework in film production, screenwriting, and animation students in the division study across three disciplines: immersive, video games, mobile. The IMD has a group weblog edited by the students and faculty, sharing the results of their research.

Major funders include Electronic Arts, whose Bing Gordon took a faculty chair at the school in 2005.

Personnel

Currently, the division is headed by Scott Fisher, a pioneer in virtual reality research, with help from Jen Stein , a media and communications scholar. Faculty have included Steve Anderson , Anne Balsamo , Julian Bleecker , Mark Bolas , Peter Brinson , Tracy Fullerton , Perry Hoberman, Michael Lew , Erik Loyer , Jacki Morie , Michael Naimark , Eddo Stern , Chris Swain , Peggy Weil.

Students attending the USC IMD have included Mike Brinker , Will Carter , Vincent Diamante , Julie Dillon , Erin Dinehart , Jenova Chen , Todd Furmanski , Josh Green , Justin Hall , Yuechuan Ke , Noah Keating , Leonard Lin , Kurt MacDonald , Aaron Meyers , Tripp Millican , Victoria Moran , Erik Nelson , Brad Newman , Doo-Yul Park , Mihai Peteu , Jess Rosenblatt , Susana Ruiz , Andrew Sacher , Kellee Santiago , Michael Steffen , Anita Stokes , Stephanie Weinstein , Shelby Wong , Herb Yang , Ashley York .

External links

• Interactive Media Division Weblog
• Official Academic Information About the Division