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Nate Garrelts | |
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| Born | Nathan Garrelts |
| Education | PhD, Michigan State University, American Studies |
| Known for | Cultural Studies |
| Notable work | Responding to Call of Duty (2017), Understanding Minecraft (2014), The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto (2006), Digital Gameplay (2005) |
Nate Garrelts is an American academic who studies digital games and other media. He has edited four collections of essays on digital games: Digital Gameplay (McFarland, 2005), The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto (McFarland, 2006), Understanding Minecraft (McFarland, 2014), and Responding to Call of Duty (McFarland, 2017). [1] The Meaning and Culture of Grand Theft Auto was the first academic collection to focus on a single game series. [2] [3] He has also contributed essays to the websites Bad Subjects [4] and Berfrois. In 2003, he founded the Video Game Studies area at the Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association National Conference in New Orleans [5] [6] and continued to coordinate it until 2007. [7] This area, which has since been renamed Game Studies, is one of the longest continually run game studies events in the United States. [8]
Garrelts received his PhD in American Studies from Michigan State University (2003). His dissertation was titled The Official Strategy Guide for Video Game Studies: A Grammar and Rhetoric. [9] He is currently Professor of English at Ferris State University. [10]