Brenda Laurel Biography

Brenda Laurel is a research designer and business executive. Laurel’s focus is on human computer interaction. She also is a specialist on the cultural aspects of technology and what technology use means for humans in the future. Laurel holds a MFA and a Ph.D. in theater from Ohio State University. Her doctoral dissertation deals directly with architecture for computer based interactive fiction. Laurel used her doctoral work for the basis of a book that she wrote in 1991 called Computers as Theatre. Laurel has worked as both a designer and a researcher for Activision and CyberVision Atari.

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