Marientina Gotsis, MFA
CoFounder & Director
Maryalice
Jordan-Marsh, PhD, RN
Senior Scholar
Vangelis Lympouridis, PhD
Senior Scholar
James C. Roberts, Esq.
Advisor
Pat Levitt, PhD
Advisor
Skip Rizzo, PhD
Advisor
James Finley, PhD
Collaborator
David Baron, MSEd, DO
Advisor (Emeritus)
Donna Spruijt-Metz, MFA, PhD
Collaborator
Dennis Wixon, PhD
Collaborator (Emeritus)
Beth Fisher, PhD, PT, FAPTA
Collaborator
Isabela Granic
Collaborator
Laura Garcia, PhD
Visiting Scholar
Diane Tucker, MA, MFA
Consultant (Emerita)
Nina Poulos Ramage, MFA
Consultant (Emerita)
JT Vernon, MSW, ASW
Visiting Scholar (Emeritus)
Scott Fisher
Advisor (Emeritus)
Rohit Varma, MD, Phd
Advisor (Emeritus)
Current Students & Mentees
PhD Media Arts & Practice
PhD Clinical Psychology
Alumni, Mentees & Research Assistants*
2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
PhD Clinical Psychology
PhD Psychology
MFA Interactive Media
MA Cinematic Arts
( Media Arts, Games & Health)
MS Integrated Design, Business & Technology
BA Cinematic Arts
(Film & Television Production)
BS Computational Neuroscience
2019
PhD Media Arts & Practice
MFA Interactive Media
Patrick Bender
(Games & Health)
MFA Interactive Media
MA Cinematic Arts
(Media Arts, Games & Health)
MCM Communication Management
BA Interactive Entertainment
BA Animation & Digital Arts
MS Biomedical Engineering
BS Global Health
BA Economics/Spanish
High School
(Honors Independent Science Research)
Hannah Tracy
Cor Jesu Academy, St. Louis, MO
2018
MD Doctor of Medicine
PhD Computer Science
(ABD)
PhD Behavioral Health Research
MFA Interactive Media
MFA Interactive Media
MFA Fine Arts
MA Cinematic Arts
(Media Arts, Games & Health)
MA Film/Cinema/Video Studies
BA Computational Neurscience / Neurocinematics
BA Health/Humanities
BS Computer Science
(Games)
BS Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
High School
(Honors Independent Science Research)
Elena DeBre
Marlborough High School, Los Angeles, CA
2017
MD/Phd Sports Medicine, Exercise Physiology, Rehabilitation
PhD Psychology
MFA Interactive Media
BA Media Arts & Practice
BS Computer Science
BA Animation & Digital Arts
2016
PhD Neuroscience
PhD Media Arts and Practice
MFA Interactive Media
MS Biokinesiology
BA Biology
BA Interactive Entertainment
BA Psychology
2015
PhD Biomedical Engineering
PhD Health Behavior Research
PhD Chemical Engineering
MFA Interactive Media
BA Interactive Entertainment/Theatre
(Design)
BS Industrial & Systems Engineering
2014
MD Doctor of Medicine
PhD Social Work
MFA Interactive Media
MSW Social Work
MS Global Medicine Management
BS Business Administration/BA East Asian Languages & Cultures
2013
MFA Interactive Media
MS Computer Science
BS Occupational Therapy
BS Biomedical Engineering
BS Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
High School
Isabella Astor
The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, CA
2012
MFA Interactive Media
Graduate Certificate
(Scoring for Motion Pictures and TV)
2011
MCM Communication Management
BA Interactive Entertainment
BS Business Administration & Management
2010
PhD Communication
MA Strategic Public Relations
BA Interactive Entertainment/Film Production
* Listed by graduation year and without pictures because you grow up so fast! If you are incorrectly categorized and have a more recent link you prefer, email gotsis ( at ) usc.edu. This list is still incomplete and short of at least 50 people as of Dec 29, 2020. Email us anyway if you do not see yourself in here!