Congratulations to Dr. Timm Woods, who defended his dissertation on role-playing games: “Anything Can Be Attempted: Table-Top Role Playing Games as Learning and Pedagogy.” He defended on September 5, 2017 with Drs. Granville Ganter (advisor), Shanté Smalls, and Anne Geller. Timm has published on role-playing games, and he currently works exploring the relationship between gaming and education. He has taught writing courses at St. John’s wher
e the students generated essays while playing the role playing game, The Quiet Year. Who knew research could be about fun? Dr. Woods has an essay published in The Role-Playing Society: Essays on the Cultural Influence of RPGs (Duke University Press, 2016) and is currently employed at The Quad Prep and Winston Prep, both in Manhattan.
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