Florence Chee

Assistant Professor of Communication, Director of SIMLab

Fields: Digital Ethics, Game Studies, Platform Studies, Scholarly Communication, Social Research, Social Web

Research Interests: Sociocultural issues in a globally networked society, Technology and social transformation, Design and development of games on various social networking sites and mobile platforms, Digital lifestyles, “Big Data,” Biometrics, privacy, and surveillance, Changing global labor dynamics across industrial, governmental, and academic sectors, Gender/Race/Class dynamics in access to communication technologies; experience and engagement, Research ethics, informed consent

Professional Activity: International Communication Association (ICA); Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA); Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Ethics Committee; Canadian Games Studies Association (CGSA); Canadian Communication Association (CCA); International Association for Media and Communication Research – (IAMCR)

Relevant Publications: “A Game Industry Beyond Diversity: Systemic Barriers to Participation for Women in South Korea,” in: In Kafai, Y., Richard, G., and Tynes, B. (Eds). Diversifying Barbie and Mortal Kombat. (Cornell University Press, forthcoming 2016).