SimU Conference / Ken S. McAllister Dr. McAllister is associate professor of rhetoric at the University of Arizona and co-director of the Learning Games Initiative. He has been executive director of Alternative Educational Environments, co-chair of the International Digital Media and Arts Association?s Game Studies Special Interest Group, and is currently a member of the National Science Foundation?s iPlant Collaborative. His book Game Work: Language, Power, and Computer Game Culture (U. of Alabama Press, 2004) is now in its second printing and received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award in 2005. He is presently working on a new book with Judd Ruggill titled Defining Games: Coming to Terms with a New Medium. (Javascript is required to view Mediasite content)