UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ

Santa Cruz, California

Doctorate of Philosophy, Computational Media

September 2021 - Present

Masters of Science, Computational Media

Specializations: Automatic Game Design, Serious Game Evaluation, Embodied Cognition in Games

September 2021 - June 2023

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS

St. Louis, Missouri

Bachelors of Science, Computer Science

Second Major in Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology (Cognitive Science)

Specializations: Web Development, Philosophy of Mind, Technology Entrepeneurship

September 2011 - June 2015

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1. Shields, S., Mawhorter, R., Melcer, E., & Mateas, M. (2022). “Searching for Balanced 2D Brawler Games: Successes and Failures of Automated Evaluation”. In Proceedings of the Eighteenth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE-22). AAAI.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Melcer, E. F., Liebert, C. A., Shields, S., Keehl, O. G., Tsai, J.,Camacho, F., Eddington, H., Trickey, A., Lee, M., Bereknyei Merrell, S., Korndorffer Jr.,J.R., & Lin, D. T. (2023). "ENTRUST: Co-Design and Validation of a Serious Game for Assessing Clinical Decision-Making and Readiness for Entrustment". In Software Engineering for Games in Serious Contexts - Theories, Methods, Tools, and Experiences. Springer.

2. [IN PRESS] Samuel Shields and Edward Melcer. (2022). “Papers, Please”. In Learning, Education & Games, Volume 4: 50 Games for Inclusion, Equity, and Justice. ETC Press.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

1. Melissa C. Lee, Edward F. Melcer, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, Lye-Yeng Wong, Samuel Shields, Hyrum Eddington, Amber W. Trickey, Jason Tsai, James R. Korndorffer, Dana T. Lin, Cara A. Liebert, Usability of ENTRUST as an Assessment Tool for Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs): A Mixed Methods Analysis, Journal of Surgical Education, 2023, ISSN 1931-7204, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.09.001. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931720423003380)

2. Liebert, C. A., Melcer, E. F., Eddington, H., Trickey, A., Shields, S., Lee, M., Korndorffer Jr, J. R., Bekele, A., Wren, S. M., & Lin, D. T. (2023). "Correlation of Performance on ENTRUST and Traditional Oral Objective Structured Clinical Examination for High-Stakes Assessment in the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa". Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 10-1097.

ARTIFACTS

1. Shields, S. et al. 2022. Brawler AGD. http://aiide.org/artifacts/brawler.

INTERNATIONAL GAME DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (IGDA-F) 2023 • VIRTUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM • International Scholars Cohort

CITRIS 2023 • TECH FOR SOCIAL GOOD GRANT • 4560.00 USD • Web-Accessible Trauma-Sensitive Yoga Serious Game for the Remote Treatment of PTSD

AIIDE 2022 • BEST ARTIFACT NOMINATION • Searching for Balanced 2D Brawler Games: Successes and Failures of Automated Evaluation

ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN DIGITAL INTERACTIVE NARRATIVES (ARDIN) • NOVEMBER 2022 - NOVEMBER 2023

ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTER MACHINERY (ACM) • JUNE 2023 - JUNE 2024

INTERNATIONAL GAME DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION (IGDA) • AUGUST 2023 - AUGUST 2024

INTERNATIONAL GAME DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION (IGDA-F) • AUGUST 2023 - AUGUST 2024