People

Faculty, graduate students, undergrads, alumni, and community members—all passionate about the study of games and play

Critical Hit Leadership

Luna Loganayagam

she/her

PhD Student
English Department
Department Profile

Evan Manzanetti

he/him

PhD Candidate
English Department
Department Profile

Affiliated Faculty

Gina Bloom

Professor of English, affiliated with Cultural Studies, Education, & Performance Studies
Faculty Head for Critical Hit: DHI Research Cluster 2024–2025

faculty for ModLab

Department Profile

Stephanie Boluk

Associate Professor of Cinema and Digital Media & English

faculty for Alt-Ctrl Lab

Department Profile

Patrick LeMieux

Associate Professor of Cinema and Digital Media

faculty for Alt-Ctrl Lab

Department Profile

Josh McCoy

Assistant Professor of Cinema and Digital Media & Computer Science

Department Profile

Colin Milburn

Gary Snyder Chair in Science and the Humanities
Professor of Cinema and Digital Media, English, & Science and Technology Studies

faculty for ModLab

Department Profile

Active Cluster Members

Active cluster members have attended at least one Critical Hit event and are still in the UC Davis community.

Steven Alvey

Francisco Baeza

Benjamin Barrett

Daria Buka

Esteban Colom

Halil Ozgur Demir

Jasper Fadden

Arthur Gan

Iliya Giyahchi

Aaron Halverson

Sebastian Hernandez-Lopez

Ellie Kim

Noel Kim

Mikayla Knight

Saba Kolahchian

Alex Ling

Rebecca Newman

Brian Ramanis

Arunpreet Sandhu

Robin Watkins

Marcelle Weaver

Shaoni C. White

Ryan Wright

Cluster Members

Chloe Amaden

Stacey Baran

Jeff Breitenbuecher

Diana Cage

Dana Davis

Jasmin Green

Sabi Iniguez

Jade Lee

Mohammad Linjawi

Matthew Liu

Kyle Mitchell

Fred Nelson

Samuel Pizelo

UC Davis PhD 2024

Hawanya Smith

Hayley/Harlin Steele

Arvind Sudarshan

Vergil Valino

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