Enrico Gandolfi
Biography
Enrico Gandolfi, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Educational Technology at Kent State University. His research interests include games and simulations for learning, extended reality (AR, VR, MR) in education, and online communities of inquiry. He is author of several journal articles (e.g., for Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, New Media and Society, Technology in Society, British Journal of Educational Technology, Journal of Computer-Assisted Learning, Computers & Education) and book chapters (for publishers like Routledge, MIT Press, ETC Press) about these topics. He has been CO-PI and senior personnel for grants funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for Humanities. Finally, he is associate editor for the International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations and the Journal of Interactive Learning Research.
Education
Ph.D. in Social and Media Studies, La Sapienza University, Italy
M.A. in Communication Studies, LUISS Guido Carli University, Italy
B.A. in Political Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University, Bologna, Italy
Expertise
online communities of practice
video games and simulations for education
media platforms
immersive technologies
Awards/Achievements
- 2023 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award, Kent State University
- 2023 Platinum Teaching Award, Kent State University
- 2022 Platinum Teaching Award, Kent State University
- 2021 Platinum Teaching Award, Kent State University
- 2018 Grant for advanced teaching, Kent State University - University Teaching Council (UTC)
- 2017 Layers of History – grant from the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH)
- 2016 Best article in analytical sociology – Academic journal
