Matthew Payne
Associate Professor, Film, Television, and Theatre
- Office
- 204 Debartolo Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- +1 574-631-0817
- mpayne8@nd.edu
Director of Graduate Studies
Associate Professor, Television
Biography
Matthew Thomas Payne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. Matthew has taught a range of media studies and film/video production courses at the university level, and he has conducted industry research for Warner Brothers. He is currently working on a book project that historicizes the influence of Ultima, an early computer role-playing game. Matthew also serves as a regional director for the Learning Games Initiative, a multi-institute research collective dedicated to archiving games and gaming ephemera, and to distributing these materials to educators for classroom instruction. He adores Ms. Pac-Man and is irrationally terrified of Midwestern winters.
Research Interests
Cultural History of Video Games, Video Essays, Media & War, Media Literacy, Play Theory