Press
“Spencer Striker is using a new medium to bring history to life—a fully interactive, narrative-driven digital book series.”
— Script Magazine, May 7, 2020
“Spencer Striker's History Adventures has delivered us the history of the world, in an enticing and entertaining format.”
— Film Daily, March 24, 2020
Chaos Corp.: Troll Farm Simulator
Chaos Corp. launched at Web Summit Qatar 2025, NU-Q Stories, February 24, 2025
New curriculum leverages VR to promote intercultural understanding and AI for enhanced creative production, Northwestern Now, February 24, 2025
#IAS_NUQ announces second Global South Research Grant, NU-Q Stories, April 10, 2023
Plague of Athens: VR
Learning History Through Living It: Northwestern Professor Employs VR in Education, The Peninsula, November 24, 2024
Generation Revolution
Back to the Future of Education, Center for Talent Development, Ed Finkel, May 23, 2023
Northwestern Qatar Project Awarded Flagship NEH Grant, NU-Q Stories, February 7, 2023
NEH Announced a New Round of Grant Winners, John Fea, January 25, 2023
More than $2m in Grants for Humanities Projects in Illinois, Chicago Tribune, Jan 10, 2023
Plague of Athens: Chromebook Web App
Digital Stories About Living Through History’s Worst Pandemics, Big Deal Media K-12 Technology Newsletter, June 15, 2022
Global Pandemics App Shares Fantastic Tales, MiddleWeb, June 1, 2022
Faculty and Students Win Inaugural Anthem Award, NU-Q Stories, March 1, 2022
Global Pandemics: Plague of Athens Review, World History Teacher’s Blog, April 25, 2022
Northwestern Qatar Researchers Awarded QNRF QF Grants, January 29, 2023
NU-Q Faculty, Students Win International Award, Gulf Times, March 1, 2022
Immersive History Takes You to the Plague of Athens, E-Learning Corgi, April 29, 2022
Global Pandemics: a Cutting-Edge, Browser-Based Digital Learning Experience, Learning Ecosystems, Daniel S. Christian, April 8, 2022
Cutting-Edge Digital Learning Design, Hankering for History, May 20, 2022
Empires & Interconnections (1450-1750)
NU-Q to Engage with Web Summit Qatar, Gulf Times, Feb 21, 2024
In his own words: Digitally dusting off the pages of history, Qatar Foundation, Feb 2, 2021
What are the Best Apps for People With a Keen Interest in History? appPicker, May 3, 2021
Northwestern Awards Research Grants to Faculty, NU-Q Stories, August 16, 2021
NU-Q Faculty Win Silver Medal at Anthem Awards, Qatar Tribune, March 2, 2022
Meet IBHA Member, Spencer Striker, PhD, with Jahnavi Pandya, International Big History Association, February 12, 2021
Review of History Adventures, World of Characters, The Tech Edvocate, May 14, 2022
Revolutions & Industrialization (1750-1900)
Spencer Striker, PhD, on Turning History into Entertainment, Script Magazine, May 7, 2020
History Adventures Shortlisted for Reimagine Education Award for Best Educational App, Gulf Times, October 23, 2020
Here’s How ‘History Adventures’ Makes History of the World Fun, Film Daily, March 24, 2020
Looking for the Best Way to Learn History? Literature Approved, May 19, 2020
NU-Q Professor Produces Digital Book about World History, The Peninsula, October 24, 2020
The British Colonization of Botany Bay - History Adventure spotlight, History is Now Magazine, June 28, 2020
History Adventures - a new way to learn history for free!, Duffy the Writer Blog, May 17, 2020
Life Edge 114: Spencer Striker’s History Adventures - Multimedia-Packed Historical Narratives, RELATECASTS, May 7, 2020
Finding the Voice of History, Casting Elite, April 28, 2020
Interview with Spencer Striker, History Adventures. Innovators in Education Series, E-Learning Queen, April 21, 2020
FilmCraft.club - Indie Film Spotlight, Daisy Franklin, April 19, 2020
#Scriptchat: Spencer Striker Creator of History Adventures, Discussing Igniting a Curiosity for History, scriptchat.blogspot.com, Jeanne Veillette Bowerman, April 5, 2020
World of Characters (1750-1900) - Review, Skavansieur, September 26, 2021
Conscribo
Dubai Chamber Announces Winners of Dubai Smartpreneur Competition, DubaiChamber.com, May 18, 2017
Digital Media Experts Offer Innovative Courses at NU-Q, Gulf Times, October 21, 2019
New Indiegogo campaign introduces a revolutionary digital book app to make history learning inspiring and impactful, Digital Journal, May 1, 2019
Dr. Sara: Disease Detective
Making Science Fun: What Game-Playing Tells Us About Designing a Learning Experience, QF Stories, January 4, 2022
New Mobile Game Lets Students Investigate and Solve Global Disease Outbreaks, Digital Journal, December 3, 2021
Apprendre à gérer une épidémie par le jeu, Média du Jeu, (French language game review), Valérie Gagnon, April 7, 2022
Educational Game Shortlisted for Global Award, NU-Q Stories, November 17, 2021
Student at Qatar Foundation reviews epidemiology game, Story | Education, February 28, 2022
Op-Ed: Learning Science through Gameplay, Qatar Foundation, Story | Education, July 20, 2020
COVID-19: QF university researchers develop ‘disease detective’ mobile game, Doha News, July 10, 2020
NU-Q professors developing gaming app on contact tracing, The Peninsula, July 1, 2020
Dr. Sara: Disease Detective - a mobile game about contact tracing, Gulf Times, July 1, 2020
QatarPodcasts.com | Digital Doha Podcast
NU-Q Podcasts Augment Research, Gulf Times, September 23, 2021
Northwestern Qatar students produce podcasts on Qatar, The Peninsula, November 19, 2020
Northwestern Students Produce ‘Qandid Qatar’ Podcast, The Doha Globe, November 19, 202
Dubai Wave Podcast
Digital Dubai Audio Code to the World, Al Bayan News, Bayan Al Sutari, April 11, 2018
The Best Podcasts in the UAE, Culture Feature, What’s On Dubai (print magazine), August 2017
Perk Up Your Morning Commute With this Podcast by Dubai Students, DubaiWeek.ae, Jane O’Neill, May 14, 2017
Digital Dubai Podcast
AUD looks to next season of tech podcasts: Professor seeks to identify unique aspects of Dubai’s technology sector, Gulf News, Andrew Staples, Chief Business Reporter, June 17, 2016
Launch of podcast gets Dubai tech heads talking, The National - UAE, Emmanuel Samoglou, April 2, 2016
Galxyz | Blue Apprentice
Get Your Kid to Play This Online Game and Win a Scholarship, Bloomberg Businessweek - Technology, Peter Coy, 9/24/14
White House Science Fair Fact Sheet & Backgrounder: Highlights New Commitments to Help More Girls and Boys Succeed in STEM, The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, May 27, 2014
Chegg, Kno Co-Founder Tries Hand at Educational Games, EdSurge, May 1, 2014
Introducing Galxyz: Come for the Intergalactic Battles – Stay for the Science, Recode, James Temple, 4/29, 2014
GameZombie TV
Games journalism for college credit: GameZombie.tv, Polygon, Alexa Ray Corriea, August 17, 2013
Student web series nominated for $200,000 grant, UWW University News, Jeff Angileri, December 15, 2011
UW-Whitewater students head to New York to accept Webby Awards, Wisconsin State Journal, Patricia Simms, June 11, 2010
GameZombie reviews come with a tech lesson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Stanley A. Miller II, April 24, 2010
Web series project offers real-life experience to UW-W students, GazetteXtra.com, Kayla Bunge, October 30, 2009
IU Office of Scholarships, GameZombie.tv honored with Webby Awards, IU News Room, Sarah Booher, April 19, 2010
‘ButtonMashers’ Resets With Season 2, Lands Gaming Sponsor Tubefilter, July 27, 2009
Student-produced GameZombie.tv is a Webby Honoree for second straight year, IU News Room, May 14, 2009
IU Students Up For a Webby Award, Inside Indiana Business, May 14, 2009
Zombies + Game News = 1.5M Views, GigaOm, Wagner James Au, August 31, 2008
GameZombie.tv: Rolling with the last guys on the planet Destructoid, August 8, 2008
'Zombie' Gamers Among the Caps and Gowns: Creators of Web ‘Oscar’ Winner Among Those Getting Degrees Today, Herald Times, James Boyd, May 3, 2008
Student-produced GameZombie.tv Web site named a Webby Honoree IU News Room, April 23, 2008
TechZombie TV
Social Media Class Skypes with Internet Celebs, Inside Higher Ed, Joshua Kim, February 21, 2011