Lisa Galarneau, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Waikato, New Zealand

Lisa Galarneau is a doctoral candidate in New Zealand's University of Waikato Screen and Media Studies department and a researcher in the University's post-graduate games research lab. Leveraging previous academic work in education and socio-cultural anthropology, as well as extensive professional experience in online learning design and development, her research is looking at social learning associated with virtual worlds. She is currently contracted at Microsoft Games User Research while finalizing her dissertation, due for completion in late 2007.

Lecturer (2nd): User Research for Online Game Development