Jessica Pater
Bio
Jessica Pater is a Research Associate in the Information Technology and Telecommunications Laboratory at Georgia Tech Research Institute. She received her Bachelors of Science in International Affairs from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research at GTRI focuses on the use of serious gaming and virtual worlds in education, how social media platforms contribute to self and group identity, and the development of cybersafety/digital citizenship educational modules for the K-12 domain. She also works on developing metrics for discourse and identity of individuals within virutal worlds.
Specialties:
technology-enabled education, online and virtual communities, social media, information technology
Public Profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicapater
Contact Information
E-mail: Jessica.Pater
[at] gtri.gatech.edu
Phone: 404-407-6790