Game Design | Immersive Events | Coaching | Play/s
Jessica is an immersive experience designer dedicated to crafting playful, transformative experiences that bring people together. She is the founder of IKantKoan Games and Immersive, a production company focused on playfully exploring complex subject matter like climate change, ethics, chaos, and love.
Jessica is a climate change game designer with The National Parks Service, a 2020 Arctic Circle Artist-in-Residence, a Tribe12 Fellow, and she recently gave a TEDx talk about embracing uncertainty through play. She is a Professor of Game Design at Drexel University and CUNY City Tech, and she is a graduate of The Pig Iron School of Advanced Performance Training. Her work has been presented at The World Economic Forum, PAX East, PAX Unplugged, The Franklin Institute, IndieCade, Bandwi/d/th International, Tanween Creativity Festival in Ithra, Saudi Arabia, HERE Arts, FringeNYC, BostonFIG, and on KQED San Fransisco. Her New York Times recommended show, CHAOS THEORY, recently won the Best Social Immersion Award from Immersion Nation and is currently running at Caveat Theater, NYC.
Jessica is a climate change game designer with The National Parks Service, a 2020 Arctic Circle Artist-in-Residence, a Tribe12 Fellow, and she recently gave a TEDx talk about embracing uncertainty through play. She is a Professor of Game Design at Drexel University and CUNY City Tech, and she is a graduate of The Pig Iron School of Advanced Performance Training. Her work has been presented at The World Economic Forum, PAX East, PAX Unplugged, The Franklin Institute, IndieCade, Bandwi/d/th International, Tanween Creativity Festival in Ithra, Saudi Arabia, HERE Arts, FringeNYC, BostonFIG, and on KQED San Fransisco. Her New York Times recommended show, CHAOS THEORY, recently won the Best Social Immersion Award from Immersion Nation and is currently running at Caveat Theater, NYC.
