Jessica Mezei

Ph.D Student, Columbia University
New York, New York, United States

Research field: Education - Science Education
Science learning spaces, game design, teacher education.

Publications

Conference Proceedings (4)
- Jessica Mezei, Ann Rivet (2010) A Model of Collaborative Discourse to Promote Participatory Classroom Culture and Literacy in a High-school Science Classroom. In NARST- Science Learning: Contexts, Characteristics and Interactions.
  http://www.narst.org/annualconference...
- Nisha Alex, Azadeh Jamalian, Pazit Levitan et al. (2010) Lit to Quit: A Mobile Game for Health.. In GDC-Serious Games Go Mobile: Three Projects Pushing Serious Games into Mobile Platforms.
  http://www.gdconf.com/conference/inde...
- Jessica Mezei, Nisha Alex, Azadeh Jamalian et al. (2010) Lit: Serious Game Design for Health. In Education, Health, and Human Services Linkages.
  http://www.aera.net/
- Azadeh Jamalian, Jessica Mezei, Pazit Levitan et al. (2009) Lit: A Game Intervention for Nicotine Smokers. In Games 4 Change Conference .

Awards and Grants

Sep 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Pioneer Grant, Health Games Research View website

Biographical Information

Jess graduated in May 2009 with an Ed.M in Science Education and continued as a doctoral student within the Math, Science and Technology department at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a certified New York State high school biology teacher with teaching experiences in New York and Scotland. She is currently a full time graduate student with research interests including the learning sciences, creativity, game design and teacher support. She is currently working on a grant funded project developing a game for health and has also worked on innovative educational technology projects at the Edlab.