Jessica Hammer
Associate Professor of Learning Sciences
Director, Center for Transformational Play
Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Advisees
Administrative Staff
Jessica Hammer, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences, is jointly appointed in the HCI Institute and the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses on transformational games, which are games that change how players think, feel, or behave. She is also an award-winning game designer.
In the News
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AI Should Be Kind and Fair, Young Black Girls Tell CMU Researchers
When asked about future uses for artificial intelligence, a group of fifth- and sixth-grade Black students attending a summer camp at Carn...
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Carnegie Mellon University Launches Center for Transformational Play
Games can entertain. They can bring people together. They can transport players to new worlds, test skills and strategies, and encourage p...
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Video Game Focused on Community Health Receives Award at Meaningful Play Conference
One of the most enduring pieces of advice from beloved children's television host Mister Rogers is to look for the helpers.
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Neuroscientists and Game Designers Play Well Together
Jessica Hammer thinks the most important technology for making games is the brain.
Related Projects
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Eye into AI
Recent developments in explainable AI (XAI) aim to improve the transparency of black-box models. However, empirically ...
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Polyphonic
The Polyphonic project explores collecting real-world data by piggybacking on game streaming communities such as Twitch, which capture over a trillion min...
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Games and Climate
How can games help address the challenge of climate change? Through research and design, we are exploring ways that games can motivate collective action, ...
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Bloomwood Stories
Bloomwood Stories: Block Party is a visual novel that aims to increase players' health self-efficacy and connect them to health resources at their local l...