Vitae
Michael R Salmond BSc. MFA
Associate Professor
Founder & Program Coordinator, Digital Media Design Digital Media Design B.A.
Bower School of Music & the Arts. College of Arts and Sciences .
Florida Gulf Coast University. Fort Myers. FL. USA
Education:
2003 M.F.A. Electronic Media. University of South Florida. Tampa, FL. USA
1996 BSc. Media Lab Arts Art (honors) University of Plymouth, UK
Teaching Experience:
2011- Present
Program Coordinator, Digital Media Design B.A. program
Associate Professor, Digital Media Design. Bower School of Music & the Arts. Florida Gulf Coast University. FL
2009 – 2011
Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) & Program Leader. Interactive Media Design. Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK.
2006 -2009
Assistant Professor, Time Arts. Northern Illinois University. De Kalb. IL. Program Leader from 2008-2009.
2004 -2006
Assistant Professor, Digital Arts. Elon University. Elon. NC.
Fellowships/Directorships
2019-2021 Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellow FGCU
2019-2021 Director: Undergraduate Research Lab FGCU
Publications/ Books:
02-11-2021:
Video Game Level Design: How to Create Video Games with Emotion, Interaction & Engagement. Published by Fairchild/Bloomsbury Ltd.
ISBN: 9781350015722
07-09-2020:
Videogame Design Practices & Principles: From the Ground Up. Published by Fairchild/Bloomsbury Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1472567482.
Chinese & French editions
01-29-2015:
The Fundamentals of Interactive Design. (with Gavin Ambrose). Published by Fairchild/Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 9782940411863.
Chinese & French editions.
Chapters:
05-20-2016:
Salmond, J., and Salmond, M., 2016. The Gamer as Tourist: The Simulated Environments and Impossible Geographies of Videogames. in Volume: Tourism and the Creative Industries: Theories, Policies and Practices. Edited by: Long, P. Morpeth, N. Taylor Francis, London.
01-28-2014:
Salmond, M. The Mediation and Fetishization of the Travel Experience. for the volume; Mediating the Tourist Experience: From Brochures to Virtual Encounters. Edited by Jo-Anne Lester & Caroline Scarles.
Published by Ashgate Publishing Ltd of the UK.
ISBN: 9781409451068
2010.
Salmond, M. The Power of Momentary Communities: Locative Media and (in) formal Protest. Media Upheavals series.
Edited by Dr. Tristan Thielmann et al. Published by Transcript press, Germany.
Contributor:
10-23-2014:
Design Genius by Gavin Ambrose. (Interview). My work featured:
Hybrid Journeys, White Wall, Travelschism. Published 2014 by Bloomsbury. ISBN: 9782940411962
2009.
My work Travelschism featured in Glitch: Designing Imperfections edited by Iman Moradi & Ant Scott . Mark Batty Publisher. ISBN: 0979966663