Dr. Digdem Sezen is a senior lecturer at UCA School of Games and Creative Technology. Her research focuses on the history, theory, and practice of interactive media and transmedia storytelling. She holds a PhD from Istanbul University. She was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for her doctoral studies and visited the Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Digital Media. For the last two years, she has been involved in EU-funded research projects in Germany. She focused on the implementation of interactive storytelling and gamification for cultural heritage places and educational settings. She co-edited three books and published book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, and encyclopedia articles from publishers including Routledge, Springer, LIT Verlag, and Palgrave MacMillan.