Join us for a special stream with Brett Abarbanel, Executive Director of the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. We will spend the first hour of this program playing Teamfight Tactics - Double Up. During the second hour of our program, join us for an interactive conversation and Q&A about work and research on video games and esports, responsible gambling and risk-taking, and more. Audience participation is welcome and encouraged!
Brett Abarbanel, Ph.D. is executive director of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), International Gaming Institute, which has provided research-based solutions, cutting-edge insights, and executive education to global gambling industry stakeholders for over 30 years. She is also associate professor at the UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, with an affiliate position at the University of Sydney Science, Brain, & Mind Centre in the School of Psychology. Her academic work covers video games, esports and gambling; sports betting; operations and technology; and responsible gambling and community relations. Dr. Abarbanel sits on numerous boards and committees for industry, government, and non-profit organizations, including service as a founding jury member of the Deutsche Stiftung Glücksspielforschung, and editorial board member of International Gambling Studies and Harvard University’s Brief Addiction Science Information Source. She is a founding director of the Nevada Esports Alliance, which promotes development of best practices at the intersection of the esports and regulated gambling industries, and an inaugural member of the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s Esports Technical Advisory Committee.
Humanities at Play explores and showcases the significance of the humanities in everyday life through games, media, and popular culture. Join us for dynamic and interactive online and in-person events designed to spark thoughtful conversation and reflection. Learn more at nevadahumanities.org/humanities-at-play.
This program is made possible by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative.
