DR. JOHN W. BORCHERT
ARCADE (Applied Research in Computer Arts, Digitization, and Esports)
Dr. John W. Borchert is the founding director of Applied Research in Computer Arts, Digitization, and Esports (ARCADE) at UNC Greensboro, where they lead transdisciplinary initiatives at the intersection of gaming, applied research, and workforce development. With a vision to transform education and industry through gaming innovation, Dr. Borchert collaborates with students, faculty, and industry to drive economic and social impact through gaming and esports. With a background in the digital humanities, his own research focuses on how processes of death and dying in games transform how we think about death. He also serves as affiliate faculty in the Videogaming and Esports Studies (VES) Program.
jennida chase
department of media studies
Jennida Chase earned her BFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She has been the Director of Photography for feature documentaries released on PBS and has created, screened, and exhibited numerous other works in various festivals, museums, and galleries. She regularly collaborates under the moniker of s/n, who has been awarded a variety of grants, fellowships, and artist residencies. Chase has taught a wide variety of courses throughout her teaching career, and is cross-appointed with Videogaming and Esports as well as Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and was named an Unreal Fellow.
DR. JENNIFER FEATHER
Department of english
Jennifer Feather is Head of the English department and Professor of English literature and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She specializes in early Renaissance literature with an additional interest in contemporary theories of gender and violence. In addition to numerous articles, she is author of “Writing Combat and the Self in Early Modern English Literature: The Pen and the Sword” (Palgrave 2011) and coeditor of Violent Masculinities (Palgrave 2013), with Catherine E. Thomas. She also co-founded the UNCG Humanities Network and Consortium with Lisa Levenstein. More recently, she has been awarded numerous grants and published on applied theater, environmental justice, and community-building in partnership with the Town of Princeville North Carolina. She is a Principal Investigator on the Mellon-funded grant, “Humanities at Work” focused on internships for humanities majors, and a frequent advocate with the National Humanities Alliance.
HANNAH GRANNEMANn
Arts administration Program
Hannah Grannemann joined UNC Greensboro in 2017 as the university’s first full-time Arts Administration faculty member and Area Coordinator. With more than 17 years of leadership experience in arts and cultural organizations, including Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Guthrie Theater, she brings extensive expertise in arts management, fundraising, strategic planning, and audience development. Her research focuses on arts audiences, entrepreneurship, and emerging technologies in the arts, and she is an active scholar, presenter, and editor in the field. Hannah also writes the arts leadership blog Row X for ArtsJournal.com.
DAN HALE
Animation program
Dan Hale tells stories through the mediums of animation, film, and photography, and is an Assistant Professor of Animation at UNC Greensboro. Inspired by research into nineteenth-century optical toys, his work explores ways to bring digital 3D animation back into physical 3D space to re-establish the visceral connection between the viewer and the images. He was the recipient of UNCG’s 2025 James Y. Joyner Alumni Teaching Excellence Award and was also named the 2025 College of Visual and Performing Arts Outstanding Teacher.
DR. LALENJA HARRINGTON
Department of educational leadership and cultural foundations
Dr. Lalenja Harrington is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations (ELC). She originally came to UNC Greensboro in 2007 to serve with Beyond Academics (now Integrative Community Studies), a program for students with intellectual disabilities who want to further their education. While serving in that capacity, Harrington earned her Ph.D. before becoming an ELC faculty member in 2022.
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Jeanne Tannenbaum Center for Creative Practice
Location: 842 West Gate City Blvd., GSO, NC 27403
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 26170, GSO, NC 27402
Email: tannenbaum@uncg.edu
