Alenda Chang is an Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies at UC Santa Barbara with specializations in environmental media and digital media, particularly games. Her writing has appeared in Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Qui Parle, electronic book review, and the recent Routledge volume, Sustainable Media. Her current book project, Playing Nature: The Ecology of Video Games, develops environmental frameworks for understanding and designing digital games. At UCSB, Chang is also a co-founder of Wireframe, a new digital media studio that will support critical game design, data visualization, and media art and activism.