Hey there, I’m Sean Duncan (he/him pronouns). I teach University courses about games, comics, film, and other media.
As of August, 2026, I am currently an Associate Professor, General Faculty in the University of Virginia’s Department of Media Studies. In my teaching, I focus on critical approaches to popular media — currently, my focus is more on film than other media, but I also teach courses on media franchises, comics, games, and media adaptation.
I’ve previously worked as a user experience intern/usability engineer at Microsoft, I was formerly the C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Interactive Media in Miami University’s C. Michael Armstrong Interactive Media Studies program, and before UVA, was most recently an assistant professor in the Learning Sciences at Indiana University and Research Scientist in Indiana University’s Center for Research on Learning and Technology. I have a fairly recent CV linked up on this site, so feel free to poke through that if reading about someone else’s academic papers and presentations happens to be something you enjoy.
[I hadn’t changed any this text in about 5-6 years, and so much of it doesn’t apply any longer. So, I’ve deleted most of this bio page and will update it soon!]