Center for Interactive Media

The Center for Interactive Media is dedicated to advancing interdisciplinary research, creation, and scholarship in interactive and immersive media, including video games, XR, AI-driven narratives, simulations, transmedia storytelling, and beyond. CIM brings together faculty across the arts, humanities, computing, education, design, and related fields to explore how interactivity can shape culture, communication, learning, and innovation.

Join the Center for Interactive Media as we seek to:

Advance interdisciplinary research in interactive media.
Develop and evaluate immersive experiences through applied research.
Integrate ethical, human-centered AI into interactive systems.
Bridge research and practice through industry and community partnerships.
Train the next generation of researchers in digital innovation.

Kickoff Meeting

Join us Monday, September 15, 2025 as we provide an overview of the center, featuring faculty lightning talks and lunch and networking to spark ideas and form interdisciplinary research teams!

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Research Aims

Game Design & Interactive Media

Developing prosocial games, educational applications, and digital storytelling tools.
Extended Reality & AI

Advancing research in virtual reality, augmented reality, and AI-drive Metaverse applications.
Digital Humanities & User Experience

Research exploring the intersection of technology, media, and society.
Industry & Academic Partnerships

Collaborating with businesses to drive innovation and provide hands-on training.

Leadership

Dr. Victoria Lagrange

Interim Director

Dr. Victoria Lagrange is an assistant professor of English at Kennesaw State University.

Her scholarly interests revolve around the examination of novel storytelling formats and their impact on audience reception and participatory culture. Dr. Lagrange’s scholarship includes multiple published articles, including analyses of the transmedia expansions of Bill Willingham’s Fables, the intricate relationship between violence, empathy, and decision-making in interactive fiction, and the study of user reception of video games. Her recent publications include work in Behavioral and Brain Sciences and PloS ONE.

Additionally, she serves as the director of the Game Narrative Lab at Kennesaw State University, where her team’s focus is on the creation and evaluation of prosocial video games. Their latest game, Corporation, Inc., recently achieved recognition by winning an international critical thinking games competition.

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In the News

KSU launches Center for Interactive Media to drive innovation in VR, gaming, and digital storytelling

To meet the growing demand of the $380 billion film, gaming, and immersive technology industry, Kennesaw State has launched the Center for Interactive Media, designed to accelerate innovation in storytelling, virtual reality, and user-interface technology.

Led by Assistant Professor of English Victoria Lagrange, the center will emphasize user-experience research that helps designers and product teams understand user needs, engage in immersive storytelling, and uncover real-world applications of interactive tools.