Faculty Fox Harrell

Fox Harrell

Assistant Professor
School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts

Graduate Faculty in Digital Media
Director of the Imagination, Computation and Expression Lab/Studio
Member of GVU Center

Areas of Expertise
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Arts
  • Cognitive Science (Semantics)
  • Computational Narrative and Gaming
  • Imaginative Discourse
  • Social Aspects of User-interface Design

Best Way to Contact:
E-mail: fox.harrell@gatech.edu
You may also contact David Terraso at the numbers above.

Fox Harrell is an assistant professor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego.

His primary research interests include computational (interactive and generative) narrative, cognitive semantics, imaginative fiction for social critique and empowerment, experimental and cross-cultural narrative and social aspects of user-interface design. He is especially interested in the intersections of the above concerns, for example how cognitive science accounts of imagination (such as conceptual bending and metaphor) can inform design of expressive computational artifacts.

He has presented his work internationally; sites of his publications and presentations include the MIT Press, the University of Toronto Press, the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the Digital Arts and Culture Conference, CTheory and other book chapters, journals and conferences. He has also worked as an interactive television producer and as a game designer.

Harrell received a master's degree in Interactive Telecommunications from New York University, and both a B.F.A. in Art and a B.S. in Logic and Computation from Carnegie Mellon University.

More information about Harrell's work can be found at
http://silver.skiles.gatech.edu/~dharrell3/
http://icelab.lcc.gatech.edu