Romina Carrasco Zuffi
2008 - 2015
Chair and teacher of Interactivity and Multimedia Major
“Universidad San Francisco de Quito” (USFQ)
Quito - Ecuador
2010 - 2014
Chair and teacher of Environmental Communication Major
“Universidad San Francisco de Quito” (USFQ)
Quito - Ecuador
2010 - 2011
External Designer and Researcher at the Interactive Science Museum of Quito (MIC), City Museums Organization,
Quito - Ecuador
Work Experience
Conferences And Publications
2014
Campus Party 2014, I have been invited to talk about my experience in interactivity and the environment in two lectures at the Gamers and Digital Culture Stands.
2013 LASA Congress, Ecuador 2013, presentation of the paper Learning physics with interactive games at the Interactive Science Museum of Quito, Quito – Ecuador.
Campus Party 2013, talk about the design of interactive educational games, Quito – Ecuador.
2012 Education in the XXI century, International Meeting organized by Telefonica, presentation and panel, Quito – Ecuador.
Campus Party 2012, presentation at the Games Stand about educational games, Quito – Ecuador.
2009 Institute of Visual Arts, Equilibroscopio Case Study Lecture, Quito – Ecuador.
Publications:
2014 Carrasco R. and Condo I. “RunaTech: Suit technology for blind user” Electronic Journal Publication of Free Knowledge (CLIC) Mérida – Venezuela, ISSN: 2244-7423 (July 2014), 39- 52
2013 Carrasco R. “Applying User-Centered Design for Interactive Educational Games Museum”, 1st edition of POST [s], Academic Journal of the College of Communication and Contemporary Arts. To be published at the end of 2014
Exhibitions:
2012 “Amor Natura”, Environmental Detectives, Quito – Ecuador.
2007 JAMM 2007, ¨Equilibroscopio¨, Barcelona – Spain
Full CV
Work Experience
Honor and Achievements
2015 Melbourne University, Melbourne International Engagement Awards to study a Doctor of Philosophy in Department of Computing and Information Systems.
2014 Interviews in local magazines and newspapers, Topic: games, education and the environment.
2013 Interview published in one of Ecuadorian main newspapers: “Romina Carrasco, games can help the world”, Hoy, 24/11/2013.
2012 IBEC Awards 2012, Digital Arts Academy, Best Tutoring Learning.
2006 ”Universidad Pompeu Fabra”, Barcelona - Spain
Master Degree on Digital Arts, Final Grade: 9.9 / 10
Equilibroscopio game was selected as the best project of the year.
2000 Participated in Cincompasion, the first animated short film done in Ecuador.
On July 2000, Cincompasion won the first place (student category) in "IMAGINA", an international festival of Visual Arts. On September of the same year, this animation won the first place for its script on Argentina, Festival "Rosario".
1999 Universidad “San Francisco de Quito”, Quito - Ecuador
Magma Cum Laudem, with a 3.75 Final GPA
Honor and Achievements
Services
2016
Committee Members OzCHI 2016 Student Design Challenge
Co-ordinator, Seminars of the Interaction Design Lab
2015
Student Volunteer, OzCHI 2015
Reviewer OzCHI 2015
Reviewer Student Design Challenge OzCHI 2015
2012 - 2014
Chair “Vértice”: Interactivity, Design and Animation Biennal, Quito – Ecuador
Comitte member of a Scholarship panel in Media Communications, USFQ