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About Marc L. Schmalz

Dr. Marc Schmalz joined Boise State University in 2022 and is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management.  He earned his Doctorate and an M.S. in Information Science, as well as an M.S. in Information Management all from the University of Washington. With more than two decades of experience as a technology and game professional, Dr. Schmalz’s research interests lie at the intersection of information science and entertainment software development. Currently, these interests involve the ways in which IT development projects differ in the cultural industries when compared to utilitarian segments commonly studied in the information systems (IS) literature.

Positions

2022 - Present Assistant Professor, Boise State University Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management
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Faculty Member, Boise State University
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Grants

2018 - 2018 A Conceptual Data Model and Schema for Curating Collections of Video Game Development Artifacts
Institute of Museum and Library Services - LG-86-18-0060-18
National Leadership Grant for Libraries
Role: Graduate Research Assistant
Colleague(s): J.H. Lee (Project Director); F. Cifaldi (Research Partner); K. Lewin (Research Partner); T. Brown (Research Partner)
$254,072
2017 - 2017 Game Accessibility Metadata, Excellent! (GAME!) Project
Harlan Hahn Endowment
Harlan Hahn Grant
Role: Co-Principal
Colleague(s): J. Porter (Principal); J.H. Lee (Co-Principal); T. Windleharth (Co-Principal)
$3,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

Member, Association for Computing Machinery
Member, Association for Information Systems
Member, Project Management Institute
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Education

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2022 Ph.D. - Information Science, University of Washington
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2020 M.S. - Information Science, University of Washington
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2012 M.S. - Information Management, University of Washington
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1994 B.S. - History (Minors: Anthropology and Urban Planning & Development), with Honors in Writing, Ball State University
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Articles (3)

Conference Proceedings (6)

Presentations (1)

Other (4)

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