Hosted by James O'Hagan · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 144 episodes
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The Academy of Esports podcast serves as the axis for a revolving series of conversations about the innovations, opportunities, challenges, and adventures to be found at the intersection of esports and education. Host James O’Hagan and his guests go beyond the games each week to explore how responsibly crafted scholastic esports programs can redefine athletic culture, diversify opportunities for student participation, increase career and collegiate scholarship opportunities, and honor the importance of play. This is a great podcast for students, educators, parents, and industry advocates.
James O'Hagan hosts The Academy of Esports, a education show with 144 episodes published.
Welcome to Episode Four of Y6 of The Academy of Esports podcast! I’m your host, James O’Hagan. Thank you for joining me as I welcome a giant of the medical device field who is now using decades of experience— and his own
Welcome to Episode Three of Y6 of The Academy of Esports podcast! I’m your host, James O’Hagan. Thank you for joining me as I welcome a friend, a mentor, and a global legend in esports and education— Mark “Garvey” Candel
Welcome to Episode Two of YEAR SIX of The Academy of Esports podcast! I’m your host, James O’Hagan. Thank you for joining me as I welcome a good friend from across the sea, Stuart Dempsey, the Founder and CEO of GamerFes
Welcome to PART TWO of Episode One of YEAR SIX of The Academy of Esports podcast! I’m your host, James O'Hagan. Thank you for joining me as I welcome back my friend, Amir Satvat, the global head of startup operations at
Hello and welcome to the first episode of the sixth year of The Academy of Esports podcast! I’m your host, James O’Hagan, the Vice-President of Education and Innovation at LeagueSpot, and an educator for over two decades
The Academy of Esports podcast welcomes Melissa Burns, a leader in scholastic esports in Canada, in honor of International Women's Day. Melissa is the founder and chair of Esport Canada, one of the largest Canadian espor
Leah Koons is a 10+ year gaming event and marketing veteran who has navigated and developed business relationships for endemic and non-endemic brands to the gaming industry. In our conversation, Leah invites the listener
Dylan Liu is not one to not have an opinion on the state of collegiate esports. That is one of the things that makes him such a compelling guest for a conversation! Since 2011, Dylan has been involved in collegiate espor
James Fudge has nearly 25 years of experience as an editor and journalist covering the video games industry, having worked for such companies as Avault, IDG Games' Games.Net, Computer Games Magazine, GameSpy, IGN, GamePr
As Head of Education at British Esports, Kalam focusses on delivering growth and development of esports in education across the UK and beyond. The recipient of the prestigious Pearson National Teaching Award for his outs
Will English IV (the fourth!) grew up wanting to be in broadcasting. He had various jobs growing up but imagined myself as a newscaster or a weatherman, but the path to a stable career was very long. A competitive gamer
Dr. Seth E. Jenny returns to The Academy of Esports! Dr. Jenny is an assistant professor within the Department of Exercise Science and Athletic Training at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (SRU). As an esports ac
Dr. Rachel Kowert is a Research Psychologist, the Research Director for Take This, a non-profit organization that provides mental health information and resources to the gaming community and industry, and is a Henry Cavi
Andrew Czysz is a shoutcaster for the Horlick High School Esports Team and for the Wisconsin High School Esports Association. At a young age, Andrew has already attracted attention for his calls of the game "Rocket Leagu
Hillary Phan is a trailblazer in the space of Collegiate Scholastic Esports. She was a part of an amazing core of people who helped to build the University of California-Irvine Esports Program. She has also been a long-t
At the start of the COVID Pandemic, Kevin Fair of I Play Games took the bold step to join up with the Chicago Park District to offer an NBA2K tournament to local children. What happened after that is nothing short of ama
The work of Stephen Reid is a major influence on The Academy of Esports Podcast. Stephen is a passionate advocate of both play as a powerful learning mechanism, and technology as a tool for learning. Spanning an educatio
In this conversation, Dr. Samantha Blackmon, Associate English Professor at Purdue University, discusses not just her work at the university but also as a researcher interested in DEI issues in gaming. Dr. Blackmon champ
In this episode's conversation, Dr. Roberto Gallardo, the Director of the Purdue Center for Regional Development comes onto the podcast to talk about the current state of Internet connectivity in rural and urban areas. T
Dr. Rachel Kowert is a Research Psychologist, the Research Director for Take This, a non-profit organization that provides mental health information and resources to the gaming community and industry, and is a Henry Cavi
Ryan Douglas
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Dr. Pearson
Board-certified OB-GYN
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Rachel Kowert
research psychologist, award-winning author · Psychgeist
2 appearances on this show
Stephen Reid
Senior Customer Engagement Project Manager · Microsoft
1 appearance on this show
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