Regan Mandryk

Regan Mandryk is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Victoria, Canada, and a former Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Digital Gaming Technologies and Experiences at the University of Saskatchewan. She has pioneered games research in HCI, with over 200 top-tier publications and 29 best paper awards/nominations.

• Research Focus: Designing technologies to enhance social, cognitive, and emotional wellbeing through gaming
• Leadership: Chair of ACM CHI 2018, SIGCHI Steering Committee Chair (2019–2022), founder of ACM CHI PLAY conference (2014)
• Community Building: Led Canadian GRAND Network games research, established SIGCHI gaming community, and co-founded SWaGUR.ca graduate training program

Scientific Awards:

• Royal Society of Canada, College of New Scholars (2014)
• NSERC Steacie Fellowship (2018)
• SIGCHI Academy Induction (2023)
• Canadian Human Computer Communications Society Achievement Award (2023)

Her work spans emotional player modeling, social connection facilitation, and mental health applications of games. She has served as PACM HCI GAMES track editor (2021–2022) and chairs ACM TOCHI editorial board initiatives.