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Sarah Robbins serves as an Assistant Professor of Cinema & New Media Arts within the College of Arts and Humanities at Houston Christian University, where she additionally holds the administrative role of Associate Director of Digital Media Programs, shaping curriculum development and program strategy for digital media education.
Her academic foundation includes a Master of Professional Studies in Games Development from the University of Abertay Dundee and a Bachelor of Creative Media in Animation and Visual Effects from New Mexico State University, providing robust technical and theoretical grounding in digital creation methodologies.
Ms. Robbins' research integrates faith-based perspectives with digital storytelling through specialized expertise in character/environmental design, 3D modeling, and 3D printing, with dual applications in entertainment-focused game development and serious games for security training and education. Her industry background as a U.S. Secret Service Visual Information Specialist directly informs her pedagogy, emphasizing real-world transferability of design skills across disciplines while encouraging students to cultivate unique narrative voices across film and interactive media platforms.
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She maintains active engagement with emerging technologies through personal experimentation with 3D printing, resin casting, and virtual environments, while her participation in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons as both player and Dungeon Master continuously informs her approach to interactive narrative design in academic contexts.
