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Christopher Erhardt (born December 23, 1958) was the Head of School - US Campuses for the Academy of Interactive Entertainment (AIE) from the time the school opened until his death in December 2012.〔(Gamasutra --Obituary: Game designer, producer and educator Christopher Erhardt )〕 From 1998-2007 he was the Associate Dean as well as V.P.-Production at DigiPen Institute of Technology in the United States. ==Biography== During the first 10 years of his life, Christopher Erhardt lived in Seattle, Washington, Detroit, Michigan, Riverside, California and Arcadia, California. He received a Bachelor of Science from the University of San Francisco, did graduate studies in Psychology at Harvard University and acquired his master's degree in business from Capella University. In 2008 he completed his doctoral dissertation on video game players and demographic considerations. Currently Dr. Erhardt has over 19 years experience in the Interactive Media Industry, where in he was responsible for the production, design and product management of more than 22 titles with such publishers as Infocom, Activision, Electronic Arts, Infogrames, and Ocean Software of America. Christopher Erhardt first started working at an early age, putting himself through his undergraduate degree by odd jobs that ranged from magician to fur currier to line chef. In the early 80s he was a product planner for companies such as Teledyne and other TEMPEST secured, MIS-based programming and project management tasks. He moved into the game industry in 1987 when Infocom requested that his assistance in transitioning them from text-only games into graphical titles, leveraging his education in adolescent psychology to help them develop more compelling titles. Christopher Erhardt was the President of ISOG based at Hyderabad, India till June 2009. In December 2010, it was announced that Dr. Christopher Erhardt would be the head of the new Seattle branch of the Academy of Interactive Entertainment where they offer certificate programs and continuing education courses in digital media, game development, special effects and film production. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christopher Erhardt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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