William Huber

Adjunct Professor

William Huber researches videogames and software-based media as cultural artifacts. Currently studying the role of software engineering methodologies within systems of software-based authorship, his past work includes studies
of massively-multiplayer role-playing games as fictional spaces, horror games and the uncanny, aesthetic theory of Japanese videogames and spatiality in Japanese role-playing games.

At USC, he teaches courses on the history, theory and criticism of videogames and interactive entertainment. Before embarking on his career in the academy, Huber spent several years in the software industry supporting developers, designing and building business applications and training end-users. He is also a researcher in the Software Studies at Calit2 and the Center for Research in Computing in the Arts. He is a doctoral candidate at UC San Diego.