Michael Grabowski

Professor, Communication

Media Tech. Coordinator, Communication

Michael Grabowski is Director of the Game Design & Production major and Professor in the Communication, Sound, and Media Arts Department at Manhattan University. He is the author of Ethics of Virtual Reality: Technology and Experience, editor of Neuroscience and Media: New Understandings and Representations, and has written several articles and book chapters on media. His work on documentaries, feature films, commercials, music videos, and news has played at the Guggenheim, the Smithsonian, several film festivals, and on TV networks, and has won two Emmy Awards. Grabowski explores how different forms of mediated communication, including virtual reality and AI-generated media, shape the way people think and act within their symbolic environment.

Education

  • PHD, New York University
  • MA, New York University
  • BA, The Ohio State University

Courses Taught

ART 134          The Culture of Games
ART 407          Senior Game Seminar
COMM 222      Introduction to Story and Postproduction
COMM 301      Media Theory and Research
COMM 308      Studio Television Production
COMM 350      Field and Post-Production
COMM 365      Game Design and Development
COMM 375      Internship for Juniors
COMM 409      Senior Seminar
COMM 419      Advanced Television Production
COMM 461      Independent Study in Communication
COMM 475      Internship for Seniors
DASH 310        VR: Perception and Production