Dr. Elizabeth Hambleton is a Research & Instruction Librarian in the Gordon Library. She provides research assistance and instructional support to all library users. Her primary interests in the field of library science include UI/UX and accessibility, especially in digital spaces. She has published articles and book chapters on ludomusicology. In addition to providing broad support to students and faculty in their scholarly pursuits, she is revamping LibGuides, Canvas pages, and other asynchronous research aids and tutorials to support education in and out of the classroom at WPI.

Education
MLIS (academic librarianship) - San Jose State University
PhD (music theory) - University of California, Santa Barbara
MA (music theory) - University of California, Santa Barbara
BA (music theory) - Whitman College
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Publications

'Analyzing Navigable Narratives through Multiple Lenses', in William Gibbons, and Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Video Game Music and Sound, Oxford Handbooks (2024; online edn, Oxford Academic, 20 June 2024), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197556160.013.2

 

Galloway, K., & Hambleton, E. (Eds.). (2024). Music and Sonic Environments in Video Games: Listening to and Performing Ludic Soundscapes (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003275305 

Gray Areas: Analyzing Navigable Narratives in the Not-So-Uncanny Valley Between Soundwalks, Video Games, and Literary Computer Games. Journal of Sound and Music in Games 1 January 2020; 1 (1): 20–43. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2020.1.1.20

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