Profile profile for RobargeD
B.A. History and B.A. French, Gallaudet University
M.A. Museum Studies, The George Washington University
Video Game History and Culture
Interactive Game Design
Disability History particularly Deaf History and Culture
Accessibility in Museums
Diversity, Equity, Accessibility and Inclusion
Works in the Medicine, Physical Sciences, Computers, and Mathematics collections. Catalogs, photographs, and updates location records for objects in the collections. Acquires new objects for the video game collection. Works on exhibitions in different roles such as curator, curatorial assistant, and collections manager. Presents on the collections and associated research, conducts research projects and publishes blog posts. Serves on the Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion Council, Accessibility Committee, and Collections Management Committee,
Exhibitions
Virtual Landscapes: Exploring America through Video Games, 3 West, On Display
Inventing in America, 1 West, On Display
Publications
Blog posts published for the museum found on the bottom of this page
Kojima the Curator, In Media Res, August 6, 2019
Podcasts and Videos
Smithsonian Sidedoor Podcast, "The Worst Video Game Ever?", June 26, 2019
Founding Fragments - Tetris, November 3, 2014