Clay Ewing is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami. His research focuses on serious games, implementing game mechanics into real-world applications, and social justice. As an award-winning game designer and developer, Professor Ewing’s games have tackled issues such as vector-borne diseases, the cost of health care, social safety nets and labor practices. Clay has worked with numerous non-profits including Red Cross Red Crescent, Open Society Foundations, ROC United, Oxfam, and the AIDS & Rights Alliance for Southern Africa. His projects have been covered by a few news outlets, go ahead and google him. He is also a coffee snob and Netflix junkie.
c.ewing@miami.edu
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In 1987, Pearson Hall was rededicated as a Residential College. The hall was originally opened in 1962, and in 1969 was named in honor of Jay F. W. Pearson. Pearson was a member of UM’s first faculty and eventually became the second president of the University. Pearson was a scientist who, as a young man, participated in expeditions to British Guinea and the Galapagos Islands. His non-traditional
