Heather Cole
Game Education Sig Community Director at IGDA, Associate Teaching Professor of Game Design and Interactive Media at West Virginia University and Director at MonRiverGames
Heather T. Cole is a game design educator, producer, and community leader. She is a professor at West Virginia University, founder/director of the non-profit MonRiverGames studio, and Community Director for the IGDA Game Education SIG, where she leads the creation of the new Game Education Framework.
Heather specializes in guiding small to mid-sized teams from concept to polished prototypes, blending Scrum-based production with mentorship that bridges academic training and industry practice.