Meet Matthew Sharrit

Association of Virtual Worlds Member Showcase: Matthew Sharritt

Matthew Sharritt, Ph.D. is President and co-founder of Situated Research, LLC,
located in Naperville, Illinois (www.situatedresearch.com), which specializes in
advanced user experience research and usability testing within software and video
games. Dr. Sharritt is a graduate of the interdisciplinary Communication and
Information Sciences doctoral program (2008) and the Computer Science masters
program (2003) at the University of Hawai‘i, where he served as a teaching
assistant. Prior, he was webmaster at Time Warner Telecom while earning his B.S. at
Marquette University in Computer Engineering (2001). Sharritt’s research examines
ways of maximizing flow and the self-efficacy of the user experience through the
design of cutting-edge video games that engage current generations on a level of
which they are capable. This research has supported the idea that learning can be
fun while teaching concepts that can be explored and tested through play. In his
spare time, Dr. Sharritt enjoys gaming, cooking, and photography.

Matthew Sharritt, Ph.D. | President, Situated Research, LLC
Naperville, Illinois | 630.962.7043 | www.situatedresearch.com

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