Jennifer deWinter
- Dean, Lewis College of Science and Letters
- Professor, Department of Humanities
Media Appearances
Lewis College Dean Jennifer deWinter Explains the Threats of AI, Deepfakes, and Manipulated Media
“This is the problem with any form of self-policing, is that people will only police to the edge of where it starts really affecting profit,” said Jennifer deWinter, dean of Lewis College of Science and Letters. “So if we actually want social media to have a meaningful role in this sort of self-policing, it needs to come from the government first.”
Dean Jennifer deWinter Explains What Makes Mario So Popular and Where the 1993 Movie Failed
“The core experience of Mario is playgrounds,” says Jennifer deWinter, dean of Lewis College of Science and Letters and author of “Shigeru Miyamoto: Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda.” “It’s climbing and jumping and sliding and exploration. Look at that original movie, the core experience is the conflict. (The game has) never been about the conflict, it’s about the experience. How do you translate this experience?”
Lewis College Dean Jennifer deWinter Breaks Down the Classic Game Tetris
“There’s no such thing as a perfect game,” said Jennifer deWinter, dean of Lewis College of Science and Letters. “But if I had to ponder the brilliance of Tetris — and I think that is a fun thing to ponder — Tetris provides a pattern-based abstraction that allows people to go into a flow state, readily.”