Whitney Pow is a PhD candidate in the Department of Screen Cultures at Northwestern University. Their dissertation examines the elided histories of queer and trans video game and software designers, queer video games and interactive art, and the relationship between queer orientations and software interactions. Whitney’s research has been generously supported by the Presidential Fellowship at Northwestern, the Sexualities Project at Northwestern's Dissertation Fellowship, the Strong National Museum of Play’s Research Fellowship, and the University of Chicago’s Game Changer Chicago Design Lab Research Fellowship. Visit their website at www.whitneypow.com.