Evan Lauteria, M.S.

Lecturer of Sociology & Criminology

Evan W. Lauteria is a sociologist of culture, media, and science/technology. His dissertation project, nearing completion at the University of California-Davis, explores the history of the Japanese video games industry via the “social shaping of...

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Evan Lauteria, M.S.

Contact Information

  • Office Hours Spring 2024

    Monday 2:15pm - 3:00pm by appointment

    Tuesday 12:30pm - 1:30pm 

    Wednesday 2:15pm - 3:00pm by appointment

    Thursday 12:30pm - 1:30pm 

    Friday 2:15pm - 3:00pm by appointment

  • (509) 313-3628

Education & Curriculum Vitae

M.S., Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University

B.A., Women’s Studies, University of Florida

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught

SOCI 101: Introduction to Sociology

SOCI 396: Topics in Sociology (Sociology of Science & Knowledge)

SOCI 397: Topics in Sociology (Sociology of Popular Culture)

Evan W. Lauteria is a sociologist of culture, media, and science/technology. His dissertation project, nearing completion at the University of California-Davis, explores the history of the Japanese video games industry via the “social shaping of technology” and the “production of culture” perspectives in sociology. In addition, Lauteria’s previous publications have focused on queer and transgender representation in video games, with particular attention to the work of translation and product localization in shaping game content.
  • Shaw, Adrienne, Evan W. Lauteria, Hocheol Yang, Christopher J. Persaud, and Alayna M. Cole. 2019. “Counting Queerness in Games: Trends in LGBTQ Digital Game Representation, 1985‒2005.” International Journal of Communication 13: 1544-1569. Accessible online at https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/9754
  • Lauteria, Evan W. 2018. “Envisioning Queer Game Studies: Ludology and the Study of Queer Game Content.” Pp. 35-53 in Queerness in Play, edited by T. Harper, M.B. Adams, N. Taylor. New York, NY: Palgrave MacMillan.
  • Lauteria, Evan W. 2016. “Affective Structuring and the Role of Race and Nation in XCOM.” Analog Game Studies III(I). Published online at http://analoggamestudies.org/2016/01/affective-structuring-and-the-role-of-race-and-nation-in-xcom/
  • Wysocki, Matthew & Evan W. Lauteria (Eds.). 2015. Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Video Games. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press.
  • Lauteria, Evan W. 2015. “Assuring Quality: Early-1990s Nintendo Censorship and the Regulation of Queer Sexuality and Gender.” Pp. 42-59 in Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Games, edited by M. Wysocki & E.W. Lauteria. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press.
  • Lauteria, Evan W. 2012. “Ga(y)mer Theory: Queer Modding as Resistance.” Reconstruction 12(2): Playing for Keeps: Games and Cultural Resistance (Special Issue). Published online at http://reconstruction.digitalodu.com/Issues/122/Lauteria_Evan.shtml

Culture, Media, and Globalization

Science, Technology, and Society

Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies

Social Network Analysis