Jordan Pailthorpe is a Producer for the Emerson Engagement Lab, an applied research lab focusing on the development and study of games, technology, and new media to enhance civic life. He is a freelance videogame developer who focuses on creating games from literary work, an Adjunct Instructor who teaches research writing with a focus on game theory and design in the First Year Writing Program, and an EmersonWRITES faculty member who teaches poetry workshops to high school students. His poetic work juxtaposes the real and the virtual, exploring the boundaries and overlapping themes/emotions of these two worlds through language. He holds an MFA in creative Writing from Emerson College. Any extra time he spends riding adventure motorcycles, playing in a punk band, and hanging out with his two cats, Virginia and Goku.