Amanda Theinert

Associate Professor of Practice, Becker School of Design/Tech

Amanda Theinert is an interactive media artist and game designer who has worked in the fields of digital art and higher education for 12 years. Theinert teaches in the areas of game design and development, the psychology of games, traditional and digital art, as well as production and team management. She has previously held the title of director of the Master of Fine Arts program and assistant professor at Becker College, where she helped develop and lead a brand-new MFA in Interactive Media and build community-focused STEM outreach programs. Her personal work focuses on creating interactive installation art and games that investigate new ways of combining digital and physical media blurring the lines between the tangible and virtual. Theinert holds a B.A. in interactive media from Becker College and an MFA in computer art from the School of Visual Arts.

Degrees

  • M.F.A. in Interactive Media Art and Design, School of Visual Arts, 2012
  • B.A. in Game Art and Design, Becker College, 2010

Affiliated Department

Becker School of Design & Technology

Scholarly and creative works

  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Created PAX East 2025 Video Wall and Digital Signage Videos 

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Interactive Theatre Performance – Ghost Moths 

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Possible Futures: Visions3

    Asha S Best, Terrasa Ulm, Amanda L Theinert, James Maurelle
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Ghost Moth Dreams

    Terrasa Ulm, Amanda L Theinert, Ezra Cove, Jessie Darrell-Jarbadan, T Ulm
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Created PAX East 2024 Video Wall and Digital Signage Videos

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    “Enlighten: A Faculty Show”

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Interactive Theatre Performance – Somnus

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Created PAX East 2023 Video Wall and Digital Signage Videos 

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    The Somnus Tavern & Inn

    T Ulm, Amanda L Theinert, Ezra Cove, Jessie Darrell-Jarbadan, T Ulm
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Interactive Theatre Performance – Ghost Moths

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Waiting for Obols

    Terrasa Ulm, Amanda L Theinert, Ezra Cove, Jessie Darrell-Jarbadan, Terrasa Ulm
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Trios: A Balance of Three

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Show – “In Tandem” | Piece – “Balance”

    Amanda L Theinert
  • Presentations

    Crystals and Technology

    Webreath Wellness Spiritual Sampling
    WeBreath Wellness
    2021
    Amanda L Theinert
  • Other Scholarly or Creative Work

    Show – “Parsing (Im)Possibilities” | Piece – “Tangible”

    Amanda L Theinert

Awards and grants

  • Interactive Theatre Course – Academic Innovation Grant

    Clark University – Academic Innovation Grant