
Robby Ratan
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Robby Ratan
@raratan
Associate Prof at MSU; research on avatars, vid games, virtual worlds, gender, avacars
loc: Most often, in my head. Katılım Mayıs 2008
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Excited to announce the Meaningful XR 2025 Conference, May 22-23, @ UC Davis, California. CFP on our main site: meaningfulxr.org
Submissions here: openconf.org/mxr2025/
Deadline Feb 28.
Please pass this along to your potentially interested colleagues and students!
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Academic job call: Advanced Assistant, Assoc or Full Prof in the Dept of Media and Info at MSU. Areas: HCI, HRI, game studies, rural computing, and technology and policy, health/wellness, and society. Computational and/or quantatitive approaches.
careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/5210…
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#ica24 Last night’s Unofficial Dance Party was mid (casino vibes), so we’re trying pt 2 tonight (Saturday) 10pm — Atlantis Dance Club, 19 Victoria Ave, Broadbeach, ~400 meters from the convention center.
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Just published "An Avatar's Worth in the Metaverse Workplace: Assessing predictors of avatar customization valuation" in Computers in Human Behavior. Special kudos to my PhD advisee Chaeyun Lim, for her first authorship and quickly growing CV! doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.…
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Getting excited for the Meaningful XR conference in 1 week!! Virtual registration is still open. meaningfulxr.org/prepare/virtua… Most announcements will be on our Discord, but we will use #MXR24 too!
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To: researchers, designers, educators, etc. working with XR technologies.
The MXR Conference (5/23-25, Stanford/Palo Alto) submission deadline is now extended Jan 31.
CFP: meaningfulxr.org/cfp
Registration invites prioritized for submitters, so pls consider submitting.
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Meaningful XR conference meaningfulxr.org is scheduled for May 23-25, 2025, Stanford/Palo Alto!
* CFP: bit.ly/mxr24cfp
* Submission site: bit.ly/mxf24submit
* Special Issue in Journal of Media Psychology: bit.ly/jmpmetaverse
* Submit by Jan 24
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Thanks to anyone who came to the unofficial dance party tonight—the club/DJ was better than I expected. Hope you got yourself and your friends home safely, and that the tinnitus subsides promptly. Good luck to any Sunday morning presenters. And here’s to an alarm-free morning.
Robby Ratan@raratan
#ica23 Unofficial Dance Party TONIGHT 10:30pm. Mention ICA at door for free cover b4 11pm. The Fifth Social Club (close to Sheraton) 225 Richmond St W Suite 100) Age 21+, bring ID, no hoodies, sweatshirts, caps, sweats, ripped jeans or running shoes $6 drinks specials b4 11pm
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#ica23 Unofficial Dance Party TONIGHT 10:30pm.
Mention ICA at door for free cover b4 11pm.
The Fifth Social Club (close to Sheraton) 225 Richmond St W Suite 100)
Age 21+, bring ID, no hoodies, sweatshirts, caps, sweats, ripped jeans or running shoes $6 drinks specials b4 11pm

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Source of Sheraton fire alarm was was identified by Craig Roberston - who found himself stuck in a stairwell smokey emergency exit with the “too-high-to-respond” offenders #ICA23. p.s. Unofficial Dance Party tonight, 10:30pm the Fifth Social. Mention ICA for no cover b4 11pm.
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#ica23 Unofficial Dance Party tomorrow (Sat), 10:30pm.
Mention ICA at door for free cover.
The Fifth Social Club (close to Sheraton) 225 Richmond St W Suite 100)
Age 21+, bring ID, no hoodies, sweatshirts, caps, sweats, ripped jeans or running shoes $6 drinks specials b4 11pm
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You can join the guest list yourself to be sure of free cover here: fifthsocialclub.thefifth.com/guest-list/
Note: “Informal” means not sponsored by ICA, but there does seem to be a dress code.
Robby Ratan@raratan
#ica23 Informal ICA Dance Party! Saturday, 5/27, 11pm The Fifth Social Club (close to Sheraton) 225 Richmond St W Suite 100) Age 21+, bring ID; “upscale” dress — no hoodies, sweatshirts, caps, sweats, ripped jeans or running shoes. Guest list “Robby Ratan” for no cover (20 ppl)
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#ica23 Informal ICA Dance Party!
Saturday, 5/27, 11pm
The Fifth Social Club (close to Sheraton) 225 Richmond St W Suite 100)
Age 21+, bring ID; “upscale” dress — no hoodies, sweatshirts, caps, sweats, ripped jeans or running shoes.
Guest list “Robby Ratan” for no cover (20 ppl)
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@THanitzsch I’d be interested in the numbers split by journal type: flagship vs newer, traditional vs open access (paid), peer-reviewed vs “peer-reviewed”, etc.
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