Presenters

Dr. Ray Pastore is a full professor and program coordinator of esports, online teaching and learning within the instructional technology program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He is an active Youtuber with over 5 million views and 11,500 subscribers, an author, and has 30 peer reviewed journal publications. With a background in management consulting, game design, game-based learning, and instructional design he has worked on projects for fortune 100 companies, the military, as well as a myriad of schools and universities. In addition to serving as coordinator of UNCW’s Esports program, Dr. Pastore is faculty advisor for UNCW’s Seahawk Esports Club. He holds a Ph.D. in instructional systems from Penn State University.