# Kurt Squire

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Kurt Squire Born Kurt Squire Alma mater Indiana University Bloomington Known for Game-based learning Spouse Constance Steinkuehler ​ ​ (m. 2006)​ Children 2 Scientific career Fields Education Game-based learning Institutions University of California, Irvine Academic advisors Henry Jenkins

**Kurt D. Squire** (born July 10, 1972, in [Valparaiso, Indiana](/source/Valparaiso%2C_Indiana)) is a professor at The [University of California, Irvine](/source/University_of_California%2C_Irvine),[1] member of the Connected Learning Laboratory, and former director of the [Games, Learning & Society](/source/Games%2C_Learning_%26_Society) Initiative at the [University of Wisconsin–Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison), best known for his research into game design for education.

## Biography

Squire was born as the elder of two children to Walter "Dean" Squire, an accountant, and Susan Elizabeth Nelson, a German language teacher. He attended [Portage High School](/source/Portage_High_School), graduating in 1990, then going on to study at the [Western College Program](/source/Western_College_Program) at [Miami University](/source/Miami_University).

In 2006, Squire married [Constance Steinkuehler](/source/Constance_Steinkuehler), also a video game scholar and professor at the University of California, Irvine.[2][3] They have two children.[3]

## Education/teaching career

He received a B.Phil. in [interdisciplinary studies](/source/Interdisciplinary_studies) in 1994 from [Miami University](/source/Miami_University), and earned a [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) in education in 2004 from [Indiana University Bloomington](/source/Indiana_University_Bloomington). He taught at the Knoxville Montessori School and the McGuffey Foundation School between 1994 and 1996; later he became research manager of the Games-to-Teach Project at [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology).

Squire is the recipient of an National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER grant, as well as grant support from the NSF, National Institutes of Healthy, Department of Education, the MacArthur Foundation, AMD and Gates Foundations, as well as companies such as Microsoft, DeVry, and the Data Recognition Corporation. Squire wrote a regular column for [Computer Games magazine](/source/Computer_Games_magazine), and has been interviewed for many periodicals and media outlets, from [Public Broadcasting Service](/source/Public_Broadcasting_Service) (PBS) to [wired.com](/source/Wired.com).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bren_1-0)** ["Kurt Squire"](http://www.informatics.uci.edu/explore/faculty-profiles/kurt-squire/). *Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences*. University of California, Irvine. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Departure of UW scholars spells the end for influential video gaming research group"](https://captimes.com/news/local/departure-of-uw-scholars-spells-the-end-for-influential-video-gaming-research-group/article_8b2e1d2c-19b5-5272-8fe0-475b3b34d7e3.html). The Capital Times. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2022-03-19.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ocr2017_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ocr2017_3-1) Keith, Sharon (2017-08-25). ["Games are changing the world, just ask new UCI professor who worked in the White House"](https://www.ocregister.com/2017/08/25/games-are-changing-the-world-just-ask-new-uci-professor-who-worked-in-the-white-house/). *Orange County Register*. Retrieved 2025-07-19.

## External links

- [List of publications](http://website.education.wisc.edu/~kdsquire/cv.html)

- [GLS Conference website](http://www.glsconference.org)

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