Andrew Rochon

Andrew Rochon is an undergraduate student currently completing a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Concordia University. As a Research Assistant Andrew prepared technical instructions on software installation and configuration for other undergraduates, and helped them use sophisticated classroom tools for virtual reality and immersive experience. As a member of a SSHRC-funded research team with other undergraduate and continuing education students, he has presented his own research locally and nationally. At the 2023 Canadian Game Studies Association national conference, Andrew and his teammates won the Most Creative Paper award, for a paper which is now in peer review for publication in an academic journal.

Andrew is a problem solver and the quintessential team player. He has a strong sense of what needs to be done and is eager to acquire the skills he needs to finish the task for the good of the group. By working with faculty as a pedagogical innovator; Andrew has in a very short time had astonishing success presenting his and his team’s pedagogical materials at local and national refereed conferences. Andrew supports the ongoing development of student-centred pedagogy; helping to promote transformative teaching and acting as a mentor to students in the class as well as new student members of the research team.

Andrew has also presented at SALTISE in the past, as well as volunteered to provide online help desk support during the COVID-imposed online Gathertown edition of the SALTISE conference in 2022.