Jason Wiser has taught Animation and Game Design at Harvard, Tufts, Northeastern, Emerson, and Lesley Universities, and DigiPen Institute of Technology. He was the chair of the Media Arts and Animation Department at The New England Institute of Art and has taught master classes at Pixar Animation Studios, Microsoft, and MIT.
His animation has appeared on the Disney ABC Family show Greek, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and on robots at the MIT Media Lab. He is the Creative Director of Yaya Play Games (
www.YayaPlay.com) and his published works include
Slam Bolt Scrappers (PS3/Steam),
Dance Central (XBOX/Kinect),
DinoTrucks (iPad) and
Monsters in the Elevator (card game).
He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Emerson College and a Bachelor's from Wesleyan University.