James Paul Gee

James Paul Gee
Born	(1948-04-15) April 15, 1948 (age 76) San Jose, California, U.S.
Education	MA, Linguistics; Ph.D., Linguistics
Alma mater	University of California at Santa Barbara, Stanford University
Occupation	University Professor
Employer	Arizona State University
Known for	Involvement in literacy research and New Literacy Studies; work with video games and learning
Title	Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies

James Gee (/dʒiː/; born April 15, 1948) is a retired American researcher who has worked in psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, bilingual education, and literacy. Gee most recently held the position as the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University,^[1] originally appointed there in the Mary Lou Fulton Institute and Graduate School of Education. Gee has previously been a faculty affiliate of the Games, Learning, and Society group at the University of Wisconsin–Madison^[2] and is a member of the National Academy of Education.^[3]