Summary
Jason Wiser is a multidisciplinary game programmer, 3D artist, and educator with over two decades of experience blending art and technology across academia, studios, and museums. He has taught game design, comics, and animation at institutions including MIT, Harvard, Tufts, and Northeastern while leading creative teams as Creative Director at Yaya Play and producing award-winning tabletop and digital games. His hands-on work spans real-time AR/VR systems, museum interactives, and photo-real 3D assets, with a knack for translating research projects (MIT Media Lab) and museum needs (Metropolitan Museum of Art) into engaging experiences. Known for mentoring students through collaborative GitHub projects, he brings a rare mix of studio production, classroom leadership, and practical programming that helps bridge storytelling, design, and technical implementation.
10 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Art and English, BA, Art and English at Wesleyan University
MFA, Creative Writing, MFA, Creative Writing at Emerson College