Dr. Dianne Zielinski has graduate degrees in educational leadership and in educational psychology and statistics. She has taught preK through Master’s level courses, and has been teaching both traditional college and college in the high school classes for over a decade. She currently teaches courses in psychology, human services, and the behavioral sciences for HVCC and Cazenovia College, and during the summer at Albany Medical College. She is also active in research, having published an article recently on game-based learning. Dr. Zielinski believes that play is important to learning at all ages and is a gamer herself.