Michelle Colder Carras is scientist and gamer who loves World of Warcraft and Dance Dance Revolution and understands firsthand the potential benefits of gaming—the communication skills needed to overcome an obstacle, the intense group strategizing, and the satisfaction when completing a goal.
A two-time Johns Hopkins alumna and former postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Colder Carras is also a researcher who investigates how technology, particularly video games, can bring social and mental health benefits—or problems—to users.
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