Clara Fernández-Vara

Clara Fernández-Vara is a media scholar, game designer and writer. Her work focuses on narrative design, both as her professional practice and in her academic work, as well as videogame history. Clara is Associate Arts Professor at the NYU Game Center and has presented her work at various international academic and industry conferences, such as DiGRA (Digital Games Research Association) and Game Developer’s Conference (GDC). She has worked on commercial games for Warner Bros., Die Gute Fabrik, the Spanish National Ballet, and Big Fish Games among others. Her textbook, Introduction to Game Analysis, is now on its third edition.

Clara is mentor to Amanda Sartor (’20) and Alex Lee (’25).