Bradford Harris

Bradford Harris currently serves as the Education Consultant of Generation Esports. His role empowers all learners, both teachers and students, to integrate scholastic esports curriculum into daily instruction before and after the school day.  He does this by providing professional development, curriculum design, and training for successful implementation for students, teachers, and administration. He also has background knowledge of STEM, digital learning, and design spaces for grades K12 and higher education. He is deeply passionate about education and learning on a consistent basis. His passion for game-based learning and gamification for students, teachers, and administrators has developed into esports in schools. Bradford’s primary focus in scholastic/academic esports is aligning curriculum or learning strategies from the esports industry to educational or academic state/national standards.

He also wants to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion to all students, especially students of color in the esports ecosystem. He discusses how there are industry pathways beyond the  game player so that students are ready for any industry in the future. He is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in instructional systems designs and technology at Sam Houston State University. He also serves as the Director of Learning for the nonprofit organization TEXSEF; Texas Scholastic Esports Federation and served as a Community Leader for NASEF, North America Scholastic Esports Federation. You can follow him on Twitter @edtechtinker