Sargylana Cherepanova

Ph.D. Student

Member Of:

School of Literature, Media, and Communication

Office Phone: +14048942000

Office Location: Skiles 337

Office Hours: n/a

Related Links:

Email Address: scherepanova3@gatech.edu

Overview

Personal Pronouns:

she/her

Faculty Advisor:

Education:

Specialist in Printmaking, Arctic State Institute of Culture and Arts, Russia, 2011-2017
Exchange Student in Painting, Keimyung University, South Korea, 2016
MFA in Painting/Video, Illinois State University, United States. 2019-2022
MS in Creative Technologies, Illinois State University, United States, 2022-2024
PhD in Digital Media, Georgia Tech, United States, 2024 - current

Awards and
Distinctions:

Fulbright Foreign Student Program Grantee, 2019-2022
AAPI Civic Engagement Fund, Creative Catalyst Fellowship, 2025

Areas of
Expertise:

Videogames

Interests

Teaching Interests:

Videogames, game design, game development, indigenous videogames

Research Interests:

Videogames, game design, game development, indigenous videogames

Courses

LMC-2410: Intro to Game Studies
LMC-2720: Prin of Visual Design

Publications

Conferences

“Postcolonial Video Game Design: Theory, Problems, & Potential Solutions,” Ryan Scheiding and Sargylana Cherepanova, Georgia Tech, 2026

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Greg J. Corness, Kristin Carlson, Sargylana Cherepanova. Catching the Inverse Ghosts: A Virtual Reality Installation. 2024

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Softwares

SILIS, videogame created through AAPI Fund Creative Catalyst Fellowship, 2025

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Updated: Feb 16th, 2026 at 4:16 PM