Dr. Gabriela Kurtz

Dr. Gabriela Kurtz

Instructor, Douglas College, Canada

Dr. Gabriela Kurtz is an instructor at Douglas College in the Department of Marketing and the Program Head of the Digital Marketing program at Tamwood Careers. Before coming to Canada, Dr. Kurtz was an Adjunct Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), part of the School of Communications, Arts, and Design – Famecos. With more than 8 years of experience in research, Dr. Kurtz was a member of 2 congress committees (History of Games and Digra Brazil); a member of 2 research laboratories (DaVint Lab PUCRS and LAD UFRGS), and had more than 30+ academic works published/presented at events worldwide. Her main area of research lies in Games Studies, Gender Studies, Communication, and Data Visualization.

On the Marketing side, Dr. Kurtz has more than 10 years of experience working in Digital Marketing and Branding – 4 years in the IT industry and 6+ years as a consultant for various businesses, specializing in B2B. She also worked as the Communications Coordinator of IDEAR (Interdisciplinary Lab of Entrepreneurship) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul. She organized several hackathons and events while fostering Entrepreneurship in education at the University. In Canada, she continues to have contact with Entrepreneurs by being an advisor at Volition, helping Start-Ups to become investment-ready or to gain traction in the Market.