Who We Are:
The Game Music @ Queen’s Research Group
Team Lead
Stephanie Lind
Dr. Stephanie Lind is an Associate Professor of Music Theory and Analysis at the Dan School of Drama and Music, Queen’s University, where she teaches a variety of courses in music theory and musicology. Her research interests include video game music, transformational theory, and contemporary Canadian art music. She is currently also the President of the Canadian University Music Society.
An active presenter at conferences including the North American Conference on Video Game Music and Congress, her research touches on immersion, diegetic sound, and popular culture references in video game music. Unlike much research in ludomusicology, her work, as a music theorist, focuses strongly on musical structure and its impact on player experience.
Dr. Lind’s current research is a SSHRC-funded research project on tropes in the music of video games.
For more information on Dr. Lind and her research, please visit: https://drstephanielind.com
Student Research Assistants
Hamidreza Ghaneei
Hamidreza Ghaneei is a second-year PhD student in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University, where his research explores the intersections of video games and queer theory. His work examines how video games destabilize conventional binaries, such as success and failure, and subvert player expectations through both design and player practice. Hamidreza joined Dr. Stephanie Lind’s research team in Winter 2024. He has created three video projects for Game Music 101 and presented one of them, “The Voice as a Lure: Chanting Winged Dames and Musical Deception in Elden Ring,” at LUDO 2025. Hamidreza also manages social media for Game Music 101.