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Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

Christopher Lackey

Assistant Professor of Creative Technologies
Schl of Creative Technologies
Office
CVA Center For The Visual Arts
Office Phone
(309) 438-8321office
phone
Email
cjlacke@ilstu.eduemail
Website
https://seejayjames.wixsite.com/por... website
  • About
  • Education
  • Research

Biography

I've been interested in all things Creative Technologies for many years. I also greatly enjoy music in all its forms and love trying (and inventing) new instruments!

Current Courses

CTK 201.001 Basic Skills In The Digital Arts

CTK 390.010 Directed Projects/Seminar In Arts Technology

CTK 452.001 Game Design 2

CTK 352.001 Game Design II

CTK 353.001 Game Development

CTK 453.001 Game Development 1

CTK 380.003 Selected Topics In Arts Technology

CTK 481.003 Selected Topics in Creative Technologies

Teaching Interests & Areas

I've taught a wide range of courses in the Creative Technologies realm, at Illinois State as well as Bradley University and Heartland Community College. These include game design, programming, video, animation, audio, graphic design, web design, and more. Always enjoy learning about new technologies and consider myself flexible and adaptable in this area.

Research Interests & Areas

Interactivity, generative and procedural media, installations, and game design/development. While I appreciate and have created composed media of many kinds, I'm most intrigued by what's possible through interactivity and generative designs...there's a feeling of "controlled chaos" that comes from creating the underlying code which fascinates me.

EDD Curriculum and Instruction

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

MM Theory/Composition

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

MS Arts Technology (now Creative Technologies)

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

BA Music Theory/Composition

University of Colorado
Boulder, CO

Grants & Contracts

Use of GenAI in Teaching and Learning at ISU SoTL Grant Program. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Illinois State University. (2026)

Performances and Exhibits

Travelogue: Creative Technologies Chicago museum trip (see website for link)
Christopher Lackey
November 25 2025

Presentations

Collaboration with AI Through Teaching Practice in Creative Technologies. University Teaching and Learning Symposium: Emergent Technologies, Enduring Values: Reimagining Teaching for a New Era. ISU. (2025)