BELES GAMES
A Personal Website Dedicated to Games as Research Methods
Welcome to my online portfolio! I’ll be updating this website with new details from my research as they become available. All details updated as of May 2026.
Select Awards & Fellowships
Alternate, SGS and Bevier Dissertation Completion Fellowships (2026)
School of Graduate Studies, Rutgers University
Best Graduate Final Paper/Project: Italiani Brava Gente Board Game (2023)
Italian Studies Department, Rutgers University
Outstanding Continuing Doctoral Student in Interdisciplinary Studies (2022)
Rutgers School of Communication & Information
4-Year Funding Award, Rutgers SC&I PhD Program (2020-2023; 2024-2025)
Rutgers School of Communication & Information
Fulbright Postgraduate Research Grant, Art and Architectural History (2014-2015)
Australian-American Fulbright Commission
Research Fellowship, Penn Cultural Heritage Center (2014)
University of Pennsylvania Museum