Jeff Nicklas, MS, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology in the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, received $16,150 from the National Science Foundation Science and Technology Studies Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (NSF STS DDRIG) for his project, The Impact of Video Games, Identity, and Narrative on Understandings of Mental Health. In this project, Jeff is exploring how interactions between video games that convey mental health narratives and those who play them shape mental health experiences and knowledges.