Michelle Lynn Grosser

Writer, Editor, Researcher, Educator

Research Portfolio

Grosser, Michelle Lynn. “Minecraft: Volume Alpha – Daniel Rosenfeld (2011).” Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board. 2025.

Grosser, Michelle Lynn. “Experiencing Avatar/Player Virtual Subjectivity: The role of the Soundtrack in Open-World Video Games.” PhD Diss., University of Toronto, 2024. ProQuest 31139634.

Grosser, Michelle Lynn. “‘Even Though Its Completely Random: Cognitive Phenomena Surrounding the Music in Minecraft.” Journal of Sound and Music in Games 5, No. 1. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2024.5.1.62

Grosser, Michelle Lynn. “Avatar/Player Subjectivity: An Agential Analysis of Crypt of the Necrodancer.” Journal of Sound and Music in Games 1, No. 3. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsmg.2020.1.3.1

Grosser, Michelle Lynn. “From Korngold to the Movies: Korngold’s Influence on Film Scores.” The Cupola. 2018.

About Me

Dr. Michelle Grosser is a music theorist, ludomusicologist, and educator with over 5 years of experience teaching at a wide range of institutions of higher learning. Her research is primarily concerned with music and sound in video games, with a special interest in immersion, embodied experience, and player subjectivity in contemporary games. Her most recent work, published in the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Board, looks at the music in Minecraft: Volume Alpha.