I recently attended the 3G Summit (The Future of Girls, Gaming and Gender) at Columbia College Chicago. The presenters were:
--Mary Flanagan, Professor of Digital Humanities at Dartmouth College
--Tracy Fullerton, former game developer and Associate Professor in the Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinematics Arts, and Director of the Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab
--Jennifer Jenson, Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Technology at York University
--Erin Robinson, independent game developer
--Susana Ruiz, independent game developer and doctoral candidate at USC, and co-founder of the Take Action Games design collective

I'm going to provide links to their various projects and games.