Deb has presented at
numerous domestic and international events, including Chief Learning Officer's (CLO) Spring 2016 Symposium, AMEE Global Alliance for Medical
Education (
GAME) meeting in Glasgow and American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) regional meetings.
Dr. Thompson has won
numerous grants to support his research, continuing
education, and teaching, including a U-M-Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Faculty Development Fund to support «Teaching Private Piano Lessons using Video
Game Piano Transcriptions,» a UMOR Small Grant to Support Major Conferences to help fund «Hosting the 5th annual North American Conference on Video
Game Music at U-M in 2018,» a U-M Center for Japanese Studies Faculty Research Grant to support «Recording of Recently Composed Japanese Oboe / Piano Duos,» an SMTD Faculty Block Grant to support «Translation of Japanese Video
Game Piano Collections,» and multiple Arts at Michigan Course Connection grants that have allowed integration of live performances into his classroom teaching.
In the field of academia and
education, there have been
numerous studies which have concluded that incorporating video
games into the classroom can be beneficial to children in a variety of ways.