Kay McLennan is a professor of practice at Tulane University. Kay started using virtual world simulations in her e-learning courses in 2008 and was a finalist in the Federal Virtual World Challenge in 2012 for her Prisoner's Dilemma game theory simulation and in 2013 for her Data Detectives Game. Kay's recent presentations on virtual world educational simulations include "Interactivity, Engagement, and Increased Learning Outcomes in 3D Virtual World Educational Simulations and Activities" and "Leveraging Government and Academic Partnerships in MOSES " (EdMedia Conference, June 2012), "[Academic] eLearning OpenSimulator Use Case" (Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds, May 2012), and "Using 3D Virtual World Models in e-Economics Instruction" (26th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning, August 2010).