2014 Thinkerer Award

Selby Evans, also known as Thinkerer Melville in Second Life, is one of the elder statesmen of Second Life. Joining in July 2005, Selby is a retired psychologist and university professor who also ran his own consulting business for 25 years.

Selby’s activities in Second Life have included the enablement and understanding of various disciplines in a virtual setting including theater, video, music, art, writing, comedy, building, education, and newcomer Help. Selby has been involved with multiple community groups in Second Life including Hobo Junction, Inksters, Written Word, Virtual Railway Consortium, Rockcliffe University Consortium, and many more.

Selby maintains an active blog (http://virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com/) which is used by thousands of people as a primary source of information for learning about virtual worlds and how to integrate various technologies. In addition to providing up-to-date information on activities in virtual world settings, Selby has also been an active participant, lending support in term of time, energy, and resources, to help others. As both a humanitarian and philanthropist, Selby Evans exemplifies a constructive role model for how one can influence the world around them for the betterment of all.

It is for these reasons VWBPE has named this award in his honor and VWBPE is pleased to present to Selby Evans the first inaugural awarding of this honor.