She likes to combine live social experiences with online technology, traditional forms of screen (film and games) and paper-based objects (tabletop and books).
[12] Dena was the first Digital Writer in Residence for the Australia Council for the Arts and the Queensland University of Technology at The Cube.
[9] She has worked on games for Cisco and Nokia, and is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmys).
[9] She has served as a mentor; is supervising Artistic Fellows at the CEFIMA, Norwegian Film School; and is teaching at Griffith University.
[14] Dena has worked on alternate reality games: Nokia's Conspiracy for Good, Cisco's The Hunt, and the Australian Broadcasting Company's Bluebird AR.