Editor-in-Chief
Yvonne Houy, Ph.D., Learning Technologist, UNLV College of Fine Arts, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Biography and contact information
a2ru Liaison
Maryrose Flanigan, MFA Poetry, a2ru Executive Director, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Biography and contact information
Editorial Board
Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo, Ph,D. , Professor, College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts, Director of the Institute for Applied Creativity, Texas A&M University, USA. Biography and contact information
Jutta Treviranus, Ph.D. , Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) at OCAD University, Canada. Biography and contact information
Juan Noguera, MID, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at RIT, USA. Biography and contact information
Julian C. Chambliss, Ph.D., Professor of English and the Val Berryman Curator of History at the MSU Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Biography and contact information
Angela M. Brommel, MFA Creative Writing, MA Theatre, Senior Advisor & Executive Director for the Arts, Nevada State University, Henderson, Nevada, USA. Biography and contact information
Keli DiRisio, MFA in Visual Communication Design, MS in Print Media, Assistant Professor, Creative Director and founder of Command g Design Lab, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA. Biography and contact information
Perrin Teal Sullivan, MFA, Resilience and Adaptation Fellow, STEAM Education Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA. Biography and contact information
Nils Gore, M.Arch, Registered Architect; NCARB, Professor, University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. Biography and contact information
J.R. Campbell, MFA - Textile Art and Costume Design; PgCert - Phd Supervision in Art and Design, Executive Director, Design Innovation, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. Biography and contact information
Sarah O'Connell, MDra, Directing, Principal Director, Eat More Art LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Biography and contact information
Biographies and Contact Information
Sarah O'Connell (MDra, Directing, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) is an international theatre producer and cultural strategist who advises public and private stakeholders on matters related to the Creative Economy. She is the Artistic Director of The Asylum Theatre in Las Vegas, and co-owner of Axislights Inc, a commercial lighting company that serves the live event industry. In 2015, she founded Eat More Art Vegas, an online platform dedicated to the advancement of southern Nevada's local arts, culture, and creative community. Eat More Art, LLC. Contact: sarah@eatmoreartvegas.com
J.R. Campbell is helping to cultivate the Design Innovation Initiative at Kent State University to support design thinking, project-based learning, technology-infused maker communities and the curation of cross-disciplinary collaborative teams to tackle "wicked" problems. Campbell's research/creative work is grounded in textile design and technology applications in practice. Campbell has been researching, designing and creating artwork with digital textile/imaging technologies for more than 25 years. His work pushes the limits of imaging technologies as they relate to clothing, our environment and the human form. Contact: jrcamp@kent.edu
Nils Gore is a licensed architect and a Professor in the Architecture Department at the University of Kansas, where he focuses on community engaged scholarship through completion of student design/build projects in the public realm. These projects include work in Mississippi, Lawrence, New Orleans and, most lately, Wyandotte County Kansas, where the work is focused on projects that promote public health through healthy eating and active living. In all of these projects, he works with students to develop innovative material and tectonic design solutions that enhance and support an enriched community life. The work has won numerous design awards, has been published in scholarly journals and book chapters, and has been presented in public lectures and scholarly presentations. He is a graduate of Kansas State University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and has taught at the Boston Architectural Center, Mississippi State University and the University of Kansas. Dotte Agency. Contact: ngore@ku.edu
Perrin Teal Sullivan is an artist, designer, and educator driven by a belief that the arts cultivate forms of knowledge that are essential to our agency and wellbeing – as individuals, communities, and ecosystems – in the face of complex challenges. Her work in STEAM education focuses on integrating art and science practices to help learners of all ages develop new perspectives and enhanced capacity for understanding and creating the world around them. She collaborates with diverse learning institutions including libraries, museums, science centers, and schools to design and develop integrated STEAM programs specific to their learning contexts. Contact: pptealsullivan@alaska.edu
Keli DiRisio has a Master of Science and a Master of Fine Arts, both from RIT, in addition to having owned a design studio and video production company and working in the design industry for over 20 years. For the past five years, Keli has been a professor of Graphic Design at Rochester Institute of Technology, with her teachings focused not only the foundations of graphic design, but also on user motivations and how our design decisions can affect and infuence emotions. She is currently working on a mobile application solution with a clinical researcher and social worker to help college students understand and regulate their emotions and coping mechanisms as they apply to everyday stress and their mental health. Keli is also one of the founders and is the Creative Director of Command+g Design Lab, a student design studio at RIT. Contact: keli.dirisio@rit.edu
Angela M. Brommel is Senior Advisor & Executive Director for the Arts at Nevada State University where she is Chief Curator of Collections & Galleries, and affiliate faculty. She has the esteemed honor of being Clark County Poet Laureate for the 2022-2024 term. Angela received her MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, and an MA in Theatre from the University of Northern Iowa. The author of two books, Mojave in July (Tolsun Books) and Plutonium & Platinum Blonde (Serving House Books), her poetry has been published in the North American Review, The Best American Poetry blog, and many other journals and anthologies. In 2018 she was a Red Rock Canyon Artist-in-Residence, serving as the inaugural poet of the program. She also serves as Editor-in-Chief and Poetry Editor for The Citron Review. An interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose creative scholarship crosses Art, Creative Writing, and Theatre, some of her areas of creative work include art and literary history, curation, feminist criticism and theory, defamiliarization as feminist praxis in the work of women writers and painters, the arts as a healing modality, and the role of creatives in economic development and tourism. Biography. Author information. Contact: Angela.Brommel@nevadastate.edu
Dr. Julian C. Chambliss is a Professor of English and the Val Berryman Curator of History at the MSU Museum at Michigan State University. In addition, he is a co-director for the Department of English Digital Humanities and Literary Cognition Lab (DHLC). His research focuses on race, culture, and power in real and imagined spaces. He is an interdisciplinary scholar who has curated museum exhibitions, art shows, and public history projects. His recent writings on comics have appeared in Desegregating Comics: Debating Blackness in the Golden Age of American Comics (2023). His MSU Museum exhibition, “Techno: The Rise of Detroit’s Machine Music” (2025), explores the origins and evolution of techno music. His recent public scholarship projects include the open-access book Making Sense of Digital Humanities: Transformations and Interventions in Technoculture (2022) and the documentary, “Afrofantastic: The Transformative World of Afrofuturism,” available through PBS.org. His classroom reader on Afrofuturism, Mapping Afrofuturism: Understanding Black Speculative Practice , was published in 2024. Biography. Author information. Contact: chambl91@msu.edu
Juan Noguera is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at RIT and former chair of Product Design at MICA. His work spans AI in product design, 3D printing, appropriate technologies, accessibility, and STEM toys. A 2024 Vilcek Prize recipient, he is recognized for inclusive, empowering design solutions that promote meaningful social and scientific engagement. Biography. Juan Noguera Design Contact: jcnfaa@rit.edu
Dr. Jutta Treviranus is Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) at OCAD University and a global leader in inclusive design. She has pioneered inclusive design of digital tech, has led many international research networks, and has shaped key accessibility standards. She also founded an innovative graduate program in inclusive design. She was recognized for her leadership in equitable AI by Women in AI. Biography. Contact: jtreviranus@ocadu.ca
Dr. Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo is an interactive artist, designer, and researcher acclaimed for her interdisciplinary approach that intricately blends technology, education, and health within the artistic sphere. She is a professor, associate dean for research & creative works in the College of Performance, Visualization & Fine Arts and the director of the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University. Holding a PhD in Interactive Art and Technology from Simon Fraser University in Canada and an MFA in Computer Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York, Dr. Seo’s academic background underpins the symbiotic relationship between art and interactive/immersive technology. Her scholarship has significantly contributed to this field of study by providing a unique perspective on how integrating technology can enhance the quality of experience in applied areas. Throughout her career, she has developed interactive installations, tangible interfaces, and mixed reality learning applications for STEAM education and medical/nursing education. Dr. Seo’s extensive portfolio features numerous peer-reviewed publications, curated exhibitions focused on tangible interaction, immersive learning, and creative aging, and advances in conversational AI. Her commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and her dedication to education and mentorship highlight her significant impact in the field of interactive arts and technology. Biography. Contact: hwaryoung@tamu.edu
Maryrose Flanigan is the executive director of a2ru, where she oversees a network of universities that are committed to advancing arts-based and interdisciplinary research, practice, and teaching in higher education. Prior to joining the staff at a2ru, she served in various roles at the National Endowment for the Arts: including as program manager Poetry Out Loud and the NEA Big Read. She has also worked at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U); and for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). Maryrose has an MFA in poetry from American University. a2ru.org Contact: flanigam@umich.edu
Dr. Yvonne Houy supports arts/research integration as UNLV College of Fine Arts Learning Technologist serving faculty in Architecture, Art, Dance, Film, Entertainment Engineering Design, Music and Theatre, and as a2ru Executive Committee emerita member and special advisor. At UNLV she serves as At-large UNLV Faculty Senator, and mediator for the Ombuds Office. As member of the Nevada State Higher Education (NSHE) Emerging Technologies Advisory Group (ETAG), and the Center for Digital Education Higher Education AI Council, she engages in conversations and workgroups on AI in higher education regionally and nationally. Biography Contact: Yvonne.Houy@unlv.edu
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