Aravind Hari Nair

People

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Aravind Hari Nair

Content Specialist

Benjamin Ong

Applied Imagination Fellow, 2021-2022 Benjamin Ong is an ecologist by training, an educator by passion, and an explorer at heart. Between 2014 and 2019, he anchored volunteer engagement and environmental

Regina Kanyu Wang

Applied Imagination Fellow, 2021-2022 Regina Kanyu Wang is a writer, researcher, and editor, currently pursuing her PhD as part of the CoFUTURES project at the University of Oslo. Her research

Ian Edwards

Applied Imagination Fellow, 2021-2022 Ian Edwards is executive director of the Cape Cod Center for Sustainability, a registered nonprofit organization in Provincetown, Massachusetts that is focused on the question, “What’s

Sultan Sharrief

Applied Imagination Fellow, 2021-2022 Sultan Sharrief is a trans-media activist, filmmaker, and XR designer. He holds a BA in Film from University of Michigan, an MS in Comparative Media from

Panthea Lee

Applied Imagination Fellow, 2021-2022 Panthea Lee is a strategist, organizer, designer, and facilitator working for structural justice and collective liberation, and the executive director of Reboot. She builds healing coalitions

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David J. Staley

 David J. Staley is an Associate Professor of History, with courtesy appointments in the Department of Design and the Department of Educational Studies at The Ohio State University.  He is the author of Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education,

Aleks Romano

Aleks Romano is a human-centered designer, eternal reimaginer, and incurable bookworm. Embodying the literary tradition of Octavia E. Butler and Ursula K. LeGuin, Aleks creates experiential learning workshops that challenge

Stefania Metzger

Graduate Research Assistant

Zeinab Serhan

Graduate Research Assistant

Steven Weiner

Imaginary Graduate Fellow

Dani Pogue

Communication and Research Specialist

Adam Clark

Graduate Research Assistant

Deena Gould

Teacher-In-Residence
Assistant Research Professor, School of Molecular Sciences
deena.gould@asu.edu

Tyler Eglen

Teacher in Residence

Venkatesh Lakshmi Narayanan

UX Design Assistant

Sam Greenspan

Sam Greenspan is the creator and host of Bellwether, a podcast of speculative journalism. A radio reporter, producer, and artist with a knack for launching new shows, Sam was a founding member of 99% Invisible, NPR’s TED Radio Hour, USA Today’s The City, and others. […]

Sherri Wasserman

Sherri Wasserman constructs experiences at the intersections of physical, multimedia, and informational landscapes. She makes things for print, digital, and architectural/environmental spaces, creating content-rich exhibitions, […]

Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay

Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay is senior researcher at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, where he works on Climate Fiction, Quantum Fiction, and Medical Science Fiction within the Lifetimes framework.[…]

Cory Doctorow

“If you want to double your success rate, triple your failure rate.”