Erica Morawski
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, History of Art and Design
Development Design: Hotels and Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean reveals how hotel design came to represent ideas about development that variably coalesced and clashed with issues of sovereignty, national identity, and geopolitics.

Cindie Kehlet, Jeanne Pfordresher, and Helio Takai
Center for Material Science
Most printed circuit boards are not designed to last long but they are difficulty to recycle because the copper can’t be separated from the resin board.

Jennifer E. Telesca, PhD
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Social Science and Cultural Studies
At a time of mass extinction, when one million species face their ultimate and final decease, evidence is mounting: deep-sea hydrothermal vents, scientists believe, are the birthplace of life on Earth.

Eleonora Del Federico
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Mathematics and Science
In the early 20th century there was a call to experiment with new materials and break free from the long-standing traditional methods of artmaking.

Lara Allen
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Intensive English Program
My research is on mental health with a particular emphasis on institutional abuse committed by “the troubled teen industry.” It focuses on the ways artistic practice can not only relieve but make use of what society deems mental illness.

Uzma Z. Rizvi, SLAS and Can Sucuoglu, Information
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Information
The Laboratory for Integrative Archaeological Visualization and Heritage (LIAVH) makes connections between technology, archaeological data management, and heritage practice.

Amy Guggenheim
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities and Media Studies
In the belief that the dynamic collision between disciplines, personalities, and processes gives rise to experimentation, innovation, and inquiry, the Vision Room aims to revitalize our work and our pedagogy.

Rafael De Balanzo Joue
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Math and Science
The goal of the Transition Design and Resilience Thinking Workshop for Artist Migrants is to support cultural agents in successfully integrating in their new cultural ecosystem by giving them more tools to do so.
