Steven Semken is an ethnogeologist and geoscience-education researcher with interests in place-based and culturally bridging geoscience education; interpretation; virtual field education, geoheritage; and Southwest geology.

Adamson is President's Professor of environmental humanities in the Department of English. She is Director of Humanities for the Environment, North America & the BRIDGES Flagship Hub at ASU's Global Futures Laboratory.

Vivoni researches modeling of watershed processes, eco-hydrology and hydro-meteorology of semiarid regions, environmental sensing technologies applications, climate and land use change impacts and stakeholder engagement.

Esser is founder and former executive director of the Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization focused on community revitalization through the arts and culture in downtown Phoenix.

Sala is the Julie A. Wrigley, Regents, and Foundation Professor and the Founding Director of the Global Drylands Center at ASU.

Prof. Bruner's research engages the history of religion, violence, photography, and ethnography. He is currently engaged in a variety of community-based projects in the desert Southwest of the United States.

Day is a plant ecologist who studies factors that control plant performance, plant litter decomposition and carbon cycling.

Meunier is a Registered Architect in both the United Kingdom and the United States. He is also an educator who has held both teaching and administrative positions at Cambridge, Cincinnati, and Arizona State universities.

Dr. Hall is a conservation scientist, Assoc. Dean in the College of Global Futures, and award-winning teacher who studies ecosystem resilience and complex interactions between people and nature near protected areas.

Heather Throop is an ecosystem scientist who studies how global-scale changes influence dryland ecosystems.