Steven Semken is an ethnogeologist and geoscience-education researcher with interests in place-based and culturally bridging geoscience teaching, geoheritage, virtual field education, and Southwest US 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 uses hydrologic science and engineering principles to solve water resources issues in urban and natural environments in arid regions using watershed modeling, remote sensing and environmental sensor networks.

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 and President's Professor in the School of Life Sciences, and award-winning teacher. Her research team studies ecosystem resilience and complex interactions between people and nature.