Buzinde's research focuses on two areas: community development through tourism and the politics of tourism representations.

Jason Franz is an assistant director of Strategic Marketing and Communications and oversees all communications, branding and marketing for the Biodesign Institute.

Shirley-Ann Behravesh's research focuses on strategies to encourage adoption of sustainability and innovation practices within organizations and communities.

Morehart is an environmental anthropologist, an ethnobotanist/paleoethnobotanist, an archaeologist, and a Latin Americanist.

BurnSilver's work engages with the role of social relationships in navigating change, long histories of people in places, and processes of collaboration and knowledge co-production.

Coseo examines the intersection of urban climate and design through 1) ecological, 2) climate justice, and 3) social learning lenses. He teaches landscape architecture courses on urban ecological planning and design.

Phil’s international career and leadership experience has spanned the fields of system dynamics, 3D analytic and visualization systems, management consulting and urban design.

Lily Hsueh is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Arizona State University. She is an affilitate scholar at Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

David Pearson's research is focused on using the interaction of ecology, conservation, ecotourism and education to develop methods that promote sustainable use of biodiversity.