Philip Horton is a Clinical Associate Professor of Architecture, a Senior Global Futures Scientist, and he is one of the founding Co-Directors of the Center of Building Innovation (CoBI) at ASU.

Landes’ research focuses on creativity, entrepreneurship and organizational culture in higher education arts programs.

Gray blends business knowledge, technology, aesthetics, and creativity into product and service experiences that benefit people, society, the planet, brands and their stakeholders.

Mahgoub al-Tahawy is an award-winning Egyptian novelist and short story writer, and affiliated member of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU.

Stauffer's scholarly interests include children, music, place, and narrative.

Sha's research concerns ethico-aesthetic improvisation, and a topological approach to morphogenesis and process philosophy.

melissa m button, Assistant Dean in HIDA and Associate Director in the School of Art, is an artist and educator whose practice spans painting, drawing, printmaking, and mixed media focused on inclusive, innovative pedagogy.