Dr. Ralston is the chair of the GIT program. She teaches video production, print/digital design, and research methods. She also directs the Make Media Lab on the Polytechnic campus.

Kim’s research interests include cancer patient/caregiver supportive care, quality of life, and psychosocial well-being, with a particular emphasis on digital storytelling as a therapeutic intervention.

Kristy Roschke is a media literacy scholar and educator. She is the director of the News Co/Lab, an initiative aimed at advancing media literacy via journalism, education and technology.

Facilitate the widespread production and consumption of geoscience Virtual Field Trips for place-based education as a tool to help students navigate the promises and perils of the Anthropocene.

Roddy Nikpour is a Phoenix native and ASU alum. He works in public radio, teaches classes primarily in audio production, and helps administer online course instruction for the Cronkite School.

Mark Hass is an educator, author and former global marketing executive teaching as a professor of practice and a member of the Barrett Honors faculty at the W. P. Carey School of Business.

Melby is an accomplished producer, actress, and director as well as owner and head coach of Verve Studios.

Matthew Toro is a broadly trained geographer serving as the director of maps, imagery, and geospatial services at ASU Library. He oversees the Map and Geospatial Hub, a traditional map library fused with a modern GIS center.

Klucsarits is an award-winning cinematographer working in narrative, documentary and commercial film.