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.

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.

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.

Paisley M. Benaza, MBA is a culture & communications strategist and PhD student researching intersectional identity, technology, and socio-economic justice in the business of media, entertainment & sport in a digital world.