Smith-Heisters an interdisciplinary researcher trained in multi-method qualitative institutional analysis and Assistant Research Professor affiliated with Watts College of Public Service & Community Solutions.

Serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor for the Information Technology Program at the ASU Polytechnic Campus for Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

Alexander Halavais is a researcher, author, and creator, interested in the ways in which automation, datafication, and AI change the nature of learning and allow for new forms of creativity, collaboration, and autonomy.

Arthur Daemmrich is director of the Arizona State University Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO) and a Professor of Practice in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society.