Anne Balsamo's work focuses on the relationship between the culture and technology. This focus informs her practice as a scholar, researcher, new media designer, and entrepreneur.
François Bar is Associate Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He is a steering committee member of the Annenberg Research Network on International Communication.
Yasmin B. Kafai is a professor of the learning sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. She undertook her studies on learning theories and technologies in France, Germany, and the United States and received her doctorate from Harvard University while conducting research at the MIT Media Laboratory.
Douglas Thomas is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and affiliated faculty at the Center for Robotic and Embedded Systems in the Viterbi School of Engineering and in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity.
Dmitri Williams is an assistant professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication, where he is a part of the Annenberg Program on Virtual Communities (APOC).