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Tori Horton is the Project Manager for the Network Culture Project, which analyzes how virtual worlds provide a new and natural platform for collaboration through global communication and cross-cultural interaction.
Tori came to the Project after working at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy for over two years, first as an Assistant to the Director and then as Assistant Director of Budget and Administration. Tori is also a student in the Public Diplomacy Master's Program. Her areas of interest include narrative, nation branding, and culture exchange.
In 2005, she directed a German student exchange program in the Pasadena area to facilitate cultural dialogue between German students and American host families.
Prior to her time at USC Tori earned her undergraduate degree in Humanities and English from Brigham Young University. While attending BYU, she worked as a youth guidance counselor, served as a PRSSA public relations officer, and lived abroad on a student education program in Vienna, Austria. Her time abroad involved studying German and teaching English to Iranian families. Tori's public relations experience covers both the profit and non-profit sectors.
Stacy Ingber comes the the Network Culture Project from The Jefferson Institute, a public-policy institute that fosters creative problem-solving. As Vice President of the Jefferson Institute, Stacy’s role included strategy and new initiatives development, meetings, reunions, networking, board development, etc. Prior to this, she was Undergraduate Program Coordinator at Antioch University in Los Angeles, creating and creating curricular activities, organizing public events, and recruiting faculty. She has worked in the fields of adult alternative education, democratic education, and progressive education.She has taught critical thinking and women's studies courses to adult undergraduate students, and served on various governance committees.
Stacy has also experience in elementary school settings promoting democratic education to K-5 students, and volunteers with various organizations in the areas of education, women, families, and social justice. She has consulted for other non-profits in strategy, program and board development.
Melody Lutz is the Project Manager for the Modern Prometheus project,which aims to teach students about issues of science,technology and ethics through experimental learning in a game based learning environment inspired by Mary Shelley's Frankestein.In addition to Professor Manuel Castells at the USC Annenberg School for Communication.
Melody earned her undergraduate degree in Cinema-Television and English from the University of Southern California,where she is currently pursuing a Master of Professional Writing with an emphasis in nonfiction.She is interested in potential of narrative and digital media to foster pro-social dispositions and scientific literacy.