Lauren Fournier
Creative Director, Writer, Curator, Consultant, Researcher · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Visual Culture & Theory Curating Filmmaking Environmental Humanities Contemporary Literature
Kevin Otto
Professor · University of Florida
Kevin Otto directs the NeuroProstheses Research Lab, which focuses on engineering approaches to treat neurological disorders.
Neurostimulation Device-Tissue Interfaces Neural Engineering Implantable Devices Neuromodulation
William Mougayar
Founder & CEO · Engagio
"They said what about me?" Manage your social network conversations and startup your entrepreneurial spirit with the Founder of Engagio
Entrepreneurship Startups Social Engagement Social Commenting Future of Social Web
Frederick W. Gooding, Jr.
Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professor in Humanities · Texas Christian University
Race, Racism and Discrimination in Pop Culture and/or Mainstream Media (e.g., movies, music and sports).
Sports Movies Discrimination Representations of Race Mainstream Media
Adam Barbu
Independent Writer and Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Winner of the 2015 Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators
Curating Art Design Exhibiting Canadian Heritage
Katherine Dennis
Public Program Coordinator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Katherine Dennis is the recipient of the 2013 Middlebrook Prize.
Curating Museum Collections Art History Public Art Art Education
Isabelle Lynch
Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Isabelle Lynch has worked at McGill University, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery
Art History Contemporary Art Philosophy Visual Arts Research
Sophie Lynch
Curator · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Sophie Lynch has worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, and the National Gallery of Canada.
Fine Art Art History Event Planning Media Relations Creative Writing
Donna Papacosta
Principal · Trafalgar Communications
Engaging audiences where communications and technology meet
Storytelling Social Media in Business Content Curation in Your Organization Podcasting The Successful Independent
Yasmin Nurming-Por
Curator, Writer and Researcher · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Yasmin is the 2017 winner of the Middlebrook Prize
Public Programming Curating Education Project Management
Daniel Reboussin
Curator · University of Florida
Daniel Reboussin’s primary resource acquisitions have created a cluster of manuscripts on 20th century African wildlife conservation.
Rare Cultural Heritage Materials Relating to the African Continent Manuscripts Centered on 20th Century African Wildlife Conservation Curating Smathers Libraries’ Circulating Research Original Artwork of Papa Mfumu’eto
Johannes DeYoung
Assistant Professor · Carnegie Mellon University
Johannes DeYoung is an internationally recognized artist and filmmaker who works at the intersection of computational & material processes.
Animation Art Future of Work Design Cinema
Stephen Ujlaki
Professor of Screenwriting · Loyola Marymount University
Professor of Film and Television of Loyola Marymount University
Made-For-Television Movies Feature Films Cinema
Cecilia González-Andrieu
Professor of Theological Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Ecology and Laudato Si Art & Religion Playwright/poet Federico García Lorca Artist John August Swanson Equity in Education
Georgeen Theodore
Director, Master of Infrastructure Planning Program · New Jersey Institute of Technology
Professor Theodore focuses on the relationship between strategic planning and local development
Equitable Economic Development Participatory & Dialogic Processes Regional Development Sustainable Building Design Strategic Planning
Mitra Fakhrashrafi
Curator and Librarian · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Mitra Fakhrashrafi (she/her) is an independent curator and librarian interested in sanctuary and indebted to border abolition organizing.
Libraries and Information Science Museum Studies Mixed Media Digital Media Curation
Damon Willick
Professor of Art History · Loyola Marymount University
Professor of Art History
Los Angeles Art and Culture Modern Art Contemporary Art
Erin Szikora
Curator, Researcher, and Beadwork Artist · Middlebrook Prize Winners
Erin Szikora is an emerging curator, researcher, and beadwork artist of Cayuga, Scottish, and Hungarian ancestry.
Maya Wilson-Sanchez
Curator, Writer, and Researcher · C Magazine, OCAD University
Maya Wilson-Sanchez is a curator and writer based in Toronto.
Curatorial Studies Performance Art Indigenous Art Art History Visual and Critical Studies