Phil Hamlett is the Director of the School of Graphic Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, educator, designer, and Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt in New York City.

Jason Fox began his teaching career as a part-time professor in 2000 while working as a creative manager and illustrator in the dental industry.

Keetra Dean Dixon is a designer whose work inhabits speculative terrain, leveraging emergent technologies and process-focused making.

Matthew Flick serves as vice president of education, creative director, and instructor at the School of Advertising Art.

Cindy Buckley Koren has worked with clients like AT&T, Global Finance and Runner's World Magazine and lives in Upstate NY in order to teach and raise her family.