Rahul Bhargava

Rahul Bhargava is a researcher and technologist specializing in civic technology and data literacy. He creates interactive websites used by hundreds of thousands, playful educational experiences across the globe, and award-winning visualizations for museum settings. As a Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Civic Media, Rahul leads technical development on projects ranging from interfaces for quantitative news analysis, to platforms for crowd-sourced sensing. He has a special interest in how new technologies are introduced to people in settings focused on learning.

Catherine D’Ignazio

Catherine D’Ignazio is a scholar, artist/designer and software developer who focuses on data literacy, feminist technology and how new forms of storytelling informed by technology can be used for civic engagement. She is an Assistant Professor of Civic Media and Data Visualization at Emerson College, a Faculty Director at the Engagement Lab and a research affiliate at the MIT Media Lab/Center for Civic Media.

Alexandrina Agloro

Alexandrina Agloro is an Assistant Professor of Interactive Media & Game Development and Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She’s currently a co-chair of the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Committee for FemTechNet, a multi-university collaborative feminist technology organization. She is the Futurist for the Latino Pacific Archive and is working on developing a line of ovulation-tracking jewelry that is both affordable and flawlessly stylish. As a community-based researcher and participatory designer, her speculative work is still anchored in lived experience. Currently, she is the scholar-in-residence at New Urban Arts, a youth art studio and imagination incubator in Providence, RI.