Art, literature, visual arts, humanities, media
The humanities explore how water shapes cultures, societies and belief systems. Art, literature and other means of creative expression not only play an important role in the education of climate and water issues, but can also be powerful agents of change.

Joni Adamson
President’s Professor
English
- Walton Center for Planetary Health #445 777 E University PO Box 872404
Adamson is President’s Professor of environmental humanities in the Department of English. She is Director of Humanities for the Environment, North America & the BRIDGES Flagship Hub at ASU’s Global Futures Laboratory.
Alexandrina Agloro
Assistant Professor
School for the Future of Innovation in Society
Dr. Agloro is an assistant professor, community-based media maker, and media theorist whose work spans the intersection of media art, community-based research, and birthwork.
Daniel Collins
Professor
School of Art
- 480/965-8521
- TOWER A 105
Collins teaches courses in intermedia and art pedagogy. He is also founding co-director of the PRISM lab, an interdisciplinary digital design facility, and coordinator of artCore, the School of Art’s foundation program.
Serena Ferrando
Assistant Professor
School of International Letters and Cultures
- 480/965-4186
- Durham Language and Literature Building 851 S. Cady Mall Office 304 E
Dr. Ferrando explores plants, animals, and water in modern Italian poetry; environmental and experimental noisescapes; and the digital humanities. She founded Navigli Project, a digital interactive map of Milan’s waters.
Adriene Jenik
Professor
School of Art
- Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts School of Art PO BOX 871505
Adriene Jenik is an artist and educator who resides in the desert. Her current research spans “data humanization” performances, ECOtarot readings, and experiments in extreme experiential learning.
Ellen Meissinger
Professor
School of Art
- 480/965-3748
- ART 332
Meissinger currently supervises one of the largest watercolor and water-based media art programs in the country.
Melissa Nelson
Professor
School of Sustainability
Melissa Nelson, professor of Indigenous sustainability, researches biocultural heritage and environmental justice, intercultural solidarity, and the renewal and celebration of community health and cultural arts.
Christy Spackman
Associate Professor
School for the Future of Innovation in Society
Spackman studies the environmental and social impact of scientific and technological efforts to manipulate sensory experiences of smelling and tasting.