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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.

Portrait of Joni Adamson

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.

Portrait of Alexandrina Agloro

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.

Portrait of Daniel Collins

Daniel Collins

Professor

School of Art

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.

Portrait of Serena Ferrando

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.

Portrait of Adriene Jenik

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.

Portrait of Ellen Meissinger

Ellen Meissinger

Professor

School of Art

Meissinger currently supervises one of the largest watercolor and water-based media art programs in the country.

Portrait of Melissa Nelson

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.

Portrait of Christy Spackman

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.