Danielle Wood is an Associate Professor in the Program in Media Arts & Sciences and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at MIT. Professor Wood serves as the Faculty Lead for African and African Diaspora Studies and is the founding director of the Space Enabled Research Group in the MIT Media Lab which seeks to advance justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space. Space Enabled designs systems that use tools from space to promote sustainability on Earth, and seeks equity and accessibility for technology used in Space.
Danielle Wood's background includes satellite design, earth science applications, systems engineering, and technology policy. Prior to serving as faculty at MIT, Professor Wood held positions at NASA Headquarters, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Aerospace Corporation, Johns Hopkins University, and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs. Professor Wood studied at MIT, where she earned a PhD in engineering systems, SM in aeronautics and astronautics, SM in technology policy, and SB in aerospace engineering.
Kenyon Adams/KYN (he/they) is a multi-hyphenate creator, speaker, coach, and artistic director. Through ritual arts practices, he seeks to reclaim or expand embodied ways of knowing, towards imagining and constructing sustainable futures. His forthcoming book Joywerk: Affirmations for Creative Souls, motivates creative people of all kinds to discover and fulfill their CORE CONTRIBUTION.
Rena Butler hails from Chicago, IL, and began her studies at The Chicago Academy for the Arts. She studied overseas at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan, and received her BFA from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. Rena performed with companies including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, AIM by Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, The Kevin Wynn Collection, Pasos Con Sabor Salsa Dance Company, and Gibney Company.
