Justin Barry
Justin is an interdisciplinary artist and NYFA artist’s fellowship recipient. His work has been exhibited internationally in various venues, with work recently on view at CAVE in Detroit, CUAC in Salt Lake City, and at the University of Richmond Art Museum. Recent issues of Frieze, Pin-up magazine, Media-N, and Prattfolio included features on his work and Bomb Magazine commisioned the piece i-would.com from him as part of their portfolio series in 2013. Berry currently serves as project lead for the center’s Blended Reality collective, part of an applied research grant in mixed reality at the university. He is a member of the gallery collective Essex Flowers based in New York, and from 2007 to 2008 he was co-director of the artist run curatorial space Alogon, in Chicago, IL. He holds an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago.

Milena Batanova
Milena currently leads the school-based strategy development and evaluation work at Making Caring Common, a project of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She's dedicated to finding effective, scalable, and sustained ways to cultivate empathy in young people and the adults with whom they interact. As MCC’s Research and Evaluation Manager, she’s also involved in various related initiatives, including MCC’s Caring Schools Network – which supports schools in improving their school climate so as to foster more caring and inclusive communities – and the development of specific strategies that guide older students in ‘talking across the aisle’ when it comes to socio-political issues. Milena obtained her PhD in Health Behavior & Health Education from The University of Texas at Austin, where she conducted research on individual and social factors related to empathy and aggression/victimization in adolescence. Milena then joined the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University, first as a postdoctoral scholar and then a Research Assistant Professor. There, she co-directed the Arthur Interactive Media Buddy Project - an elementary school program using peer mentoring and interactive graphic novels to develop character virtues such as empathy and humility in young students. Milena enjoys reading, traveling, and good company. 

Lee Keylock
Lee is Director of Global Programs at Narrative 4 and oversees the coordination and administration of all aspects of N4’s ongoing programmatic development. Originally from Britain, Lee emigrated to the United States in 1989 and taught English at Newtown High School in Connecticut for thirteen years. He has served as an adjunct professor teaching Creative Writing and Composition at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, where he also earned his MFA in Creative Writing.

Philip Levine
I began working with VR with the Oculus Developer Kits several years ago and quickly found a passion for it. I’m a recent graduate of the University of New Haven looking to find a place to put my VR/AR skills to work. I currently create games for sale and prototypes for education and entertainment under the label Cold Flame Studios. I occasionally consult with University of New Haven faculty on VR/AR projects, and I recently was involved in proposing a new Multidisciplinary Innovative Learning Laboratory for the University of New Haven that would use new technologies like VR/AR to teach students, develop their skills, and get them jobs. I'm hopeful that the University will be receptive and intend to do great things going forward.

Randall Rode
Randall is a member of Yale University’s Information Technology Services team, charged with assisting faculty, staff and student leaders across Yale departments, schools and centers with emerging technology needs and projects.  Recent projects include working with the VP for Student Affairs to implement a campus-wide student life platform for undergraduate, graduate and professional school students;  Initiating and leading a partnership with HP to fund a multi-year applied research project on educational uses of 3D fabrication, virtual reality and immersive computing technologies (http://blendedreality.yale.edu);  And building a campus partnership during spring 2018 to sponsor Yale’s first hackathon utilizing mixed reality technologies with a theme of global climate change.   Connect with him on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/randallrode .

Roxann Riskin
Her professional experiences most recently includes her higher education employment for twelve years, as a Library-Technology Specialist, Disability Liaison, at Fairfield University in Connecticut. Currently, as a Learner Experience Designer-Facilitator, she has facilitated innovative technology prototypes and pilots including the Google Glass for Autism device, by Brain Power, neuroscientist and CEO Dr. Ned Sahin, in the Fairfield Pubic Schools in Connecticut. Her professional outreach includes a higher education communications pilot, in immersive 360-VR, at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. In addition to this, she has written and presented numerous NERCOMP webinars and has been a Poster Presenter at the Annual NERCOMP Conference in Rhode Island. This October, she participated on the expert panel at the Connecticut Association of School Librarians, CECA/CASL 2018 conference, “Designing Immersive 360-VR Experiences in Education”. She is a featured Learning Experience Design Learner Coach, with NOVO ED online. This year she has also completed Instructional Design, e-Learning from the University of Washington, Mindfulness Education, from Mindful Schools, and MBSR training from Yale University. She is a recognized participant-member of the online, weekly Future Trends Forum, hosted by internationally recognized educator and futurist, Dr. Bryan Alexander.