Instructor: Jon Caris, Director of the Spatial Analysis Lab, Smith College

Jon directs the Spatial Analysis Lab at Smith College which supports classes across the curriculum as well as faculty and student scholarship. He studies how decisions made in the political economy manifest themselves upon the landscape. He is particularly interested in visualizing partitioned, regulated space that unintentionally marginalizes individuals and communities. Jon began tinkering with drones in 2013 to capture aerial imagery for a variety of mapping and research projects.  He is now a FAA certified remote pilot and teaches short courses and workshops on drone technology and applications with emphasis on mapping and broadly understanding the emergence of this disruptive technology.

Instructor: Kate Lee, Senior Media Producer, Smith College

Kate is a national award winning writer and producer, and an Adobe and Apple certified master trainer specializing in non-linear editing and motion graphics design. After thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 2002, she arrived at Smith where her job responsibilities include multimedia design and production, animation, and curriculum development. As course director of the Digital Media Literacy campus initiative, she advocates for media that informs and inspires, both through production and education. Lee is a FAA certified remote pilot dedicated to helping students explore their creative potential on the ground and in the air. Read her blog at sophia.smith.edu/blog/smithvideo.