Dr. Melanie Doherty holds a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University and is the Rufus K. and Jane Mulkey Green Professor of English at Wesleyan College, where she teaches writing, literature, and digital studies courses. As Director of...
Shannon Wheatley Hartman, Ph.D., joined the Interactivity Foundation in 2010. She manages long-term developmental projects, oversees community conversation initiatives, and develops classroom pedagogy and educational programming. Some of her developmental projects...
Ieva Notturno is a Fellow at the Interactivity Foundation, where she is currently directing a project on ‘Creativity and Innovation'. She has previously worked on IF’s projects on 'The U.S. National Security and Defense Policy,' 'Human Migration,' and 'Democratic...
Natalie Hopkinson, Ph.D is a fellow of the Interactivity Foundation, where her policy focus has included the arts, culture, engaging urban communities, education, gender and sexuality. She has authored two nonfiction books on culture, Deconstructing Tyrone...
Jack Byrd Jr is an Emeritus Professor of Industrial Engineering at West Virginia University (WVU). He began his teaching career in 1968 and has taught more students at WVU than any other professor in the history of the University. Dr. Byrd is also President of the...
Jeff Prudhomme, Ph.D., is a Vice President and Fellow of the Interactivity Foundation. He joined the Foundation in 2002 and became a Vice President in 2009. His core activities include: participating in the overall guidance of the Foundation’s operations,...
Dennis Boyer retired from full-time work with IF in July 2020, but is continuing to work and advise part-time as a Fellow Emeritus on a few select projects. Before joining IF in 2004, Dennis practiced law for thirty years. He worked in government, labor...
Adolf Gundersen retired from the Interactivity Foundation in mid 2021. His twenty plus years of work for IF has added a practical dimension to a career devoted to understanding and promoting public deliberation as a teacher, theorist, policy analyst, and social...
Pete is a Fellow and Projects Administrator for the Interactivity Foundation. He works closely with the Foundation’s Intellectual Development Committee to coordinate the Foundation’s public discussion efforts, its website, and other developmental programs. To date,...
Suzanne Goodney Lea joined the Interactivity Foundation as a full-time Fellow in May 2009. Prior to that she was an Assistant Professor and Chair of Trinity College’s Criminal Justice Program in Washington, D.C. From 2005 to 2007, she was an Assistant Professor...