Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Kathleen Ruiz is a media artist who creates simulations, games, installations, sculpture and photography. Her work explores issues about perception, behavior, interaction and the confluence of the imaginary and the real, inviting inquiry into how conceptual constructs are built and how they serve to shape ethics and power.

Kate Galloway is Assistant Professor in Ethnomusicology, Sound Studies, and Games at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She was previously on faculty at Wesleyan University and held the position of Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Research Centre for the Study of Music, Media, and Place (MMaP) and School of Music, funded by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2014-2016) and Adjunct Assistant Professor.

John Milanese explores philosophical questions about science and technology, especially those concerning the role that ethical and political values play in shaping scientific research and technological progress. In all of his classes, students have the opportunity to work closely with him and their peers on projects of their own creation that are most relevant to their interests. He currently works with students in the following classes: Minds and Machines, Critical Thinking, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. 

Hailed by The Mercury News (San Jose, CA) as "a pianist with insight and passion, practically vanishing into the notes…" Jingwen Tu has forged a chamber and solo career throughout North America and Europe.  Recent performances have taken her to such venues as Alice Tully Hall, the Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, The DiMenna Center, The Morgan Library and Museum, the Banff Center, and Matav Music Hall in Budapest, among many others.  Ms.

Jianling Yue is a lecturer and Chinese Minor Advisor in the Department of Communication and Media. Yue’s teaching and academic pursuits have earned her numerous awards and commendations from both colleagues and students.

Jennifer Cardinal is a cultural anthropologist who studies community-led sustainable development and climate justice. Her ethnographic research extends a political ecology approach to questions about the precarious relationships, practices, and discourse at the intersection of community and sustainability. She teaches methodological and conceptual tools to understand local meanings and practices in the context of global systems.

Dr. Huh is an applied microeconomist with primary research interests in health economics and public economics. He has examined how government insurance programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, may help improve people's access to health care services and health outcomes. His work focuses on the supply side of the market and how providers respond to health policy interventions.More generally, Dr. Huh seeks to study important policy-relevant questions in applied microeconomics. His projects also include topics in urban economics and environmental economics.

Jim Malazita (Ph.D. Drexel University) is Associate Professor of Science & Technology Studies and the Associate Director of the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He studies the co-production of technological and social elements of games and creative software, with a particular focus on game engines, gender, and race.

Jamecyn Morey is an active solo, chamber and orchestral violinist. Ms. Morey has appeared as a soloist with orchestra at Lincoln Center as part of their Distinguished Concerts International New York series. She has also appeared as a soloist with the Young Musicians and Artists Festival Orchestra in Oregon, the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra, and recently completed the premiere recording of Michael Daugherty’s “This Land Sings" as solo violin for Naxos Records.    Ms.

Igor Vamos is a media artist and culture jammer. Vamos is also known as “Mike Bonanno,” in his work with The Yes Men, the performance-activist duo that impersonates captains of industry and surprise unsuspecting business audiences with satirical, poignant actions that comment upon pressing social and environmental issues. "After 10,000 years of a stable climate, the earth has entered a period of great instability,” says Vamos. “Because of this, students today will likely face environmental and social problems at a scale and complexity that civilization has yet to witness.