Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Scroll through our list of media-ready experts based out of or affiliated with the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts. Click on their name to learn more about their unique expertise, recent media coverage and how to connect with them.


Brian McAuley
Expert in: Screenwriting, Storytelling, Writing, Digital narratives

Carla Bishop
Expert in: Digital narratives, Digital media, Film studies, Diversity, Interactive media, Video streaming, African American studies, Community development, Media studies, Filmmaking, Documentary filmmaking

Cristina Ibarra
Expert in: Film studies, Border wall, Borderlands, Media studies, Storytelling, Digital media, Interactive media, Digital narratives, Video streaming, Cultural diversity, Filmmaking, Documentary filmmaking

Alex Rivera
Expert in: Border wall, Borderlands, Creative teaching, Cross culture communication, Cultural diversity, Digital narratives, Film studies, New media, Media studies, Storytelling, Filmmaking, Documentary filmmaking

Peter Murrieta
Expert in: Screenwriting, Television, Film studies, Netflix, Video streaming, Digital media, Digital narratives, Storytelling, Writing



Pavan Turaga
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Arts, Media and Engineering, School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, College of Health Solutions
Expert in: Artificial intelligence, Digital media


Nick Pilarski
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, School of Arts, Media and Engineering
Expert in: Interactive media, New media

Robert LiKamWa
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Arts, Media and Engineering, School of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
Expert in: Computation, Digital media, Virtual reality, Augmented reality

Nonny de la Peña
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, The Sidney Poitier New American Film School, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Expert in: Digital media, Digital narratives, Interactive media

Paul Coseo
Expert in: Community development, Social justice, Sustainability, Landscape architecture, Urban heat island, Urban design, Architecture


Paola Sanguinetti
Expert in: Architecture, Design, 3D printing, Sustainability

Cheryl Boone Issacs
Expert in: Film studies, Media studies, Digital media, Theater, Writing, Public relations, Marketing, Digital marketing, Business leadership

Jason Scott
Expert in: Film studies, Media studies, Digital media, Digital marketing, Feminism, Marketing, Public relations, LGBTQ media, Theater

Lance Gharavi
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Music, Dance and Theatre, Interplanetary Initiative, School of Earth and Space Exploration
Expert in: Performance studies, Performance art, Theater, Transdisciplinary, Science communication, Artificial intelligence


Claudia Brown
Expert in: Museums, Community development, Entrepreneurship, Art history, Media studies



Garth Paine
Expert in: Music education, Sustainability, Ecology, Interactive media, Interactive performance, Digital media, Performance art

Ariane Middel
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, School of Arts, Media and Engineering, The Design School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Urban Climate Research Center
Expert in: Remote sensing, Sustainability, Transdisciplinary, Urban design, Sustainable development, Climate change, Urban heat island, Heat, Engineering, Research, Sustainable cities

Daniel Bernard Roumain
Expert in: String Instruments, Contemporary opera, Classical music, Music composition

Wanda Dalla Costa
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, The Design School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Expert in: Architecture, Cultural engagement, Indigenous architecture, Indigenous design, Climate resiliency, Engineering

Maria Rosario Jackson
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, The Design School, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions
Expert in: Art in society, Creativity, Cultural engagement, Cultural diversity, Ethnic studies, Race relations

Liz Lerman
Expert in: Dance, Creativity, Art in society, Aging, Performance studies, Digital narratives, Digital humanities, Interactive performance, Nonverbal communication, Transdisciplinary, Creative studies

Ron Broglio
Department of English, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Expert in: Literature, Sustainability, Art in society, Bioethics, Conservation ecology, Emerging technologies, Philosophy, Animal studies