John Henry studied art at the New York Student Art League and the Boston Museum School and earned a degree in Computer Science and Visual Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For over 30 years John Henry Thompson has been teaching creative coding, creating computer art, building software products, and leading engineering teams.



John Henry has been instrumental in defining, developing, and delivering over 18 award winning commercial software applications including as project lead at Lucasfilm on the ​EditDroid project and as Chief Scientist at Adobe/Macromedia Director where he invented Lingo and XObjects. He wrote the best selling Macromedia Director Lingo Workshop published in several languages for the multimedia market. John Henry is a full time faculty fellow in New York University’s -Tisch-ITP program.

Shindy is an educator and new media technology researcher who earned a degree in Chemistry and Physics at the University of Guyana. After migrating to the USA and teaching at a large urban high school Shindy earned an MA in Science Education at New York University Steinhardt School of Education. Her interest in emerging digital technologies led to an MPS in Interactive Telecommunications at New York University-Tisch-ITP program. Shindy is a published co- author of two science workbooks for Adult Education in South Africa, and is currently Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor in New York University’s -Tisch-ITP program. Shindy is a cooking and urban sustainability gardening enthusiast who has instigated an herb garden on the balcony of ITP’s 370 Jay Street facility.

Tyler is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and start-up advisor. He is currently the CEO and founder of Tickr, Inc. Before that, he worked as a consultant developing digital data strategies for Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, Cisco, and others. Before that he was founder and CEO of MightyMail, a rich email services platform that was acquired by NBC. He worked at Apple for 5 years in new product development and has authored multiple software patents on topics like collectible software and the use of natural language processing to enhance written communication. He has a bachelor’s degree from Ohio University and a Masters of Science in Visual Studies from the Media Lab at MIT.

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Cornell University, Dr. J.E. Carillo graduated from Columbia College, received his M.D. and M.P.H. from Harvard, and served for years as faculty of Harvard Medical and Public Health schools. Dr Carrillo trained in internal medicine at Cambridge and Massachusetts General Hospitals and continues to practice and teach medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College.


As an Epidemiologist he provided televised Spanish language commentary on COVID-19 for Univision and Telemundo. He is widely published, highly awarded, has served in State and Federal advisory councils, and is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine.


Dr. Carrillo has innovated population health programs at Harvard, as President of NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation, and Vice President of New York Presbyterian Hospital. At Harvard he laid the foundation for Patient Centered Cross-Cultural Healthcare, pioneering the fields of Cultural Competence and Patient Centered Cross-Cultural Communication.

Serving as Director of Equity and Justice in Curricular Affairs, Co-Director of the Anti-Racism Coalition, Director of the Narrative Medicine Portfolio curriculum at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Cunningham is also Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education and the Learning Environment in Pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She partners with faculty, staff, and students to promote equity, justice, and anti-racism.


Dr. Cunningham practices and teaches at New York Presbyterian’s Rangel Community Clinic. She graduated from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Shawn is the Chair of ITP/IMA within Tisch at NYU. In 2008 he received the David Payne Carter award for excellence in teaching.


His research and development involve tools that support low cost media making, distribution and interactivity, including on mobile devices. He has exhibited at many technology conferences including O’Reilly’s Emerging Technology. He co-organized the Open Media Developers Summit, Beyond Broadcast (2006) and iPhoneDevCamp NYC. His first published book is Pro Android Media.


Shawn runs a mobile and online media consultancy for clients ranging from MoMA to Morgan Stanley, NYU Medical School and countless start-ups.


Shawn holds a Master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU and a Bachelor’s degree in Media Study from SUNY at Buffalo.

Marianne R. Petit is an artist and educator whose work explores fairy tales, anatomical obsessions, graphic and narrative medicine, and collective storytelling practices through mechanical books that combine animation and paper craft. She explores combining technology, traditional book arts, and sequential storytelling to create new forms of narrative. Her movable books appear in numerous museum and library collections. Her artwork has been exhibited internationally, and featured in publications including Hyperallergic and Wired, and broadcast on IFC and PBS.


Marianne teaches courses in digital media, animation, paper arts, storytelling, and assistive technology. She was co-founder of NYU Shanghai’s Interactive Media Arts Program (IMA), founding director from 2013-2016, and faculty member through 2018. She has taught at NYU’s Abu Dhabi campus, co-founded the NYU Ability Project, and received the 2016 NYU Distinguished Teaching Award. She currently serves as Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Network Academic Planning.

Marjorie is an IMA student who’s passionate about enhancing user experience through her skills in human-centered design and web development. She firmly believes that emerging technology presents unparalleled creative potentials, and serves as a powerful tool for communication and connection. This project, to her, perfectly bridges her education in interactive media and tackling real-world problems, and she is grateful to be a part of something so meaningful.

Kaitlyn is a full time student at NYU Tisch pursuing Interactive Media Arts with a minor in Web Programming and Applications. Her passion lies in experimenting with new media technologies to tell meaningful and playful stories that resonate with users beyond fleeting moments. While her role focuses primarily on web design and development, she has been brought in conversation with all aspects of the project from ideating social content to data visualizations to humanize and make meaning out of numbers and statistics. Working on the Covid-19 Impact Project has been deeply rewarding in allowing her the opportunity to leverage multimedia to effectively represent stories and memorialize the pandemic.

Yu Lee is a programmer who seeks to bring a sense of respite and healing to individuals by creating generative art and web-based experience. Her works are designed to be a safe zone from the chaos and noise of everyday life, offering a playful and restorative space where individuals can find peace and solace by interacting with intricate geometric shapes, mesmerizing procedural motion, and constantly changing patterns. She sees procedural methods as a form of evolution and freedom in a world that can often feel chaotic and uncontrollable, and she aims to create art and experience that embody a sense of self-determination.

Lisha Nie is an artist who works in video, computer-based media, sculpture, and installation.