Mark Harrison:

Mark holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University.  He has taught a wide range of theatre, opera and film courses at the University of Washington (as Head of MFA directing program), Smith College, the University of Texas, and the Lincoln Center Institute in New York City. Internationally, Mark was a visiting professor in American Studies at Universität Hamburg in Germany and in 2011 will be representing Evergreen as an exchange professor at Hyogo University in Kobe, Japan. For additional information about Mark's professional credits in theatre, opera and film, please refer to his Evergreen faculty webpage.

Doug Schuler:

Doug has a masters degree in Software Engineering from Seattle University and a masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Washington. He's a former chair of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) and a founding member of the Seattle Community Network (SCN). Doug's new book Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution, which will be published by MIT Press in 2008, contains 136 "patterns" written by Doug and over 80 contributors. His recent books, co-edited with Peter Day, are Shaping the Network Society: The New Role of Civil Society in Cyberspace (MIT Press) and Community Practice in the Network Society: Local Action / Global Interaction (Routledge). His book New Community Networks: Wired for Change (Addison-Wesley) is freely available online in both English and Spanish.

For over 20 years Doug has been engaged with issues relating to society and computing. Doug is currently the program director for CPSR's Public Sphere Project where he is coordinating a participatory action / research project on civic intelligence. He's given presentations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South and North America on issues related to democratic, equitable and sustainable uses of technology.