Rosalind Williams attended Wellesley College and received degrees from Harvard University (B.A. History and Literature), the University of California at Berkeley (M.A. Modern European History) and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Ph.D. History). Beginning in 1982 she taught in the Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT. From 1995 to 2000 she served as MIT’s first Dean of Students and Undergraduate Education. In 2001 she joined the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, serving as program head from 2002-06. Her main scholarly affiliation is the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), of which she served as president in 2005-06, and from which she received its highest award, the Leonardo da Vinci Medal, in 2013. She has been awarded honorary degrees from KTH in Stockholm and the Technical University of Eindhoven.

Christine Schreyer is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, where she teaches a range of courses in linguistic anthropology. Her research focuses on language revitalization and documentation, in Canada and in Papua New Guinea, as well as the relationship between endangered language communities and created language communities. She has conducted research with the Na’vi speech community (from the movie Avatar) and she is the creator of the Kryptonian language from Man of Steel (2013). Recently, she was co-producer of the documentary film Kala Language Project: Kala Walo Nuã about her community-based work with Kala speakers. She is also an executive producer for the documentary film Conlanging: The Art of Crafting Tongues, which will be completed in 2016.

Aaron Leon is from Splatsin where he grew up in the town of Armstrong. Leon attended Concordia University where he received his BFA with a major in photography and oversees the media needs of the Language and Cultural Program of the Splatsin Tsm7aksaltn Teaching Centre. He is helping to preserve the Splatsin dialect of Secwepemctsín in which there are less than 1% of fluent speakers left. Leon has been focusing on promoting a healthier community through arts and culture, by helping organize art and culture workshops at Splatsin. He has worked in community theatre and currently sits on the board of directors for Caravan Farm Theatre. Interested in exploring identity and Indigenous history, Leon is currently attending UBC Okanagan in the Interdisciplinary Graduate program researching Secwépemc histories and stories in hopes of learning more about how Indigenous People can protect knowledge digitally, and keep intact the importance of responsibility, respect, and reciprocity in the digital world.

David Lacho is an anthropologist and software engineer who strives understand people’s relationship(s) with technology to inform meaningful decisions relating to interface design & software development. He has worked extensively with Indigenous communities across Canada and in Papua New Guinea, especially on language revitalization projects for the Taku River Tlingit First Nation, Splatsin Tsm7aksaltn (Splatsin Teaching Society), and for the Kala speaking villages of Papua New Guinea. From developing an augmented reality storybook to making an online environmental encyclopedia, Lacho’s projects dealing with tailoring technological resources to meet a community’s specific needs.

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