PARTNERS

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

FILM · TV · MUSIC · MEDIA

The Creative Process goes behind the scenes with creatives to share the stories of projects produced by Amazon Studios, HBO, Hulu, AppleTV+ Universal, Paramount, Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros., Sony Music, Showtime, DreamWorks, Focus Features, among others.

EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS

The Creative Process collaborates with experiential learning programs, faculty, and students on arts and environmental podcasts and a range of initiatives.

NORTH AMERICA

INTERNATIONAL
The Creative Process collaborates with a network of European universities and serves on the Advisory Board of the European Conference for the Humanities. We collaborate with faculty and students on podcasts and a range of educational initiatives.

INSTITUTES · RESEARCH LABS & ORGANIZATIONS

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OTHER PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS

The Creative Process and One Planet Podcasts are endebted to participating faculty and department directors for co-creating episodes / collaborating on a range of educational initiatives.

University of Oxford
Nick Bostrom, Founding Director of Future of Humanity Institute
Anthony Gardner, Ruskin School of Art

Columbia University
Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Center for Sustainable Development

Yale University
Nicholas Christakis, Director, Human Nature Labe, Co-Director, Yale Institute for Network Science

The New School
Richard D. Wolff (Graduate Program in International Affairs), Founder of Democracy at Work, Host of Economic Update

University College London
David Simon, Director of External Engagement, School of Life Sciences & Environment, Fmr. Director Mistra Urban Futures, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg

Sir Geoff Mulgan CBE, Prof. of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation, Fmr. Dir. of UK Government's Strategy Unit and head of policy, Co-founder Demos, the Young Foundation, the Social Innovation Exchange (SIX), Uprising, Studio Schools Trust, Action for Happiness, the Alliance for Useful Evidence, the Australia Centre for Social Innovation, Nesta

University of British Columbia
Suzanne Simard, Leader of The Mother Tree Project & The Simard Lab

Wilfred Laurier University
Jonathan Newman, Vice President of Research, Dept. of Biology

Ohio State University
Treva B. Lindsey, Transformative Black Feminisms Initiative

Potsdam University, Physics Institute
Anders Levermann, Head of Research Dept. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

University of Notre Dame
Roy Scranton, Director of Notre Dame Environmental Humanities Initiative

University at Albany, SUNY
David A. Banks, Director of Globalization Studies

University of Edinburgh
David Farrier, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network

UC Santa Barbara
Chris Funk, Director of Climate Hazards Center

UC Irvine
Steven Allison, Director of Newkirk Center for Science & Society

Brown University
Oded Galor, Founder of Unified Growth Theory, Professor of Economics

University of Colorado Boulder
Philip Fernbach, Co-Director of Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making

City University of New York (CUNY)
Ashley Dawson, Founder of Climate Action Lab, Postcolonial Studies, English Dept.

Queen Mary University of London
Lars Chittka, Founder of the Research Centre for Psychology

Stonybrook University
Carl Safina, Ecologist, Founding President of Safina Center

George Mason University
Mona Sarfaty, Executive Director & Founder of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
Edward Maibach, Director, GMU Center for Climate Change Communication

Duke University
Stuart Pimm, Nicholas School of the Environment, Founding Director of Saving Nature

University of Sussex
Claire Potter, BSc/BA Product Design

University of Oregon
Craig Kauffman. Director of Graduate Studies, Environmental Studies and Latin American Studies

among others

Educational partners, co-creators of podcasts, and associated initiatives are expanded on a daily basis. For a more comprehensive view of our activities, follow our channels across the arts, sciences, and environmental sectors.

THE CREATIVE TEAM

Our advisory team is comprised of professors, department chairs, administrators, journal editors, film studies directors, librarians, translators, and alumni of leading universities. Some of the participating universities include Columbia, Harvard, MIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Princeton, Sorbonne, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Brown, Stanford, Georgetown, NYU, University of Washington, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts-Paris, Barnard, Carnegie Mellon University, Tokyo University of the Arts, Rice University, Sarah Lawrence College, University of Michigan, University of South Carolina, DePaul, Amherst, UC Irvine, University of Chicago, George Washington University, American University-Washington, D.C., Tulane, Bard, Loyola, University of Iowa, Fordham, University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, Occidental College, Oberlin, Pace, University of Warsaw, Syracuse University, Michigan State University, Łódź Film School, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Chapman, University of Mississippi, Vassar, St. Virginia Tech, Olaf College, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Saint Louis University, Mt. Holyoke College, NYU Abu Dhabi, Macalester College, University of Texas at Austin, Howard University, Manhattan College, University of Leuven, Rutgers, Pitzer College, Dartmouth, Claremont Colleges, Bates College, University of Miami, George Mason University, University of Salamanca, University of Hong Kong, and Tel Aviv University, among others.

ADVISORY COUNCIL

NORTH AMERICA
EUROPE
ASIA
AFRICA
MIDDLE EAST
SECTION EDITORS
 

Founder of The Creative Process, Artist & Interviewer: Mia Funk

Committees are presently being formed in a number of participating universities in North America, Europe, and Asia.*
For more information on the universities involved and to find out how your university, magazine or library can participate in the exhibition, please contact us.

ADVISORY BOARD & ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Creative Process is celebrating the link between literature and other disciplines. In support of A/V expansion, our advisory board includes notable figures across the arts. In addition, most of our participating interviewees, librarians, and teachers have advised on the project by nominating people, disciplines, and themes to include, inviting us to collaborate in their projects, or taking part in other initiatives with The Creative Process.

Ingrid Newkirk
Founder & President of PETA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Carl Safina
Ecologist, Author & Founding President of Safina Center

Claire Potter
Designer, Lecturer, Author of Welcome to the Circular Economy

Ada Limón
U.S. Poet Laureate, Host of The Slowdown podcast

Joëlle Gergis
Lead Author of IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Author of Humanity’s Moment

Oded Galor
Author of The Journey of Humanity, Founder of Unified Growth Theory

Sir Geoff Mulgan
Fmr, Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit Director & Downing Street’s Head of Policy · Fmr. Chief Executive of Nesta
Author of Another World is Possible

Alain Robert
Rock & Urban Climber known for Free Solo Climbing 150+ of the World’s Tallest Skyscrapers using no Climbing Equipment

Noah Wilson Rich
Co-founder & CEO of The Best Bees Company

Chris Funk
Director of the Climate Hazards Center at UC Santa Barbara
Author of Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes to Recent Catastrophes

David Farrier
Professor of Literature and the Environment, University of Edinburgh
Author of Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils

Dr. Suzanne Simard
Professor of Forest Ecology, Author of Finding the Mother Tree

Peter Singer
”Most Influential Living Philosopher”
Author of Animal Liberation · Founder of The Life You Can Save

Britt Wray
Author of Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis Researcher Working on Climate Change & Mental Health, Stanford

Walter Stahel
Architect, Economist, Founding Father of Circular Economy
Founder-Director of the Product-Life Institute

Mathis Wackernagel
Founder & President of the Global Footprint Network
World Sustainability Award Winner

Jay Famiglietti
Fmr. Senior Water Scientist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Exec. Director, Global Institute for Water Security
Host of What About Water? Podcast

Martin von Hildebrand
Indigenous Rights Activist, Winner of Right Livelihood & Skoll Awards
Founder of Fundacion Gaia Amazonas, named #40 NGOs of the World by The Global Journal

Bill Hare
Founder & CEO of Climate Analytics, Physicist, Climate Scientist

Sir Andy Haines
Tyler Prize Award-winner for Environmental Achievement
Professor of Environmental Change & Public Health

Lisa Jackson Pulver
Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Sydney's Indigenous Strategy & Services

Pia Mancini
Co-founder & CEO of Open Collective
Chair of DemocracyEarth Foundation, YGL World Economic Forum

Merlin Sheldrake
Biologist & Bestselling Author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures, Winner of the Wainwright Prize 2021

Ron Gonen
Founder & CEO of Closed Loop Partners
Fmr. Deputy Commissioner of Sanitation, Recycling & Sustainability, NYC

Nicholas Royle
Co-author of An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
Author of Mother: A Memoir

Mark Burgman
Director of the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
Editor-in-Chief of Conservation Biology

Mike Davis
CEO of Global Witness

Ibrahim AlHusseini
Founder & CEO of FullCycle Fund

Gaia Vince
Science Writer & Broadcaster
Author of Transcendence · Adventures in the Anthropocene

Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Poet & Author of World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks and Other Astonishments

Ana Castillo
Award-Winning Xicana Activist, Editor, Poet, Novelist & Artist

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Ioannis Trohopoulos
Director, UNESCO World Book Capital, Athens 2018-2019, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center & Future Library Project 

Christina Mossaides Strassfield
Museum Director and Chief Curator
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, New York

Susan Fisher Sterling
Director
National Museum of Women in the Arts

Peter McLaren
Distinguished Professor in Critical Studies, College of Educational Studies, Chapman University · Co-Director of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project & International Ambassador for Global Ethics and Social Justice · Emeritus Professor of Urban Education, UCLA · Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership, Miami University of Ohio · Honorary Director of Center for Critical Studies in Education in Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China

Cynthia Daniels
Award-winning Sound Engineer & Music Producer · Monk Music Studios

Robert Levi
Award-winning Documentary Filmmaker & Cinematographer

BOARD

Kate Mueth
Founder and Artistic Director of The Neo-Political Cowgirls · League of Professional Theatre Women · East Hampton Arts Council

Professor David Palumbo-Liu
Public Intellectual, Writer and Chair of Comparative Literature at Stanford University
Host of Speaking Out of Place podcast

Harold P. Sjursen, PhD,  Ing.Paed.IGIP 
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, NYU
Visiting Professor of  Ethics, Chair of International Advisory Board: SGE, Beihang University
Visiting Research Professor: Higher Education Research Institute, East China University of Science and Technology
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy: Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute

Interviews Curator and Supporting Events Coordinator (San Francisco): Scott Peterson (Head of Graduate Services Library & Morrison Library, UC Berkeley)

Collaborating Curators (Guild Hall & The Hamptons Creative Community): Bruce Wolosoff, Elise Trucks, Josh Gladstone, Kate Mueth

Sound & Podcast Advisor: Cynthia Daniels (Recording Engineer, Producer & Musician, MonkMusic Studios)

Art Direction / Projection Elements Advisor: Tony Walton† (director and production designer for Broadway, film, television, ballet and opera, including Mary Poppins, All That Jazz, Death of a Salesman, Murder on the Orient Express…)

A/V Development: Robert Levi (Filmmaker and Cinematographer, Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life)

Prof. Barbara Baert (Art Historian, Professor of Art History at KU Leuven & Founder of the Iconology Research Group)

A/V Advisor: Mats Hjelm (artist, documentary filmmaker and creator of multimedia installations)

Communications, Development Strategy and Operational Streamlining Advisor: Liz del Carmen Martinez (Current: Digital Strategy Director Brian Forde for Congress. Previous: HuffPost News & Originals Video Producer; Assistant Producer at Al Jazeera English.)

Philanthropic Development and Donor Relations (United States): Lydia Broer (Previous: Director, Grants & Research, Alzheimer's Association, NYC; Director of Development, Hancock Shaker Village; Development Manager, South Street Seaport Museum, NYC )

Pure Imagination Program - Young Writers Mentor: Vincent Walsh (Current: English teacher, New Britain High School, CT. Previous: English Professor at Lehigh University and DeSales University.)

Digital Humanities and Comparative Cultural Studies Assignment Editor: Juliana Nalerio (Current: Modern Thought & Literature Program, Stanford)

The Art of Teaching and Poetry Advisor: Gerald Fleming

Travel Writing Curator: Erin Byrne (Author of Wings: Gifts of Art, Life, and Travel in France; Editor of Vignettes & Postcards from Paris and Vignettes & Postcards from Morocco; and writer of The Storykeeper film)

Global Literary Initiatives and Germanophone Literature Advisor: Rachel Hildebrandt (Publisher, German Translator, and Founder of Global Literature in Libraries Initiative)

European Literature Advisor and Supporting Events Coordinator (Italy): Prof. Alessandro Cassol (Chairman of the Degree Course in Languages & Professor of Spanish Literature at University of Milan, and organiser of supporting events for the international festival BookCity)

Collaborating curators for events at the Byzantine Museum and European Conference for the Humanities Events:

Cultural Ambassador for Events (Greece): Angeliki Spiropoulou (Associate Professor of European Literature and Theory, The University of the Peloponnese; Research Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, The University of London)

Ioannis Trohopoulos (Former: UNESCO World Book Capital, Athens 2018-9, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center & Future Library Project)

Cultural Ambassador for Events (Europe): Silvana Colella (President of the European Consortium for Humanities Institutes and Centres. Professor, University of Macerata, Humanities Department.)

Collaborating Curator (Greece) : Panayotis Ioannidis – Poet, translator, editor (The Books) and educator (British Council, Athens and Onassis Foundation's Cavafy Archive)

Environmental Section: Goulandris Natural History Museum

Curriculum Integration and Supporting Events Advisor (Scotland): Dr. Jane McKie (Current: University of Edinburgh, English Literature Lecturer, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures. Previous: Tutor and Facilitator, Making it Home, Maryhill Integration Network, Glasgow.)

Interviews Curator (Belgium) and European Conference for the Humanities Coordinator: Ortwin de Graef (Professor of English Literature and Director of Advanced Master's Program in Literary Studies, University of Leuven)

Exhibition Coordinator, European Conference for the Humanities, University of Leuven: Tabea Hochstrasser

Technology and Media Advisor: Justin Hayes (Director Technology, Media and Telecommunications Consulting, Deloitte Ireland)

Cultural Ambassador and Curator for The Creative Process exhibition for the 800th Anniversary of the University of Salamanca: Ana Mª Manzanas Calvo (Associate Dean for International Relations; Director of the PhD Program in “Advanced English Studies: Languages and Literatures in Contact, University of Salamanca)

Translator for The Creative Process exhibition for the 800th Anniversary of the University of Salamanca and Cultural Ambassador for Hispanophone projects: Laura Moreano (Pour une Planète Sans Frontières)

Cultural Ambassador for The Creative Process in Italy: Heather Hartley

Pure Imagination Program - Young Writers Mentor: Anton Bonnici (Current: Literature & Theater Teacher, École Internationale Bilingue – The Victor Hugo School, Paris. Previous: Center Director at ITTI, Paris.)

International Voices Coordinator & Cultural Ambassador for The Creative Process in Italy: Pina Piccolo (Current: Co-Founder/Editor of La machine sognante / The Dreaming Machine; Previous: Founder of 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Bologna; Contributing editor / translator, Sagarana )

Cultural Ambassador for The Creative Process in Europe, Humanities Advisor: María Elena del Valle (Current: Universidad Metropolitana, full time research professor, Department of Education Sciences and Humanities.)

Cultural Ambassador for The Creative Process in Spain: Juliana Nalerio

Supporting Events Organizer (Holland) & Translations Advisor: Patrick Healy (Senior Researcher, TU Delft)

Cultural Ambassador for The Creative Process in Poland and Norway; Film Collaborations Advisor: Piotr Ryczko

International Voices and Film Advisor: Tim Holm (Previous: Representative in France of the University of Iowa International Writing Program; Festival Franco Anglais de Poesie; UNESCO Poetry Festival - Special Edition Editor)

Film Collaborations (Poland) and curriculum integration of special 4th year courses combining film and literature: Piotr Mikucki (Dean of Direction Dept., Lodz Film School), Marcin Malatyñski (Deputy Director and Head of International Relations, Lodz Film School), and Bronka Nowicka (multidisciplinary artist and director of special 4th year courses).

Strategy Consultant & Supporting Events Advisor (Russia): Elena Ovsyannikova

Communications Liaisons (Europe): Xénia Dutoit

SORBONNE - INAUGURAL EXHIBITION

Curators of the Sorbonne Exhibition of The Creative Process:
Monique Lier, Direction de la Logistique, Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne
Nadia Jacoby, Vice-présidente chargée du numérique et de la communication, Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne

Assistant Curator: Marie Kosmaci

Translations Organizer of the Sorbonne Exhibition of The Creative Process: Olivia Reulier

Co-Curator of Editorial of the Sorbonne Exhibition of The Creative Process: Lethokuhle Msimang 

Cultural Liaisons Officer for the Sorbonne Exhibition of The Creative Process: Nicolas Varaine

Arts PR for the Sorbonne Exhibition of The Creative Process: Laurent Atlan

Arts PR, Fine Art Consultant and Ways of Seeing Advisor (Europe & Asia): Michael Bouhanna (Sotheby's)

Translations: Vasilena Koleva, Lou Churin, Eerika Pynnönen, Ariane Ravier, Laurent Atlan, Lilas Cuby & Mia Funk

Editorial Assistants (France): Lethokuhle Msimang, Amelia Goodman

Events & Social Media Organizer for The Creative Process (France): Maeve Dare (Current: Events Organizer Frick Collection; Previous: Audience Development, FITZ & CO)

Cultural Ambassador and Coordinator for East Asia Events: Shu Yu Lin (Current: Conference Coordinator Bureau de Représentation de Taipei en France)

Translations & University Liaisons (Mandarin): Manon Ya-Ching Wu (Previous: translator-interpreter Concours de Lépine; translator Centre d'Action Sociale de la Ville de Paris)

Cultural Ambassador for Events in China: Lethokuhle Msimang

Curation Asian/Contemporary Art and Section Editor of Visual & Literary Art Initiatives: Elaine Chiew (Current: Adjunct Instructor School of the Arts, Singapore; Contributor ArtsEquator; Previous: Vice President, Special Executions, Goldman Sachs, New York, Hong Kong)

Cross-Genre Initiatives and Supporting Events Advisor (Singapore): Eva Wong Nava (CarpeArte Journal)

Cultural Ambassador for Events in South Africa: Lethokuhle Msimang

Cultural Ambassadors for Events in Morocco:
Oman Chennafi (Photographer and Founder of international artists event Fez Gathering)
Erin Byrne, writer and founder of LitWings
Meryem Laharichi, Linda Bouchard, Meryem Ouelfatmi (celebrating World Sacred Music Festival & Moroccan Culture)

David Amster (American Language Center, Fez)

Executive Editor: Mia Funk

Interviews Editors:

Lethokuhle Msimang (Interviews Editor & Cultural Ambassador for Events in China and South Africa)

Young Writers: Vincent Walsh & Anton Bonnici

Flash Fiction Curator: Meg Pokrass (Current: Festival Curator for Bath Flash Fiction Festival)

International Voices & Resistance through Writing: Ramsha Ashraf (Previous: Writer in Residence at International Writing Program, University of Iowa) and Dahlia Baeshen

The Creative Process could not be the constantly evolving traveling exhibition that it is without participating students, faculty, and regional team members. Special thanks to our associate podcast producers and collaborating curators who help make exhibitions comprehensive and a true celebration of their university and region.

Associate Podcast Producers & Interviewers
Selection of Student Collaborators Past and Present
Up-to-date Comprehensive List with Student Stories Can Be Found Here

* Logistics and dates for the physical exhibition are currently being organised with universities. We will be capping the number of institutions participating in the physical exhibition of The Creative Process at 40 leading universities around the world.

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Transcriptions are edited with assistance of volunteers from participating universities.

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