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Lauren Dubowski is an interdisciplinary creative producer. With the CCAM team, she collaborates on the curation, development, and implementation of the center’s programs and projects. Lauren was previously based in Poland, where she worked with the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Kinhouse Studio, and the Łodź Film School vnLab, as well as Ado Ato Pictures (Netherlands/USA). Also a writer and translator, Lauren holds a DFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. She was a Fulbright fellow to Poland and a Luce Scholar in Indonesia.

Dr. Matthew Suttor is a composer and educator who is passionate about exploring the intersection of technology and music, Matthew is a longstanding member of the CCAM community, and he brings more than two decades of experience at Yale. Matthew collaborates closely with the CCAM team to develop and implement programming, as well as continue his work as a teacher and mentor. Matthew is driven by questions surrounding the creation of music from the patterns found in the natural world, the achievement of effective collaboration with AI, and the possibility of teaching creativity.

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Ross Wightman is a double bassist and composer from New Jersey. He is the founder, curator and producer of the CCAM Sound Art Series as well as the founder of the CCAM Audio Composition Collective (CCAMACC), which creates virtual, multimedia musical performances for remote laptop ensemble. He teaches courses on Computer Music Composition and is faculty at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. rosswightman.net

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Susan Youssef is a creator known for her features, documentary, and shorts that have been programmed at film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Toronto International, and Sundance. HABIBI, MARJOUN AND THE FLYING HEADSCARF, and AMSTERDAM TO ANATOLIA stream on Netflix. She has been commissioned by the Tate Modern, and her films have been curated at the New Museum and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). She is a Fulbright Fellow, Princess Grace Award winner, Yale University Poynter Fellow in Journalism and MacMillan Center Artist in Residence, and 21st Century Fox Director Fellow.

Alex Zafiris is a writer based in New York. She has contributed to Bomb, Guernica, and The Paris Review Daily.  Alex spearheaded, launched, and edits CCAM’s journal Maquette, an archive in motion of the creative projects and culture of CCAM.

Dr. Ariel Ekblaw is the founder and CEO of Aurelia Institute, where she strives to bring humanity’s space exploration future to life. Through architecture R&D, education and outreach, and policy thought leadership, she is building a remarkable team and a novel FRO (Focused Research Organization) to expand humanity’s horizons and scale life in space. Ariel co-teaches the Mechanical Artifact Ultra Space class (ARCH 2238) at the Yale School of Architecture with CCAM Director, Dana Karwas. 

https://www.aureliainstitute.org/

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Shannon Magri is a second year PhD student with scholarship and Research Assistant at the Visual Media Lab at University of Bergamo. For the Fall 2024 semester, she is a Visiting Assistant in Research in Film and Media Studies and at the Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) at Yale University. She holds a BA in Humanities and a MA in Visual Culture from the University of Bergamo. Read more >>

Harshita Nedunuri is a transdisciplinary designer and researcher based in NYC. Her creative practice is centered around applied speculative design and cyborg anthropology, with a specific interest in empathy and poetry as instruments of divining collective consciousness. Read more >>

Ben Simon is a business manager and agent for leading digital artists releasing work on the blockchain. He represents artists at the forefront of experimentation with computer and digital art, supporting their careers and practices. His background prior to working in the arts was primarily in organizational development and strategic planning for large international nonprofits like Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Mozilla, UNICEF, and Save the Children. He’s greatly enjoying the nimble experimentation of a dynamic field like digital art. He holds a degree in economics from Yale College.

Gabriel Winer will experiment with cinema as a live theatrical medium, incorporating the complete process of filmmaking and presentation into a single event. His research is part of an ongoing interest in the expanded potential of the moving image. As part of the CCAM Machine as Medium Fellowship he will work with collaborators both in Berlin and at Yale with the goal to develop a new work and bring it to an audience. 

Wai Hin (Alfred) Wong is an architectural designer based in New Haven, Connecticut. His creative practice bridges architecture and engineering, with a focus on integrating technology and fabrication techniques to explore future human-machine interactions. Wai Hin has been actively engaged with Yale CCAM since pursuing his M.Arch I at Yale School of Architecture, which he completed in 2024. Read more >>