Timothy Engström's research interests include Internet privacy, art and culture, health care policy and political philosophy. He has taught at RIT for over two decades and is the former chair of the Department of Philosophy.

Engström is the co-editor of the books Health Care Reform: Ethics & Politics and Rethinking Theories and Practices of Imaging. He previously taught at the University of Hawaii and holds a Ph.D. from Edinburgh University.

Stephen Jacobs’ areas of expertise include consumer electronics, computing hardware and software, DVDs, digital television and interactive television.

He currently teaches courses in video game design and development, interactive narrative and writing for the Web. He has also taught courses on Web site development, information architecture, human factors and interface design, Internet regulation (particularly concerning issues relating to free speech and pornography) and technology issues relating to the deaf. He directs a lab in Technological Literacy.

He is creator and senior editor of “What the Tech!,” a weekly science and technology show on WXXI-AM (1370). He has been involved in technology journalism for 15 years, including previous positions editor-in-chief of The Gadget Boy Gazette and contributing editor to CNET.com and Television 2.0. He has written freelance articles for Wired, The Washington Post feature "Fast Forward" and other publications.

Jacobs earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in media studies from the New School for Social Research.

Prior to his work at RIT, Rick made his mark in Mobile Forensics while a professor of Purdue University's College of Technology. Rick's areas of research include Small-Scale Digital Device Forensics, Mobile Security, Unusual Sources of Digital Evidence, and the Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Improving Efficiency in Cyber Forensics. He was also a faculty member with the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS).

Previously at Ferris State University, in Big Rapids, Michigan, Rick taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Information Security, Network Management, and E-Business Strategy. Rick also served as a Technology Director and Educator for various school districts, a Communications Electronic Warfare Officer for the U.S. Army, and a Radio Disc Jockey.

He has authored numerous articles in the area of Small Scale Digital Device Forensics, served as editor for the Small Scale Digital Device Forensics Journal, and acts as a reviewing editor for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Guidelines for Cellphone Forensics, Guidelines for PDA Forensics, Cell Phone Forensic Tools, and PDA Forensic Tools.

Michael Yacci is an expert in instructional technology and e-learning.

He is a professor of Information Sciences and Technology, associate dean for Academic Affairs in the Golisano College and director of the master’s of Human Computer Interaction program. Yacci holds a PhD in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation from Syracuse University.

He is a co-author of Structural Knowledge: Techniques for Representing, Conveying, and Acquiring Structural Knowledge, a handbook for supporting the assessment and use of structural knowledge in learning and instructional settings.