Core Partner Institutions and Organizations:
- University of California Los Angeles
- University of Southern California
- The City University of New York (CUNY) and CUNY-Baruch College
- Pilipino Workers’ Center
- Public Matters, Los Angeles
Core Leadership and Development Team (2010-present):
- Dean Abernathy, Peru Studio (Orange Coast College)
- Mike Blockstein, Public Matters (Los Angeles)
- Reanne Estrada, Public Matters (Los Angeles)
- Philip Ethington (History and Political Science, University of Southern California)
- Diane Favro (Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA)
- Chris Johanson (Classics and Digital Humanities, UCLA)
- Yoh Kawano, Technical Lead (Academic Technology Services, UCLA)
- James Lee, Senior Programmer (Computer Science, UCLA)
- John Maciuika (Fine and Performing Arts, City University of New York—Baruch College and CUNY Graduate Center)
- Todd Presner, Director (Germanic Languages, Comparative Literature, and Digital Humanities, UCLA)
- Janice Reiff (History and Statistics, UCLA)
- David Shepard, HyperCities technical lead and project manager (English, UCLA)
- Aqui Soriano-Versoza, Pilipino Workers’ Center (Los Angeles)
- Jay Tung, Senior Programmer (Computer Science, UCLA)
Summer 2009 Interns:
- Sophie Xie, Undergraduate Research Intern (Cognitive Science, UCLA)
- Henry Gruber, University of Chicago
- Suzy Gustafson, GIS Intern (UCLA)
Development Team (2007-09):
- Yusuf Bhabhrawala (UCLA, Center for Digital Humanities)
- Akash Haswani (UCLA, Center for Digital Humanities)
- Shawn Higgins (UCLA, Center for Digital Humanities)
- Barbara Hui (UCLA, Comparative Literature)
- Daniel Lee (UCLA, Computer Science, 2008)
- Pad Vasu (UCLA, Computer Science, 2008)




