Meet Our Team
Educators, Engineers, & Designers
behind the Ability Project
Luke Dubois
Co-Director / Associate Professor Of IDMR. Luke DuBois is a composer, artist, and performer who explores the temporal, verbal, and visual structures of cultural and personal ephemera. He holds a doctorate in music composition from Columbia University, and has lectured and taught worldwide on interactive sound and video performance. He has collaborated on interactive performance, installation, and music production work with many artists and organizations including Toni Dove, Todd Reynolds, Jamie Jewett, Bora Yoon, Michael Joaquin Grey, Matthew Ritchie, Elliott Sharp, Michael Gordon, Maya Lin, Bang on a Can, Engine 27, Harvestworks, and LEMUR, and was the director of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra for its 2007 season.
Marianne Petit
Associate Arts ProfessorMarianne Petit has been teaching classes on Developing Assistive Technologies for over 10 years. As a full-time faculty member at ITP, Marianne, in collaboration with Anita Perr, initiated a cooperation between ITP and Steinhardt OT, leading collaborations with many organizations, including Montefiore Children’s Hospital. Having received funding for several years (2005-2009) from the Nathan Cummings foundation to support student projects for deployment into clinical sites, Anita and Marianne finally found a home for their multidisciplinary classes at the ABILITY Lab.
Anita Perr
Clinical Associate Professor Of Occupational TherapyAnita Perr, PhD, ATP, FAOTA, is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy. Ms. Perr uses collaborative teaching to encourage students to explore the best ways to approach clinically relevant issues. Her extensive clinical experience informs her classroom teaching. Students appreciate the problem-based, practical nature of her courses.
Claire Kearney-Volpe
Ability Lab Research FellowClaire Kearney-Volpe, Ability Lab Research Fellow. Claire Kearney-Volpe is an art therapist, researcher, designer and maker interested in the participatory development of technologies for promoting health and well-being.
Allan Goldstein
Senior LecturerAllan Goldstein. Senior Lecturer Allan B. Goldstein is thrilled to be part of the Ability Lab team. Both in his experiential learning course partnering with community agencies, “Disability Studies,” and his play reading course designed for the SoE, “STEM and Theatre,” he invites students to participate in their education through discussion of readings, videos and personal experience.
Beth Rosenberg
Adjunct Faculty, Founder Of TechKids UnlimitedBeth is an education consultant who works with educators, technologists, academics, parents, families, schools, teachers and students. She has worked on strategic development, program outreach, interpretive educational exhibition materials, partnerships and collaborations between cultural organizations, community organizations and schools.