Dr. Ron Eglash is a Professor in the School of Information at University of Michigan. He received his B.S. in Cybernetics, his M.S. in Systems Engineering, and his PhD in History of Consciousness, all from the University of California. His work as Fulbright scholar was published as African Fractals: modern computing and indigenous design (Rutgers). His NSF-sponsored “Culturally Situated Design Tools” software, offering math and computing education from indigenous and vernacular arts, features over 20,000 projects uploaded by students, teachers and other researchers.