Past Guests-in-Residence

Past Guests at Unit One/Allen Hall

2015-2016

• Peace Paper Project - Hand-papermaking, writing, bookmaking, and printmaking workshops.
• Kate Bornstein - Award-winning author, performance artist, and public speaker.
• Tatsuya Nakatani - Percussion-sound artist originally from Osaka, Japan.
• Sarah van Gelder - Speaker, writer, and co-founder and editor in chief of YES! Magazine and YesMagazine.org.
• Guy Thorne - Co-founder, artistic director, choreographer, and dancer at FuturPointe Dance.
• Madison Maxey - Creative technologist and 2013 recipient of a Thiel Fellowship
• John K. Wilson - Author, former Unit One/Allen Hall resident, co-editor of AcademeBlog,org, editor of Illinois Academe, and co-organizer of the Chicago Book Expo.
• Mitch Altman - San Francisco-based hacker and inventor, co-founded 3ware, co-founder of Noisebridge, and President and CEO of Cornfield Electronics.

2014-2015

• Dan Kwong - Solo performer, writer, director, visual artist
• Bernie DeKoven - Game designer, author, theorist of fun
• Lisa Wade - Sociologist, collegiate sexual cultures, the social significance of the body
• The Andrew Alden Ensemble - Contemporary and electronic chamber music, textual scores for films performed live
• Kelsey Timmerman - Author, global food economy, global clothing economy
• Meredith Scheff-King - Writer, hardware hacker, cartoonist, sculptor, kinetic artist
• Steve Lambert - Artist, popular culture, hacktivism, cultural agitation
• Climbing PoeTree - Poets, performance artists, printmakers, graphic designers, muralists

2013-2014

• damali ayo - Artist, performer, author, race
• Kate Bornstein - Performance artist, playwright, author, women and gender studies
• Frederick Marx - Producer, director, writer, editor
• Ysaye Barnwell - A cappella, vocalist, instrumentalist, African American cultural performance 
• Mary Mattingly - Sculpture, architecture, photography
• Mitch Altman - Hacker and inventor
• Lucky Dragons - Experimental music, interactive performances, collaborative art
• Maggie Koerth-Baker - Science journalist and editor 

2012-2013

• S. Bear Bergman - Author, theater artist, and lecturer on gender, sexuality, and culture
• Nina Paley - Animator, cartoonist
• Nada Alwadi - Journalist, writer, researcher
• Jimmie Rodgers - Hacker, artist, musician, open hardware developer, "techno-nomad"
• James Loewen - American history
• Annie Sprinkle - Multi-media artist, preeminent figure in the “feminist sex-positive movement”
• Antwi Akom - Founding Director of the Institute for Sustainable Economic, Educational, and Environmental Design (ISEEED) 
• Douglas Ewart - Composer, improviser, sculptor, maker of masks and instruments, educator, lecturer, and arts organization consultant 
• Davy Rothbart and Peter Rothbart: Davy Rothbart is the creator of Found Magazine, and an author and filmmaker; Peter Rothbart is a Found Magazine editor, songwriter and the front man for folk rock group The Poem Adept

2011-12

• damali ayo - Artist, performer, author, race
• Becky Stern - Artist, crafts, electronics, Arduino
• Climbing PoeTree - Poetry, bookmaking, street art
• Lucky Dragons - Experimental music, interactive performances, collaborative art
• Tristan Taormino - Author, sex educator
• Ian Cheney - Filmmaker, environmental advocate
• Stephen Zunes -  Middle East politics, US foreign policy, non-violent social movements
• Mitch Altman - Hacker, inventor

2010-11

• Combat Paper Project -  Paper-making, veterans, war
• Jimmie Briggs - Investigative journalist, child soldiers
• Gareth Branwyn - DIY media and technology, cyberculture
• Davy Rothbart - Found Magazine, author, filmmaker
• Favianna Rodriquez - Street art, political art
• Douglas Ewart - Composer, improvisor, instrument maker
• Anna Lappé - Food politics, sustainable agriculture

2009-10

• James Loewen - Race and American History
• Brian Tokar - Ecological issues and movements
• Stefan Brun and Jenny Magnus - Theater directors, writers, performers, producers
• Tim Eriksen - "Northern Roots" Americana musician
• Climbing PoeTree - Poetry, bookmaking, stenciling
• Bryant Terry - Eco-Chef, food justice
• African Women Writers Festival -  African women writers and performers

2008-09

• Jimmie Briggs - Investigative journalist, child soldiers
• Mark Frauenfelder and David Pescovitz - Technology, science, culture bloggers
• Ninotchka Rosca - Writer, human rights activist, former political prisoner
• Idris Goodwin - Hip hop playwright, break beat poet, teacher
• Favianna Rodriquez - Street art, political art
• Heather Rogers - Journalist, filmmaker, environmental effects of mass consumption
• Bill Ayers - School reform, teaching, and democracy

2007-08

• James Loewen - Race and American History
• Speak Theater Arts - Theater performers, writers
• Hadani Ditmars - International journalist, Middle East
• Billy Jonas - Singer/songwriter, "industrial re-percussionist"
• Climbing PoeTree - Poetry, bookmaking, stenciling
• Sonia Shah - Investigative journalist, human rights, medicine
• Josh MacPhee - Street art, political graphics

2006-07

• Aya de Leon - Writer and spoken word performer
• Iris Morales - Activist, media artist, attorney, and director/producer
• Prexy Nesbitt - Africa expert, organizer, teacher
• Brian Ulrich - Photographer, exploring consumption, media, and advertising
• Eboo Patel and Kevin Coval - Interfaith relations, spoken word performance
• Frithjof Bergmann - Philosophy, New Work
• Allyson Mitchell - Maximalist artist, lg scale sculpture and installations, feminist activism and popular culture 
• Kristina Sheryl Wong - Solo performer, writer, Asian American issues

2005-06

• Sharif Ezzat, Rachel Havrelock, and Yuri Lane - Performance art, hip-hop plays, political issues
• Patch Adams - Health, humor, and community
• Elaine Brown - Activist, writer, popular lecturer
• Mark Frauenfelder and David Pescovitz - Technology, science, culture bloggers and editors
• Kathy Kelly - Nobel peace prize nominee, nonviolent action in Iraq, Haiti, and Bosnia
• Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai - Spoken word artist, cultural pride
• Fred Rubin - Television writer and producer, writing instructor

2004-05

• Kristina Sheryl Wong - Solo performer, writer, Asian American issues
• Eboo Patel and Kevin Coval - Interfaith relations, spoken word performance
• Tariq Ali - Political commentator, novelist, playwright
• Grace Lee Boggs - Civil Rights, Black Power, Women's Movement, and Asian American issues
• Tara Betts - Spoken word performer, poet, teacher
• James Loewen - Race and American history
• Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn - School reform, political activists, children's human rights and legal issues

2003-04

• Aya De Leon - Poet, spoken word performer, teacher
• Peter Irons - Supreme Court, civil rights, civil liberties
• John Sinclair - Poetry, essays, blues, and jazz
• Ben Cox - Civil Rights Movement, non-violent protest
• Frederick Marx - Independent filmmaker, "Hoop Dreams"
• Lakota Harden - Native American Issues, indigenous women
• Timothy "Speed" Levitch - Tour guide, writer, performance artist
• Julianne Malveaux - Politics, economics, gender, and race.

2002-03

• Ysaye Barnwell - African and African American vocal music
• James Loewen - Race and American history
• Keith Knight - Comic art and expression
• Bernardine Dohrn - Political activist, children's human rights and legal issues
• Patch Adams - Free health care movement
• Jason Finkelman - Improvisational percussion
• Anida Rouquiyah, Yoeu Esguerra, and Dennis Sangmin - Poetry, spoken word, Asian American identity

2001-02

• Rick Burkhardt and Andy Gricevich - Experimental music and theater
• Rachel Katz and Tony Sirna - Environmentally sustainable community living
• Vicky Gray - Adams Civil Rights Movement
• Staceyann Chin - Spoken word, race, sexuality
• Bill Ayers - School reform, politics
• Michael Keck - Theater, prisons, and social change

2000-01

• Jane Holtz Kay - Architecture, planning, and the environment
• Ray Essick - The Olympics and society
• Lyx Ish - Experimental music, language, and writing
• James Loewen - Race and American History
• Laura Hershey - Disability rights activism
• Patch Adams - Free health care movement
• Marianne Ferber - Economics and women's studies
• Kenneth Atkins - Space exploration
• Ysaye Barnwell - African and African American vocal music

1999-00

• Jeff Pinzino and David Pinzino - People's empowerment and community building
• August Zirner - American/European performing arts
• Toby Miller - Sports and cinema in popular culture
• Bernardine Dohrn - Political activist, children's human rights and legal issues
• Calvin Forbes - Poetry, literature, jazz as art music
• Jolie Rickman - Community-based arts and music
• David Dellinger and Elizabeth Peterson - Social justice activism, Chicago 8
• Pete Anderson - Psychology and human sexuality

1998-99

• Barbara Trent - Documentary film making
• Mark Weisbrot - Political economy
• Kalamu Ya Salaam - International music, poetry, and other writings
• Rick Burkhardt and Andy Gricevich - Experimental music and theater
• Patch Adams - Free health care movement
• Nancy Thies Marshall - Gymnastics, sports media

1997-98

• Lisa Fay and Jeff Glassman - Movement theater
• David Chynoweth and Gloria Chynoweth - Microbiology, music, and massage
• Ray Moseley - Medical ethics
• Bill Ehrhart - Poetry, Vietnam War
• Melanie Mala Ghosh - South Asian women, political activism
• Magdalena Campos-Pons and Neil Leonard - Cuban visual arts, experimental music

1996-97

• Spiderwoman Theater - Native American women's theater
• Bruce Hinrichs and Greg Mulcahy - Popular culture past and present
• Johanne Fisher - Environmental and social biology
• Ray Moseley - Medical ethics
• Mark Weisbrot - Political economy
• Kathy Long - Martial arts, women in films
• Lorna Goodison - Caribbean poetry

1995-96

• Barbara Trent - Documentary filmmaking, The Panama Deception
• Elena Featherston - Anti-racist activism
• Ndikho Xaba - South African Music
• Patch Adams - Free health care movement
• Emily Shihadeh - Theater, Middle East politics
• Larry Heineman - Fiction writing, Vietnam War

1994-95

• Roberto Mendoza - Environmentalism, Native American/Chicano politics
• David Dellinger and Elizabeth Peterson - Social justice activism
• Ninotchka Rosca - US-Philippine relations, trafficking of women
• (MPAACT) Ma’at Production Association of African Center Theater - African-centered arts
• Laurie Witzkowski - Puppetry, experimental performance
• Sky Schultz - Environmentalism, psychology
• Jose Lopez - Social Justice, US penal system

1993-94

• Rebecca Rice - Performing arts, anti-racism
• Patch Adams - Community building
• David Feldman - Popular culture
• Renee Diehl - Physics, feminism
• Irena Klepfisz - Yiddish culture, writing
• Toby Twining and Beth Amsbary - Experimental music, participatory theater

1992-93

• Fred Ho - African-Asian Jazz, Asian studies
• Lisa Fay - Movement, choreography, community arts
• Nancy Thies - Gymnastics, sports media
• Marv Davidov - Peace activism
• Vernon Bellecourt - Native American activism

1991-92

• Ricardo Levins Morales - Printmaking, political organizing
• Rebecca Rice - Anti-racism, community theater
• The Performers' Workshop Ensemble - Experimental music and theater
• Patch Adams - Health, humor, and community
• Amel Ben Aba - Tunisian feminism
• Sara Diamond - Right wing American politics

1990-91

• Jerry Frasia - Political science
• Ann Timmons - Theater
• Sky Schultz - Psychology, humor, ecology
• Alexander Lynn - African-American youth leadership
• Ruth Forman - Wellness, human development
• Cindy Patton - Politics of AIDS and Feminism
• Jose Lopez - Puerto Rican History and politics

1989-90

• Sheila Tobias - Math anxiety, defense spending
• Catherine Schieve and Bob Paredes - Graphic notation, music composition, Klezmer music
• Paula Garb - Soviet lifestyle, anthropology
• Vinie Burrows - Theatre, African culture
• Larry Goldfarb - Movement education and rehab
• Erwin Knoll - Editor of the Progressive
• Margarita de Botero - Ecology and the Green Movement

1988-89

• Norman Soloman - Cold war journalism
• Jean Redpath - Scottish folk singing
• David Dellinger - Chicago 8, anti-war activism
• Conrad Lynn - Civil Rights lawyer
• Patch Adams - Free health care
• Encarnita Figueroa - Mime/theater and feminism
• Laurie Dunphy - Filmmaking, photography

1987-88

• Michael LeRoy - Alternative dispute resolution
• Jerri Allyn - Conceptual performance art
• Michael Patton - Art and alternative lifestyles
• Regina Ryan - Wellness
• Martin Lee - Investigative reporting
• Sylvia Malagrino - Photography
• John B. Anderson - Government politics

1986-87

• Patrick Daugherty - Music, performance
• Susan McCarn - Women's issues
• Fred Marx - Independent film, China, "Hoop Dreams"
• Carl Oglesby - Politics on the left
• Karl Hess - Politics on the right, libertarianism
• David Mamula - Character acting

1985-86

• Susan McCarn - Theater, women's issues
• Richard A. Salem - Dispute resolution
• Stephen Baird - Street performance
• George Hallet - South African photographer
• United Mime Workers - Theater, political action
• Prexy Nesbitt - South Africa, divestment

1984-85

• Karl Hess - New management styles
• Nell Sinton - Political satire
• Paul Hoover - Alternative technologies
• David Mamula - Performer, comedy and characters

1983-84

• George Hallett - Photography, South Africa
• Rita Ollgaart-McNamara - Alternative lifestyles
• Michael McNamara - Music
• Susan McCarn - Writer, editor, theater
• Douglas Kahn - Politics
• Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley - Puppets
• Cousin Wash - Storyteller

1982-83

• Harry Edwards - Sociology of sport
• Bernard Second Mescalaro - Apache life and values
• Les Klug - Photography
• Charlie Vernon - Dance
• Jim Elniski - Visual arts
• Henrietta Michelson-Bagley - Performance and visual artist
• Steve Rabin - Political action

1981-82

• Harry Krulewitch, MD - Medicine
• Karamoko Baye - Prison reform, prisoner art
• Jadwiga Jasny-Mazurek - Polish television
• Lunar Raven - Multimedia
• Susan Motycka - Choreography
• Hans G. Helms - Economic history

1980-81

• Charlie Vernon - Dance, choreography
• Jerry Mander - Television critic
• Karamoko Baye - The judicial system, prison reform, prisoner art
• Douglas Ewart - Music performance and instrument making
• Jadwiga Jasny-Mazurek - Children's television, Polish television

1979-80

• The Otrabanda Theater Co. - Performance techniques and theater production
• Stanley Weir - Writing about work experience, small press publishing
• Charlie Vernon - Dance, choreography, writing
• Calvin Jones - Painter, muralist
• Eva Evers Rosander - Social anthropologist

1978-79

• Susan Motycka - Dance composer and performer
• William DeFotis - Composer and clarinetist
• Sylvia Woods - Labor history and organization
• Mark Rogovin - Muralist
• Steven Carothers - Environmental biologist
• Barbara Doherty - Clown, mime, modern dance

1977-78

• Celia Gouvea - Dancer and choreographer
• Robert Shrum - Journalist and political speechwriter
• Michael Patton - Visual arts
• Prexy Nesbitt - Africa expert, organizer, teacher
• Nell Sinton - Painter
• David Abramson - Architect (retrieval of old buildings)
• Michale Udow and Nancy Udow - Composition of music-dance, percussion

1976-77

• United Mime Workers - Visual composition, action theater
• Chiang Chin - Dancer, Chinese dance techniques
• Heinz Von Foerster - Science, cybernetics, epistemology
• Freude - Filmmaker and film distributor
• Hans B. Helms - Economic and social historian
• Roscoe Mitchell - Composer and multi-instrumentalist

1975-76

• Henriett Michaleson-Bagley - Performance, painting, poetry
• Michael Fajans - Muralist, photographer
• Vito Giacolone - Painter
• Laura Airner - Stage design and costuming
• Karl Hess - Writer, welder, sculptor
• Robert Fuller - Physicist, personal alternatives

1974-75

• Edwin Schlossberg - Environmental Design
• Michael Colgrass - Composer
• Peter Kortner - Novelist, television writer, producer
• Krysztof Wodicko - Graphic artist
• Ellen Willis - Writer, film critic