Restoration / Regeneration

the New Media Caucus Symposium

March 6-8, 2026

Arizona State University

Rob Ray

Associate Professor of Design
California State University, San Bernardino

Rob is a founding DJ at KDZU, a tactical mythmaking radio station broadcasting from Los Angeles, Goldfield, and other undisclosed sites. KDZU mixes real and imagined radio transmissions. Rob is also KDZU’s primary investigator, researching the histories of OMSA [Our Magic Seeks Answers], an anarchist collective that disbanded in 1994. He is also a senior researcher of Shadow Mountain, an art collective focused on site-specific, research-based storytelling. Rob is an Associate Professor of Design at CSU San Bernardino and was previously the lead designer for ProtoSpace, NASA JPL’s mixed-reality collaboration platform for space mission engineering.