Thomas F. DeFrantz directs the SLIPPAGE lab at Northwestern University, and engages in anti-racist, proto-feminist, queer affirming work with myriad collaborating artists and technologists. DeFrantz has taught at Yale, Stanford, MIT, Duke, Juilliard, P.A.R.T.S., ImPulsTanz, Bates Dance Festival, Northwestern, and the mobile architecture MFA program at Bennington College.