Jon Lukens is pursuing a PhD in digital media at Georgia Tech, under the auspices of the Public Design Workshop. His research focuses on ICT infrastructures and their disruption and resilience.

From 2006 – 2008 he was an assistant professor of Graphic Design at Georgia State University. Before joining the GSU faculty he taught in the Graphic Design and Interactive Media Design Departments of the Art Institute of Atlanta and in the Communication Design and Technology Department of Parsons School of Design.

In addition to teaching and designing, he served as the director of operations for Reconstruction Report, a project of The Design Trust for Public Space facilitating public input into the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan after the events of 9/11, and worked as a project manager for a collaborative studio at Parsons Center for New Design that investigated issues surrounding land mines and unexploded ordnance.