Lonny J Avi Brooks is an associate professor in communication at California State University, East Bay, where he has piloted the integration of futures thinking into the communication curriculum for the last fifteen years. Emerging in recent years as a leading voice of Afrofuturism 2.0, Brooks contributes prolifically to journals, conferences and anthologies on the subject, as well as serving as executive producer and co-creator, with Ahmed Best, of The Afrofuturist Podcast. He is currently the lead co-editor for a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Futures Studies: "When is Wakanda? Afrofuturism and Dark Speculative Futurity." He is lead organizer and advisory board member for the Black Speculative Arts Movement (BSAM) in Oakland and principal leader for BSAM Futures, which aims to publish comprehensive, inclusive and collaborative analyses of contemporary Afrocentric works and studies. He also volunteers as a core member for outreach at Dynamicland.org, a pioneering non-profit dedicated to creating a more collaborative and dynamic computational medium for the long term.