Maura Tarnoff teaches Engineering Communications, Critical Thinking and Writing, Literature and Social Justice (Advanced Writing), and Shakespeare at Santa Clara University. She has published articles on the influence of early modern women's embroidery on 16th-century ideas of authorship, wonder in Shakespeare, and American Sign Language performances of Shakespeare's plays. She is in the process of developing programming that will explore how we conceive of presence, identity, and ethical responsibility in VR, as well as how to leverage the power and possibilities of immersive technologies to promote social justice.