Li Sumpter, PhD

Li Sumpter, Ph.D. is an independent scholar and multidisciplinary artist who applies strategies of worldbuilding and mythic design toward building better, more resilient communities of the future. Li’s creative research and collaborative design initiatives engage the art of survival and sustainability through diverse ecologies and immersive stories of change. Li is a cultural producer and eco-arts activist working through MythMedia Studios, the Escape Artist Initiative and various arts and community-based orgs in Philly and across the country. She holds an MA in Art and Humanities Education from NYU and a MA/Ph.D. in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Li currently teaches at Moore College of Art and Design in both undergraduate and graduate programs and teaches afrofuturism, myth and cinema and other special topics for adult courses at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation. Li will join Haverford College’s faculty in Fall 2021 to teach in the Visual Studies and Environmental Studies programs. She is a 3-time recipient of the Leeway Art and Change Grant and a 2020 recipient of the Leeway Transformation Award.