Danielle Wood is an Associate Professor in the Program in Media Arts & Sciences and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at MIT. Professor Wood serves as the Faculty Lead for African and African Diaspora Studies and is the founding director of the Space Enabled Research Group in the MIT Media Lab which seeks to advance justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space. Space Enabled designs systems that use tools from space to promote sustainability on Earth, and seeks equity and accessibility for technology used in Space.

Danielle Wood's background includes satellite design, earth science applications, systems engineering, and technology policy. Prior to serving as faculty at MIT, Professor Wood held positions at NASA Headquarters, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Aerospace Corporation, Johns Hopkins University, and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs. Professor Wood studied at MIT, where she earned a PhD in engineering systems, SM in aeronautics and astronautics, SM in technology policy, and SB in aerospace engineering.

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This performance receives support from the JustTech Fellowship, funded by the Social Science Research Council with grants from the MacArthur, Ford, Surdna, and Democracy Fund foundations.