Wes Janz, PhD, RA is a former professor of architecture at Ball State University and the founder of onesmallproject, a collection of global and local initiatives that foreground the lives of people that many observers consider to be in need or at risk. In 2008, he received the Curry Stone Design Prize, an international award established to recognize and encourage breakthrough projects that “engage communities at the fulcrum of change, raising awareness, empowering individuals and fostering collective revitalization.” In 2006, Janz received Ball State's Outstanding Teaching Award. He recently retired from his position at Ball State to devote more time to advocacy work surrounding the ethics of designing for confinement.