About Dr. Dennis Stevens
Dennis Stevens is an artist, educator, and researcher exploring symbolic cognition, AI governance, and veteran experience. He created Poewell, a constitutionally governed visual storytelling platform that supports symbolic meaning-making for veterans.
U.S. Coast Guard veteran, visual artist, and author of Sacred Descent of the Warrior.
I hold a Doctor of Education in Art and Art Education from Columbia University's Teachers College and founded the Sempergeist Institute (operating as Conway Cultural Development Corporation), a creative placemaking nonprofit dedicated to healing through art, ritual, and visual storytelling.
My current work centers on Poewell, a constitutionally governed visual storytelling platform that helps veterans and individuals navigating profound loss express and integrate complex emotions through guided narrative exploration and evolving visual worlds. Using AI-assisted therapeutic environments and peer cohort interaction, Poewell provides nonverbal pathways for meaning-making while preserving participant autonomy and dignity through ritual grammar and metacognitive scaffolding. Contact: contact@poewell.com
Example Digital, Narrative Artworks by Dennis Stevens, Ed.D., created via the Poewell platform
