Paulesc's research interests include language and identity, migration studies, digital storytelling, and Eastern European film.

Arina Melkozernova has PhD from the Comparative Culture and Language program at SILC, ASU. Her research on foodways, biosemiotics, and resilience brings humanities, art, science, and non-Western knowledges together.

C. A. Griffith is an associate professor of film/media production and an award-winning filmmaker with more than three decades of film production experience. She's also proudly Afro-Latinx, despite her fading fluency ;)

Finn directs the Center for Science and the Imagination at ASU. He holds a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the Department of English.

Stauffer's scholarly interests include children, music, place, and narrative.

Dr. Dina Ziganshina Lienhard received her PhD in Biology (Biology & Society) from ASU in 2023 and currently works as the Senior Program Manager at the School of Complex Adaptive Systems at ASU.

Melby is an accomplished producer, actress, and director as well as owner and head coach of Verve Studios.

Paisley M. Benaza, MBA is a culture & communications strategist and PhD student researching intersectional identity, technology, and socio-economic justice in the business of media, entertainment & sport in a digital world.