Angela Giron is the Program Director and a Clinical Assistant Professor of the Master of Liberal Studies Program at Arizona State University. She has developed numerous Humanities courses for the MLSt program.

Sadowski-Smith has published "The New Immigrant Whiteness," "Border Fictions," and "Globalization on the Line."

Ball is the author of three collections of poems: "Hold Sway," "Wreck Me" and "Annus Mirabilis," all from Barrow Street Press. She's an associate director of Four Way Books.

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.

Matt Bell is the author most recently of the novel Appleseed (a New York Times Notable Book) and the craft book Refuse to Be Done, a guide to novel writing, rewriting, and revision.

Sieglaff has been teaching all her life, but professionally for 20+ years. She has taught everything from basic composition courses, to creative writing, to a plethora of literature courses.

María Isabel Álvarez holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a BA in English Literature from Arizona State University. She supports the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory as Senior Communications Specialist.