Warriner is an educational anthropologist who examines the social, political, economic, and ideological dimensions of immigration and transnationalism.

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

Scott Ruston is a Research Professor, specializing in narrative theory and media studies, applied to strategic communication and public diplomacy.

Brendan O’Connor is a linguistic anthropologist of education in ASU's School of Transborder Studies who conducts research on language, identity, youth culture, and education.

SturtzSreetharan's interests center on language as social action. Her current project, "the everyday language of body/weight stigma," investigates how people make sense of their bodies as revealed in their language use.