Vega's research ethnographically explores the every day lived experiences of Latina/os in the U.S. with an emphasis on gender and religion.

Tony Clark is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and first-generation college graduate who in 2023 was a visiting combat instructor and higher-education consultant during the last Marine scout sniper course at SOI-West.

Fine holds a doctorate in English with an emphasis in Literature, Social Justice, and Environment. She is an instructor in ASU's Writing Programs.

Goodman's research and teaching ranges across several fields, including U.S. literature and culture, human rights, dissident literatures, and Jewish studies.

Alex Young is a scholar of transnational settler colonialism and the literature and culture of the United States. His research focuses on how U.S. culture has been shaped by settler colonialism and Indigenous resistance.

Rafael Martínez is an assistant professor of Southwest Borderlands in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. Rafael’s work focuses on immigration, migration, and the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands.

Anita Huizar-Hernández is an associate professor in the School of International Letters and Cultures. She studies the ways literature, film, and other texts have consolidated or challenged myths about Arizona, the West, and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.

Jian Gao specializes in the history of U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Asian American history, migration studies, and global Asias studies.