Sarah Florini is an Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies in the Department of English and the Associate Director of the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics at Arizona State University.

Bienenstock's substantive area of specialization within sociology is social psychology, with emphasis on emergent properties of exchange.

Dr. Leischow's research is clinical and translational, with a focus on pharmacologic and behavioral treatments for tobacco dependence, tobacco regulatory science, and systems and network approaches to population health.

Thomas Lutes is a Ph.D. Journalism & Mass Communication Candidate at the Walter Cronkite School. His research relies on critical discourse analysis of drag performers and their kinship structures in popular media.

Amanda Goodman is a communications professional and multimedia storyteller with 15+ years of experience. As assistant director of communications for ASU Health, she brings student, faculty, and research impact to the public.

Dr. Um's research broadly focuses on identifying social and cultural determinants of health among transnational populations to reduce health disparities.

Dr. Guest is interested in the predominant social and environmental domains in which older adults live and in creating the optimal person-environment fit for the most advantageous health benefits for individuals as they age.

Pittinsky is CEO of Parchment, and co-founder and former CEO and Executive Chairman of Blackboard. He specializes in economic sociology, sociology of education and social network analysis.