Melanie Asp Alvarez is the Executive Director of Academic and Career Success at the Cronkite School. She serves on Cronkite's Leadership Team and ASU's Student Success Leadership Council.

Kevin Sandler's books include The Naked Truth: Why Hollywood Doesn't Make X-Rated Movies, Titanic, and Hanna and Barbera: Conversations. Upcoming ones are Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and The Hanna and Barbera Anthology

Sören Hammerschmidt teaches 1st-year comp, 2nd-language writing, and developmental writing. His research focuses on 18th-century and Romantic literature, correspondence networks, media culture, portraiture, and authorship.

Dr. Moe Madouh, PhD (JMC, ASU), maps dark‑web subcultures via netnography and computational text analysis. His dissertation, The Dark Web Ecology, drives work on media ecology, CMC, LGBTQ+, health, and sports.

Djordje Padejski a computational journalism scholar working at the intersection of journalism, digital technologies, and artificial intelligence, researching both disruptive and transformational impact of AI on journalism and news media ecosystems.

Kirtz is an assistant professor of media studies and algorithmic culture and founding co-director of the TechnoMaterials Lab.

Alex M. Lee is a hybrid artist and researcher working across 3D animation, game engines, extended reality, and machine learning to explore how data, simulation, and perception intertwine.