Lily Hsueh is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Arizona State University. She is Visiting Scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University.

Nelson has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles in top academic journals, as well as Latin American case studies in the Thunderbird case series that are staples in business schools across the country.

Sarah R. Graff is an anthropological archaeologist focusing on early economies and social relationships connected to city life and material exchange. Her fieldwork is located in the Republic of Türkiye and the Arab World.

Huster is a postdoc working on the Urban Persistence Project. Her research studies the relationships between states & subjects in ancient Central Mexico, using ceramics.

Thomson's research focuses on the political economy of development, authoritarianism and transitions to democracy.