Shellans is a professional performer and music educator. He has taught 15 different courses to more than 100,000 students at ASU since 1985.

Nilanjana Bhattacharjya's research focuses on popular music, film, and visual culture from South Asia and its diasporic communities.

Ward's research explores the intersection of Black cultural production, culture industries and urban placemaking efforts to advance arts practice and foster inclusive community development.

Libman is a Chicago-born jazz guitarist.

Rulon-Maxwell had been teaching and performing professionally in the Valley since relocating to Arizona in 2005.

Campbell is a graduate of Amherst College and Peabody Conservatory, Professor Emeritus at Western Illinois University, and the author of Popular Music in America and Rock and Roll: An Introduction. He lives in Rhode Island.

Christi Jay Wells is a musicologist and interdisciplinary scholar in the fields of jazz history, popular music studies, dance studies, and arts & cultural policy.

Mario Yniguez (he/him) is a faculty associate voice instructor at the Popular Music Program. Mario is a songwright, performer, multi-instrumentalist, and director/creator from Arizona with degrees in voice and conducting.