Head of the Russian section, Hoogenboom teaches intellectual history, civilization, espionage history, and literature. Expert on Catherine the Great, she studies noble culture, civil society, corruption, and women writers.

MacCord is an historian and philosopher of biology who specializes in regeneration, germline, and collaborating with scientists.

Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at ASU. He holds a joint appointment in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the GAME School.

Mahgoub al-Tahawy is an award-winning Egyptian novelist and short story writer, and affiliated member of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU.

Tebeau is an urban, public, & digital historian who studies landscape, place, & historical memory; he's written about risk, cities, and monuments; he possesses expertise in curation, oral history & public memory.

Courtney Isbell Fowler is an instructor for ASU Writing Programs where she teaches a variety of courses including First-Year Composition, Multilingual Composition, and Reflective Writing.

Christiane Fontinha de Alcantara's scholarly interests center on how cultural artifacts reflect systems of inequality and injustice, while also providing models for how to fight inequalities and transform our communities.

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.

Sean Tingle teaches ENG 105 in ASU’s Writers’ Studio and serves as an Associate Curriculum Lead. Their work centers on online student success, accessibility, innovative instructional design, and AI-supported pedagogy.

Monica De La Torre earned her doctorate in Feminist Studies from the University of Washington in 2016. Her research and and teaching practices bridges Chicana feminist theory, Latina/o media studies, and radio production.