Dan Gillmor, a journalist and author, is co-founder of the News Co/Lab (http://newscollab.org) at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he is a professor of practice.

Dell’Anna has been teaching Italian at ASU since 2005. Her areas of teaching and research include teaching Italian language through literature, Italian mass media communication, and pedagogy in language teaching.

Fellner is an eight-time Fulbright Fellow and experienced journalist who has worked in television news, corporate public relations and travel writing for newspapers and magazines around the world.

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

Sadowski-Smith works in border and migration studies. She has published "The New Immigrant Whiteness: Race, Neoliberalism, and Post-Soviet Migration to the United States," "Border Fictions," and "Globalization on the Line."

Jurik's research and teaching interests address issues of gender, occupations, work-related technology, and work organizations.

Benkert is a historian of modern Germany working on the history and memory of both dictatorships on German soil.

Mark Scarp is a former newspaper reporter, editor, editorial writer and columnist who in recent years has worked in public relations and community relations in the Phoenix area.

Avilés-Santiago is the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Curricular Innovation and an Associate Professor of Communication and Culture at Arizona State University (ASU). He is also a former Director of ASU's OVMAE.