Thomas Lutes is a Ph.D. Journalism & Mass Communication Candidate at the Walter Cronkite School. His research relies on critical discourse analysis of drag performers and their kinship structures in popular media.

McHugh teaches courses in interpersonal communication. A contributing editor and ancillary author for Oxford University Press textbooks in this area, she also works on philosophy and ethics texts for other publishers. 

Kris Vera-Phillips teaches news producing classes & a multimedia bootcamp for graduate students. She is also an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 14 years of experience producing news shows and special projects.

Katherine Morrissey is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies. Her research focuses on representations of female desire in popular culture, genre networks, and the impacts of digitization on creative communities.

Joris Van Ouytsel, associate professor at the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, researches digital media's impact on relationships, enhancing internet safety.

Bauer is an assistant professor of interactive media and games.

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.

Kristy H.A. Kang is a practice-based researcher whose work navigates the triangulation of place, geographies, and memory. Her projects visualize the cultural histories of cities and communities.