Brooks is the Director of the Global Sport Institute at ASU. As a scholar, he is primarily interested in youth and sport; inequality in sport, coaching and leadership; and community based sports interventions.

Ayanna Thompson is a Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, and the Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). In 2021, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Lore/tta LeMaster (she/they) is a critical/cultural communication and performance scholar. Her scholarship engages the intersectional constitution of cultural difference.

Harleen Kaur received her doctorate in sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a Teaching Assistant Professor for the Sanford School. Her background and research interests are in racism, state formation, and belonging.

Nicole K. Mayberry is an Asst. Research Prof. at Watts College. Her work delves into geographic queries about how whiteness is subtly shrouded and normalized within institutions across space and time.