Ritter-Williams is an educator by vocation and habit, and researches the complex institution of higher education in the U.S. She focuses primarily on college students and has studied retention, critical thinking, and cyberbullying.

As Executive Director of the Next Educator Workforce, Brent collaborates with colleagues across ASU, P12 educators, and the community to redesign models of schooling based on teams of educators with distributed expertise who

Supports instructional design consultations for ASU Online and provides professional development across the University.

Casey teaches History and Religious Studies courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. His research focuses on the history of religion and politics in Latin America.

Samantha Perkins is the asst director of online learning communities, InnovationSpace co-director, & Industrial Design faculty at The Design School. Her research focuses on equitable online learning experiences.