Kathleen Hicks is Director of Online Programs, Department of English. Her expertise is online education and American lit. She is associate editor for Steinbeck Review and President of the International Steinbeck Society.

Beghetto is an internationally recognized expert on creative thought and action in educational settings.

Nkrumah is an assistant professor with MLFTC. Her research focuses on equitable teaching practices for anti-oppressive discourse in education and STEM.

Acevedo's research focuses on queer young adult literature, pop culture pedagogies, (auto)ethnographical methodologies, and masculinity/machismo in Caribbean/Puerto Rican communities.

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