Yabes, a professor emerita of planning, taught a variety of planning courses during her time at Arizona State University, including several with an international focus on planning.

Keahey is a development sociologist who studies social justice in food and agriculture, post-authoritarian transitions to sustainability, multi-paradigmatic and participatory methods, and development ethics.

Cheng's transdisciplinary research advances the role of nature-based solutions in urban landscape and environmental planning and design to address climate justice for enhancing sustainable and resilient communities.

Melissa Guardaro is an assistant research professor in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on adaptation, equity, vulnerability, urban policy, and governance.