Swadener 's research focuses on internationally comparative social policy, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa, impacts of neoliberal policy on local communities, and children's rights and voices.

Tepper is a leading writer and speaker on U.S. cultural policy. His work fosters national discussions around topics of cultural engagement, creative work and careers, art, democracy, and the 21st century creative campus.

Christi Jay Wells is a musicologist and interdisciplinary scholar in the fields of jazz history, popular music studies, dance studies, and arts & cultural policy.

Michael researchers the socioethical implications of emerging technologies with an emphasis on national security. She has a particular interest on the technological trajectory of implantable technologies.