Kelly McElwain earned her BA from the University of San Diego and her MA from ASU. She teaches ENG 101 in the Writers' Studio, a fully online first-year composition program in the College of Interactive Sciences and Arts.

Cedric Burrows researches Black rhetoric and its reception by mainstream audiences.

Sarah Yaron, MFA. is a Faculty Associate at The Writers' Studio at Arizona State University where she teaches English 101. She is also Adjunct Faculty at Scottsdale Community College and Glendale Community College.