Magaña's research focuses on traditional and non- traditional political engagement, including electoral politics, grassroots organizing, immigration dynamics and transnational political movements.

Zach Santa Maria assists the Human Resources Department for Knowledge Enterprise at Arizona State University as a Department HR Visa & Immigration Specialist.

Juan Rocha is an attorney in private practice. For six years, he was a federal public defender, practices immigration and criminal law and has written extensively about immigration law. He is a lecturer at the ASU Law.

Matthew Smoldt is a doctoral candidate specializing in the study of immigration and immigration policy.

Pedraza examines political attitude formation and political behavior among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States, and the consequences these portend for public policy.