Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Colorado State University and a director of education abroad programs in Europe. She holds three International Communication Association Top Paper Awards and a CSU CLA Best Teacher Award. She researches and teaches Intercultural Communication, Conflict and Memory, Global Studies, and International Cinematography.

Arthur D. Soto-Vásquez is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and Communication at Texas A&M International University. He studies the relationship between digital media, popular culture, and identity making, and his most recent work focuses on political and health communication. He is the recipient of a Top Paper Award at the 2021 National Communication Association in the Theater, Film, and New Media Division.

Michael Lechuga is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of New Mexico. He researches and teaches Settler Colonial Studies, Cultural Studies, Rhetoric, and Migration Studies. He has twice been recognized with an Emerging Scholar Award, in 2021 by the Critical Cultural Studies Division at the National Communication Association and in 2022 by the International Communication and Media Studies Conference.

Sergio Fernando Juárez an assistant professor of Intercultural Communication at Loyola Marymount University. His areas of research include critical pedagogies within the field of communication and development of equitable educational practices within institutions to better value multiple forms of intelligence and knowledge. He holds the Activism and Social Justice Pedagogy Award from the National Communication Association.