Zareena Grewal is an associate professor of American studies, ethnicity, race, migration, and religious studies at Yale University.

Vamsee Juluri is a professor of media studies and Asian studies at the University of San Francisco.

Nilanjana Bhattacharjya is an ethnomusicologist and popular music scholar who focuses on South Asian popular music and film in India, as well as in the South Asian diaspora.

Ana López is a professor of communication, director of the Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute, and associate provost for faculty affairs at Tulane University.