Khalilah Brown-Dean is an associate professor of political science and senior director for Inclusive Excellence at Quinnipiac University.

Adolphus Belk Jr. is a professor of political science and African American studies at Winthrop University in South Carolina.

Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve is an associate professor in the department of sociology at Brown University and an affiliated scholar with the American Bar Foundation in Chicago.

Inimai Chettiar is federal director for the Justice Action Network, an organization dedicated to criminal justice reform.