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Dan-el Padilla Peralta, author of Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League (2015), is associate professor of classics at Princeton University, where he is also affiliated with the program in Latino studies. His teaching and research interests focus on the Roman Republic and early Empire. His recent book, Divine Institutions (2020), examines how temples and pilgrimage sites held the “Imperial Republic” together at a time of rapid expansion. His research agenda also includes the reception of classical texts and culture in the Americas; his recent essay in The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Political Theory explores the reception of the classics in Santo Domingo. Peralta says that his scholarship in both fields reflects “an enduring concern with patterns of cultural and intellectual exchange.” In addition, Peralta writes for popular audiences. His work has appeared in Newsweek, the Guardian, Vox, and The New York Times. He says that he loves “to proselytize for classics and the humanities.” Peralta earned a BA summa cum laude from Princeton University, an MPhil in Greek and Roman history from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in classics from Stanford University.

Lindsay Till Hoyt is an assistant professor of applied developmental psychology at Fordham University in New York. Her research integrates developmental science and population health, investigating how physiological processes, psychosocial experiences, and environmental contexts interact during adolescence and young adulthood to influence health and health disparities. In particular, she is interested in learning how macro-level stressful events can “get under the skin” to influence developmental trajectories and play a critical role in producing long-term social, academic, and economic inequalities. Hoyt has co-led projects studying adolescent and young adult stress and civic engagement during the 2016 and 2020 U.S. federal elections and the COVID-19 pandemic. Through this research, she seeks not only to understand how macro-level stressors differentially affect young people’s physiological and psychological functioning but also to identify protective factors that help young adults cope with stress. She serves as primary investigator on projects with the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau-funded Adolescent and Young Adult Health Research Network. Hoyt holds a BA in psychology and peace studies from the University of Notre Dame and a PhD in human development and social policy from Northwestern University and did postdoctoral work at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar.

​Jillian Kinzie is associate director of the Center for Postsecondary Research and the NSSE Institute at the Indiana University School of Education. She conducts research and leads project activities on the effective use of student engagement data to improve educational quality and serves as senior scholar with the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) project. Kinzie is co-author of Assessment in Student Affairs (2016), Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Higher Education (2015), Student Success in College (2005/2010), and One Size Does Not Fit All: Traditional and Innovative Models of Student Affairs Practice (2008/2014). She is co-editor of New Directions in Higher Education and serves on the boards of the Washington Internship Institute and the Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education. She received the Robert J. Menges Honored Presentation Award by the Professional Organizational Development (POD) Network in 2005 and 2011. Previously, she served on the faculty of Indiana University and coordinated the master’s program in higher education and student affairs. She also held academic and student affairs positions at Miami University and Case Western Reserve University. Kinzie earned a BA in psychology with a concentration in health science and an MEd in postsecondary education and administration from Cleveland State University; she earned her PhD from Indiana University in higher education with a minor in women’s studies.

​Eva Chatterjee-Sutton has served as vice president of student life and dean of students at Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania since 2013. In this role she oversees all aspects of campus management that support students in their campus experience, including residence life, student engagement, health services, athletics, campus safety, career services, and campus dining. Chatterjee-Sutton previously served as dean of students at Bennington College and as residence hall director at University of Maryland Baltimore County. Committed to the success of the whole student, she collaborates closely with her colleagues in academic affairs to craft a robust student experience. Chatterjee-Sutton serves as a member of the boards of the NASPA James E. Scott Academy and Legal Issues in Higher Education Conference, and as a facilitator of the NCAA Athletic Direct Report Institute. She holds a BASc in sociology and political science from Kansas State University and an MA in college student counseling and organizational development from the University of Iowa College of Education.

​Leanne Neilson has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs of California Lutheran University since 2009, having served the university since 1993 in many other capacities, including as associate provost for graduate programs and accreditation, director of the graduate psychology program, and as a psychology faculty member. As provost, she led the development of a new strategic plan, was engaged in Cal Lutheran’s merger with a seminary and in the university’s recognition as a Hispanic-serving institution, and championed significant growth in faculty diversity. Neilson has led organizational change efforts, and recently was involved in extensive revisions to shared governance. Previously, she worked as staff research associate at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute in the Clinical Research Center for Schizophrenia at Camarillo State Hospital. Neilson received a BA in organizational psychology, an MA in psychology, and a PhD in clinical psychology, all from Pepperdine University.

​Monica Smith is the first vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Augustana College in Illinois. Prior to joining Augustana in 2017, she served as chief diversity officer at Elizabethtown College, director of the office of inclusion and diversity at Saint Joseph’s University (PA), and assistant to the dean for faculty development and student concerns and assistant to the provost for multicultural concerns at Eastern University. Smith has taught courses at the University of Pennsylvania and Eastern University. She holds an MS and PhD in social work from the University of Pennsylvania. She also received a certificate of achievement from the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education.

​Kevin Kruger has served since 2012 as president and CEO for NASPA–Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Prior to assuming his role as president, Kruger was associate executive director, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer for NASPA. Earlier, he served in a range of student affairs positions at Southern Methodist University and the University of Maryland. Kruger earned a BA in history and political science from the University at Albany, SUNY, and an MA and PhD in counseling and personnel services from the University of Maryland.