Joel Jin, PhD, MATM, is an affiliate faculty at Sentio University's Marriage and Family Therapy Graduate Program and an upcoming Acting Assistant Professor at University of Washington's Department of Family Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology and a M.A in theology and ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary. He was an Assistant Professor at Seattle Pacific University's Department of Clinical Psychology for the past 4 years. Joel is a co-author of Deliberate Practice in Multicultural Therapy, recently published by the American Psychological Association's Essentials in Deliberate Practice book series.

Sara Shaban is a critical/cultural scholar focused on the intersections between media, women’s social movements, and geopolitics in the Middle East. Shaban’s academic work is rooted within the theoretical frameworks of transnationalism and femonationalism. Her award-winning research is published in the International Journal of Communication and Communication and Critical Cultural Studies. She recently published her first book, Iranian Feminism and Transnational Ethics in Media Discourse.

Prior to life in academia, Shaban worked in U.S. local news as a producer before pursuing freelance journalism in Israel, the West Bank, and Sierra Leone. Shaban is fueled by her passion for social justice, specifically for immigrants and refugees. She was involved in initiatives to improve conditions for incoming refugees during the 2015 crisis and served as a volunteer and board member for the Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Program in St. Louis. Additionally, she served as the communications director for the St. Louis based NGO Project Peanut Butter — an organization committed to the eradication of child malnutrition throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr. Preciado joined the School of Education (SOE) faculty in 2010. Dr. Preciado teaches courses in Special Education and Teacher Education at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Dr. Preciado’s research specializes in literacy development, with a focus on Latino English learners and struggling readers among elementary school age students. Moreover, Dr. Preciado’s research includes decreasing problem behaviors and increasing academic engagement and social skills competence among Latino English learners. Dr. Preciado received his Ph.D. in Special Education with an emphasis in positive behavioral intervention supports (PBIS) and literacy from the University of Oregon.

Dr Loli Kim is a cross-cultural multimodalist-semanticist-pragmatist specialising in Korea. She received her Doctorate in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, specialising in Korean studies, at the University of Oxford, where she is now Postdoctoral Researcher on the Leverhulme Grant, researching the communication and folklore of Korea’s Haenyeo. She publishes widely on Asian communication and cross-cultural analytic frameworks, and was the winner of the Hendrick Hamel Prize in 2023 for her innovative contribution to Korean studies in her book Understanding Korean Film: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. Loli is also the Editor and co-visionary behind Bloomsbury’s Foodscaping Asia series, and Assistant Editor of the European Journal of Korean Studies.

Everett L. Worthington, Jr., Ph.D., is Commonwealth Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University. He holds a Faculty Affiliate appointment at the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University (Human Flourishing Program), and he is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Virginia. He has published widely on the science of self- and other-forgiveness among other topics, and he has developed the REACH Forgiveness model (see www.EvWorthington-forgiveness.com for free resources), supported in over 30 published randomized controlled trials, and other practical interventions to help people reach their potential.

Jennifer McKinney (PhD, Purdue University) is Professor of Sociology and Director of Women’s Studies at Seattle Pacific University. Jennifer is the author of Making Christianity Manly Again: Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, and American Evangelism and co-author (with Martin Lee Abbott) of Understanding and Applying Research Design (Wiley 2013). Jennifer’s research has published in The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, The Sociological Quarterly, The Journal of Youth Ministry, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Christianity Today.

Alexander Jun, Ph.D. conducts research on equity and justice in higher education around the world. He is author of numerous books including White Jesus: The Architecture of Racism in Religion and Education. Alex is an ordained Ruling Elder and was the former moderator of the 45th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. He and his family lived and worked in Cambodia 2010-2013. His latest book, Global White Supremacy: Anti-Blackness, and University as Colonizer, was released in May, 2023. Alex holds a Ph.D. in education policy from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. He is currently a Professor of Higher Education at Azusa Pacific University. Alex and his wife Jeany have three young adult children. They all currently attend Citizens Church in Los Angeles, CA.

Kenneth T. Wang, PhD is a Professor in Clinical Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, a licensed psychologist in California & Illinois, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association. He received his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Penn State University. Prior to Fuller, Kenneth taught at University of Missouri and worked as a staff psychologist at the University of Illinois and a counselor at National Dong-Hwa University in Taiwan. Kenneth’s research focuses on perfectionism, psychological measurement, and cross-cultural psychological adjustment.

Grace Inae Blum is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction-ELL/Bilingual Education at Seattle Pacific University. Her experiences as a daughter of first-generation Korean immigrants, mother to two school-aged, biracial children, and former P-12/ Adult Literacy educator greatly inform her commitments toward culturally sustaining teaching, scholarship, and service.

Her current research interests include humanizing teacher education, teacher preparation for culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms and the recruitment/retention of BIPOC educators.

Robert Chao Romero is an associate professor in the UCLA departments of Chicana/o Studies and Central America Studies, and Asian American Studies. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in Latin American History and his Juris Doctor from U.C. Berkeley, and is also an attorney. Romero is the author of several books, including, “The Chinese in Mexico, 1882-1940” and “Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina/o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity.” “The Chinese in Mexico” received the Latina/o Studies book award from the Latin American Studies Association and “Brown Church” received the InterVarsity Press Readers’ Choice Award for best academic title. Romero is also an ordained minister and faith rooted community organizer.

Robert Chao Romero es profesor asociado en los departamentos de UCLA de Estudios Chicanos y Estudios Centroamericanos, y de Estudios Asiáticos Americanos. Recibió su Ph.D. de UCLA en Historia Latinoamericana y su Juris Doctor de la U.C. Berkeley, y también es abogado. Romero es autor de varios libros, entre ellos, "The Chinese in Mexico, 1882-1940” y "Brown Church: Five Centuries of Latina / o Social Justice, Theology, and Identity.” “The Chinese in Mexico” recibió el premio al mejor libro de Estudios Latinos de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos y “Brown Church” recibió el premio InterVarsity Press Readers' Choice Award al mejor título académico. Romero también es un ministro ordenado y un organizador comunitario arraigado en la fe.