Crystal Marie Fleming is Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and Associate Faculty in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University.

Veronica Y. Womack is a mindfulness scholar and equity consultant as well as a social psychologist and researcher at Northwestern University whose work centers on inclusive teaching, identity-related stressors, and mindfulness.

Jeffrey Proulx is the Associate Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the Mindfulness Center at Brown University. He is also a faculty member in the school of Public Health, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Contemplative Studies, and Native American and Indigenous Studies at Brown.