Sarah Newman is James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Cherise Smith is professor of African and African Diaspora Studies and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin.

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is associate professor of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania.

J. Drew Lanham is professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson University, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow.