Dr. Mary Coleman
Political Scientist, Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Director, Center for University Scholars, Jackson State University

Dr. Doris Dartey
Communications Expert, Managing Consultant, OrgCom Insight, Ghana

Dr. Dorris R. Robinson-Gardner
Dean, Division of International Studies and Professor of Education, Jackson State University

Dr. Ally Mack
Political Scientist, Executive Director, Mississippi Consortium for International Development (MCID), Dean, Division of International Studies, Jackson State University

Dr. James Maddirala
Associate Vice President, Executive Director, Global-World HIV-AIDS Alliance (GHAA), Jackson State University

Dr. Tabitha Otieno
Professor of Social Science, Author, Jackson State University

Dr. Kefa Otiso
Urban and Economic Geographer, Author, Bowling Green State University

Dr. Joseph Martin Stevenson
Distinguished Scholar, Author, Founder of the Nation's
First Executive PhD Program in Urban Higher Education, Jackson State University