- Christian Anderson (Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policies, University of South Carolina)
- Regina Barreca (Professor of English, University of Connecticut)
- Joe Boskin (Professor Emeritus of American Social and Ethnic History, Boston University)
- Federica K. Clementi (Associate Professor of English & Jewish Studies, University of South Carolina)
- Joseph Dorinson (Professor of History, Long Island University)
- Stanley Dubinsky (Professor of Linguistics & Jewish Studies, University of South Carolina)
- Lanita Jacobs (Associate Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, University of Southern California)
- Russell H Kaschula (NRF SARChI Chair: African Language Studies, School of Languages, Rhodes University)
- Catherine Keyser (Associate Professor of English, University of South Carolina)
- Rebecca Krefting (Associate Professor of American Studies, Skidmore College)
- Paul Malovrh (Associate Professor of Spanish,, University of South Carolina)
- Bob Mankoff (Cartoon Editor Emeritus, The New Yorker; Humor and Cartoon Editor, Esquire magazine)
- Lawrence Mintz (Professor Emeritus of American Studies, University of Maryland)
- Ferne Pearlstein (Independent filmmaker)
- Kimberly Simmons (Associate Professor of Anthropology & African-American Studies, University of South Carolina)
- Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff (Associate Professor of History, University of South Carolina)
- David Slucki (Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston)
- Harvey Starr (Dag Hammarskjold Professor Emeritus in International Affairs & Jewish Studies)
- Jarrod Tanny (Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Wilmington)
- Stephen Whitfield (Max Richter Professor of American Civilization, Brandeis University)