Jennifer M. Harrison has worked in higher education for over 30 years and is currently UMBC's Associate Director for Assessment in the Faculty Development Center. Dr. Harrison has expertise in accreditation, institutional effectiveness, student learning assessment, critical pedagogy, curriculum development, educational technology, and online and face-to-face active learning. Dr. Harrison's research and teaching centers on intersectional social justice education.

Vickie Rey Williams, an educational psychologist and learning scientist, has worked in a variety of clinical settings, including hospitals and K-12 schools. In addition to teaching education courses to future educators, she serves as a featured professor of cognitive psychology in UMBC's Psychology degree program, and as a mentor and leader in the First-Year Seminar program at UMBC.