Kristen M. Budd is Senior Research Analyst at The Sentencing Project, a research-driven advocacy non-profit organization based in Washington, DC.

Heather Dillaway is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University.

David C. Lane is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University

Manjusha Nair is Associate Professor of Sociology at George Mason University.

Marko Salvaggio is Professor of Practice at Tulane University and Director of the Tulane SoPA College Prison Program.

Jason A. Smith is an Affiliate Research Faculty at the Center of Social Science at George Mason University.