Srividya Ramasubramanian is Newhouse Professor & Endowed Chair at Syracuse University. She is widely recognized for her pioneering work on race and media, media literacy initiatives, implicit bias reduction, and scholar-activism. She also has over 100 publications to her credit, including her co-authored book with Erica Scharrer Quantitative Research Methods in Communication: The Power of Numbers for Social Justice (2021). She is the Editor-in-Chief of Communication Monographs, Founding Director of the Difficult Dialogues Project and CODESHIFT (Collaboratory for Data Equity, Social Healing, Inclusive Futures, and Transformation), and Co-Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit Media Rise. Omotayo O. Banjo is Professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati and the Associate Dean of the Graduate College. She is a mixed-methods media effects scholar whose work centers on identity construction in entertainment media. Banjo has published four books and authored over two dozen journal articles and book chapters. She is a Fulbright award winner and engaged scholar, having presented her to policymakers and tech experts.