Dr. Edmund Adjapong is an associate professor in the Educational Studies Department at Seton Hall University. Dr. Adjapong is a STEM and Urban Education advocate whose work and research address issues of race, class, inequities in education, and misperceptions of urban youth. His current focus is on how to incorporate youth culture into educational spaces, specifically on utilizing hiphop culture and sensibilities as an approach to teaching and learning.

Dr. Kelly Allen is Assistant Professor of Curriculum Studies in the College of Education and Human Development at Augusta University. Dr. Allen's work and research is interested in the disruption of racism and inequities in education. Currently, her work examines the intersection of culture, race, curriculum, and pedagogy, especially in the implementation of hip-hop education.