Boris Shor is an associate professor in the department of political science at the University of Houston. Among his many research interests are political parties, ideology, and polarization. Professor Shor…

Prashanth Bhat is an assistant professor in the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston. His research interests include anti-media populism, alternative social platforms, online hate…

Steven W. Lewis is the C.V. Starr Transnational China Fellow in the China Studies Program at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. He is a professor in the practice…

Pablo M. Pinto is a Distinguished Professor and the director of the Center for Public Policy at the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs. His areas of expertise…

Denise Hulett is a librarian and professor at Houston Community College Central. (Fall 2024, Fall 2025)

Alexander Chapman is a professor at Houston Community College Central and curator of HCC's Fashion Archive. He earned a B.S. in  Fashion Design and Couture at the Fashion Institute of Technology.…

Kevin Prufer is the author of ten books, most recently Sleepaway: A Novel (Acre Books, 2024) and The Fears: Poems (Copper Canyon Press, 2023), winner of the 2024 Rilke Prize…