Ron Chenail, Ph.D., is the Provost of NSU and an Adjunct Professor of Family Therapy in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS). Twenty years ago he created the world's first online, open-access, English language, qualitative research journal, The Qualitative Report, and later launched its sister publication, The Weekly Qualitative Report. 

Dr. Venus E. Evans-Winters is a Senior Researcher at the African American Policy Forum, a former Professor of Education, and founder of Planet Venus Institute. She is also a clinical psychotherapist in private practice. Her research interests are educational policy analysis, racial trauma inside and outside of schools, and Black girls’ and women’s psychosocial development across the African Diaspora.

Dr. Kakali Bhattacharya is a professor at University of Florida housed in Research, Evaluation, and Measurement Program. For the last fifteen years, Dr. Bhattacharya has explored qualitative research through critical, de/colonial, creative, transnational, and contemplative perspectives.