Janisse Ray, Chatham University

Lance Ledbetter, Dust-to-Digital Records

John Lane, Wofford College

Lisa Brooks, Harvard; Michael Elliott, Emory; Arnold Krupat, Sarah Lawrence; Elvira Pulitano, California Polytechnic; Craig Womack, Emory

Natasha Trethewey, Emory University

Allison Hedge Coke, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Natasha Trethewey, Emory University

Jake Adam York, University of Colorado, Denver

Elizabeth Alexander, Yale University

Susan Harbage Page, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Juan Logan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kimberly Wallace-Sanders, Emory University

Patrick Phillips, Drew University

David Brion Davis, Yale University

Dan Albergotti, Coastal Carolina University

Minrose Gwin, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ron Rash, Western Carolina University

William Christenberry, Corcoran College of Art and Design

George Sanchez, University of Southern California

Joseph Crespino, Emory University

Nick Spitzer, University of New Orleans

Mary Odem, Emory University

Bill Malone, Tulane University

Kevin Kruse, Princeton University

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, University of Oklahoma

Natasha Trethewey, Emory University

Karyn Lacy, University of Michigan

Steven Hahn, University of Pennsylvania

Minnie Bruce Pratt, The Union Institute and University

Minnie Bruce Pratt, The Union Institute and University

Robert Jackson, U. of Virginia; Edward A. Shannon, Ramapo College of New Jersey; Adam Tate, Stillman College; Art Taylor, George Mason U.