- Stephon Alexander: Cosmology, Particle Physics, Quantum Gravity, Intersections with Jazz Music
- Nilanjana Bhattacharjya: Ethnomusicology, South Asian popular music, Music and migration, South Asian popular culture, South Asian popular culture in the diaspora, South Asian American history, South Asian immigration
- Dr. Eugenia Cheng: Mathematics, Innovative Undergraduate Teaching Methods, Concert Piano
- Leila Cobo: Latin Music, Classical Music, Latin Pop Culture, Piano, Entertainment and TV, Writing and Journalism, Colombia
- Jasmine Garsd: Music, Latin Music, Latin America, Mexico
- Travis Gosa: Race, new politics, hip-hop culture, education, popular culture
- Hua Hsu: Culture Criticism, Sports, Music, Film, American Intellectual History, Transpacific Literary History, Cultural Studies
- Jason Johnson: Hip-Hop Politicians, Campaign Strategy, Elections, Presidential Rhetoric, Journalism, Pop Culture, Political Communication
- Jason King: Music (R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop, Rock, Jazz), Record Producing, African American Culture, Asian American Culture
- Bakari Kitwana: Hip-hop Activism, Youth Culture and Young Voter Political Participation
- Terry Loftis: Arts and culture, arts and culture funding, theater, music, museums, nonprofits
- Karen Tongson: Queer theory, women and pop music and queer and racial representations and stereotyping in popular culture
- Oliver Wang: Music, Sports, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Hip-Hop