Charlotte Addison has a Master’s in Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and is completing her second Master’s degree in Communications Studies at Colorado State University. She is a Patsy Boyer Scholar and a Research Assistant at the RaGE Collective Research Hub.  Her research interests focus on Film, Television and Media Studies, Science and Technology, and Digital Cultures.

Abdullah Hamad A. H. Fetais is a faculty member in the Department of Communication at Qatar University. He holds a B.A. in Communication from Qatar University (2017) and an M.A. in Communication from George Mason University (2025), focusing on strategic communication.  He has experience as a broadcaster and media committee leader for national and international events in Qatar. He was recognized with the 2016 Student Leadership Award and spoke at TEDx-QU. In Fall 2025, he will begin the Ph.D. program in Media, Art, and Text at Virginia Commonwealth University. 

Rey Graves is a Virginia native whose career is as multifaceted as it is dynamic. He began his journey immersed in the world of graphic design, refining his creative skills and building a strong visual foundation. Alongside his artistic pursuits, Rey earned a degree in Marketing—a combination that uniquely positioned him at the crossroads of creativity and business.  Building on this interdisciplinary expertise, Rey pursued a master’s in Communication Design, where he further honed his ability to craft compelling narratives through visual media. His academic and professional journey reflects a deep-seated passion for learning and a commitment to excellence.  Always driven by curiosity and the power of education, Rey envisions a future where he can give back to the community that has shaped him. With aspirations to teach, he hopes to inspire emerging creatives by sharing his industry insights and fostering innovative thinking in the next generation of creative leaders.
 
Lindgren Johnson is the author of Race Matters, Animal Matters: Fugitive Humanism in African America, 1840-1930 (Routledge) and holds a PhD in English from the University of Mississippi. As a literary scholar, her work has focused on “fugitive humanist” energies within nineteenth- and early twentieth-century African American texts that reimagine relations with animals as intrinsic to reimagining human relations. Much of her research has revolved around movement, both human and animal, between and within both built and natural spaces. She is searching for a way to theorize and communicate how passive design and vegan design can inform one another in exceeding rhetorics of sustainability and purity and, instead, strive to live the contradictions of an impossible nonviolence.

Kenlontae Turner earned a BA in Studio Art from Christopher Newport University in 2017 and an MA in Art & Museum Studies from Georgetown University in 2019. Kenlontae has since worked in museum education and curation at institutions such as the Smithsonian’s Asian Art and American Indian Museums, with his latest appointment being the curator of collections at the Hampton University Museum. As a part of MATX, Kenlontae aims to focus on the intersections of Afrofuturism and early 20th century African American art, while exploring methods on creating accessible modes of learning about art history.