Abigail Rombalski serves as a lecturer in the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Abby prioritizes youth-engaged research towards educational justice, including as co-founder and director of YoUthROC, an affiliate program with the UMN's RJJ Urban Research Outreach-Engagement Center.
 

Jaiden Leary, a graduate from Saint Louis Park, Minnesota, is now a first-year student at UC Davis. Double-majoring in Political Science and Organizational Studies, Jaiden has been fascinated with politics and advocacy his whole life. At just 14 years old, he began working for a local political campaign. By 15, he was leading the first statewide pre-registration campaign in Minnesota history. By 16, he started passing legislation, an accomplishment he continues to this day, while also running political campaigns and serving as a board member of Catalysts for Systems Change. A nonprofit that helps young people draft and pass legislation.

In addition, Jaiden serves as Executive Director of the Journal for Youth Voice. An international online publication that empowers young writers to publish articles on political and social issues. Jaiden plans to begin working within the labor movement in California. With plans of attending law school, he intends to become a labor union attorney. Committed to advancing workers’ rights and strengthening class solidarity. 
 

Theresa M. Harrison (she/her) is the Executive Director for Community Engagement at the University of South Carolina. Her work centers on creating a social justice learning environment, whether in the classroom or in the community. As a critical community-engaged scholar and researcher, her work focuses on how higher education institutions engage with their local communities, cross-sector collaborations, high-impact practices, and critical race and abolitionist praxis. Dr. Harrison’s work has been published in the Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning, The Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, and the Engaged Scholar Journal: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning.
 

Andrew J. Pierce is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Justice Studies at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN. He earned his Ph.D. in philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. His specialization is social and political philosophy broadly conceived, with interests in critical theory, philosophy of race, and theories and pedagogies of community engagement. He is the author of several articles in these areas, as well as the recent book Beyond White Privilege: How the Politics of Privilege Hijacked Anti-Racism (Routledge 2024).