Cherry Maynor Beasley: is the Belk Endowed Chair in Rural and Minority Health at the Department of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. She has devoted most of her professional nursing career as a nursing provider, educator, and researcher within the greater Robeson County community.
Mary Ann Jacobs is Associate Professor and Chair, American Indian Studies and Social Work, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke. She is the author of several peer-reviewed articles, book sections, and reports dealing with foster care, racial identity, Chicago's American Indian community, American Indian LGBT issues, child welfare policies for Indigenous children, and decolonizing methods.
Ulrike Wiethaus is Professor of Religion and American Ethnic Studies at Wake Forest University. Her research and publication interests focus on the history of Christian spirituality with an emphasis on gender justice and political history, and most recently, historic trauma, religion, and the long-term impact of U.S. colonialism.