- Abena Busia – Ambassador of Ghana to Brazil; Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
- Adérónké Adésolá Adésànyà - The School of Art, Design, and Art History, James Madison University
- Ahmed Butt – Rutgers Undergraduate Student
- Ala Jitan – Rutgers Undergraduate Student
- Alamin Mazrui - Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures, Rutgers University
- Albert Ayeni - Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University
- Alexandria Smith - Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
- Alexis Haynie - Department of English, Rutgers University
- Amir Aziz Mohamed - Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
- andré carrington - Department of English and Philosophy, Harvard University
- Antu Yacob - Theater Department, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
- Bode Ibironke - Department of English, Rutgers University
- Carolyn Brown - Department of History, Rutgers University
- Charles Häberl – Chair, Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures, Rutgers University
- Chioma Nwankwo - Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University
- Christopher Wise - Department of English, Western Washington University
- Clovis Bergère - Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
- Diya Abdo - English Department, Guilford College
- Donna Gustafson - Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
- Emily Merchant - Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University
- Eric Charry - Music Department, Wesleyan University
- Eric Garfunkel - Vice President, Global Affairs, Rutgers University
- Etienne Labbouz - Department of French, Rutgers University
- Federica Soddu - Department of Italian, Rutgers University
- Francis Barchi – Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University
- François Cornilliat - Department of French, Rutgers University
- Gabriel Bámgbósé - Program in Comparative Literature, Rutgers University
- Genese Sodikoff - Director, Center for African Studies, Rutgers University
- Georgette Mitchell - Department of French, Rutgers University
- Hyo-Won Nakashio – Rutgers Undergraduate Student
- Itzel Corona Aguilar - Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
- Jacob G Price - Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Rutgers University
- James Masschaele – SAS Vice Executive Dean, Rutgers University
- Jim Simon – Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University
- Jonathan Bishop Highfield - Literary Arts and Studies, Rhode Island School of Design
- Jonathon Repinecz - Department of Modern and Classical Languages, George Mason University
- Jordan Steiner - School of Social Work, Rutgers University
- Kassahun Checole – Founder and Publisher, Africa World Press and The Red Sea Press
- Kelly M. Askew – Department of Anthropology, The University of Michigan
- Kevin Lyons – Business School, Rutgers University
- Lisa Yung - Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, Binghamton University
- Lydia Quayson - Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures
- Manthia Diawara - Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
- Marame Gueye - English Department, East Carolina University
- Mark Robson - Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University
- Mary Shaw - Department of French, Rutgers University
- Medha Karmarkar - Department of French, Rutgers University
- Meredeth Turshen - Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University
- Michelle Ann Stephens – Dean of Humanities, Rutgers University
- Myriam Alami - Department of French, Rutgers University
- Ndirangu Wachanga - Department of Media Science, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Nyuma Waggeh – Rutgers Undergraduate Student
- Olufunmilola Ibironke – The Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institutes, Rutgers University
- Ouafaa Deleger - Department of French, Rutgers University
- Ousseina Alidou - Department of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Literatures, Rutgers University
- Paulina Maria Barrios - Program in Comparative Literature, Rutgers University
- RaShelle R. Peck - Center for Historical Analysis, Rutgers University
- Reginold Royston - the Information School and the Department of African Cultural Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Renée Larrier - Department of French, Rutgers University
- Ricardo René Larémont - Department of Sociology, Binghamton University
- Rick Lee – Director, Rutgers Global, Rutgers University
- Roger Noguerol Ramírez - Producer and Musician
- Ron Mulvihill - Filmmaker, Director, and Producer
- Simone Brioni - Department of English, Stony Brook University
- Sisonke Msimang - South African Writer
- Stéphane Robolin - Department of English, Rutgers University
- Susanna Sacks - English Department, Northwestern University
- Tadjou-N'Dine Mamadou Yacoubou - Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University
- Thato Magano - Program in Comparative Literature, Rutgers University
- Tosin Adesanya-Olaleye – Artist
- Tosin Gbogi - The Interdisciplinary Program in Linguistics, Tulane University
- Wendy Wilson-Fall - Africana Studies Program, Lafayette College
