Kiran Kumbhar is a historian, writer, and public health expert, working primarily on the history of medicine and public health in modern India, and on the history of global public health. His Ph.D. dissertation explored the problem of "declining" trust in biomedical doctors and highlighted the major role that caste-based privilege has played in the history of the Indian medical profession.

Matt Barlow is a cultural anthropologist interested in how situated socio-ecological imaginaries influence responses to planetary crises. His doctoral research project demonstrated how different understandings of monsoonal wetness influenced approaches to waste infrastructure in Kochi, India. This research contributes to several debates within cultural anthropology, critical geography, postcolonial studies, and the environmental humanities.

Shahana Sheikh studies political parties, political behavior, and party-voter linkages, with a regional focus on South Asia. Her research agenda is centered on how party strategy, campaigns, and political participation in developing democracies are shaped by significant transformations associated with development—especially, shifts in media and communication technology, urbanization, and environmental degradation. Shahana completed her Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale University.