Dr. Robertson is an Emerita associate professor of history as well as women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Indiana University’s School of Liberal Arts at IUI; Her research interests include the interracial struggles and activism of black and white women, women and the history of capitalism and women’s activities in voluntary associations. Robertson’s book, Christian Sisterhood, Race Relations, and the YWCA, 1906-1946 (2007) was the 2008 winner of the Richard L. Wentworth Illinois Award in American History.

Dr. Tucker Edmonds is an associate professor of religious studies and Africana studies at Indiana University’s School of Liberal Arts at IUI and the associate director of the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture. Tucker Edmonds’s research addresses the intersection between Black religion and the body, with a particular focus on agency, care and wellness. Tucker Edmonds’s most recent book, The Other Black Church: Alternative Christian Movements and the Struggle for Black Freedom, was published in December 2020.

Kim Williams-Pulfer, Ph.D., is an independent scholar and the principal consultant of KWP Research Strategies LLC, a research consulting firm focused on community development, the arts, public humanities, and nonprofit and philanthropic management.  Kim has worked as a researcher, educator, and community-based advisor for over fifteen years. Her research has been published in various academic journals and edited volumes, as well as practitioner and popular forums, including her new book, Get Involved: Stories of Bahamian Civil Society (Rutgers University Press/Critical Caribbean Series 2024.

Ms. McGee-Lockhart is a native of Indianapolis and life-long member of the Bethel A.M.E. Church, who is an active member of the Board of Stewards, Ladies Usher Board, and of the Lay Organization. For a number of years now, she has served as the Guardian and Keeper of the History for Bethel, inheriting this role the legendary Frances Connecticut Stout. She is a graduate of the West Virginia State University, member of the Tau Gamma Delta Sorority, and retired from Indianapolis Public School after 36 years of teaching.