Dr. Robert Pastor, American University

Dr. Jim Peach, New Mexico State University

Dr. Luis Martinez-Fernandez, Rutgers University

Malaika Favorite, Atlanta

Dr. Quintard Taylor, University of Washington

Dr. Roberta Fernandez, University of Georgia

Col. Margarita Aponte, U.S. Army - Fort Gordon

Kay Morris and the Jewels

Debra Sabia, Georgia Southern University

Elaine Lacy, Univerity of South Carolina, Aiken

Dr. Joseph Cotter, Augusta State University, posthumously