1. Lauren Reichart Smith (Ph.D. University of Alabama) is an assistant professor of sports media in the Media School at Indiana University. Her research interests include portrayals within sports media and effects of sports media consumption.
2. Jessica Gall Myrick, Ph.D., (University of North Carolina, 2013) is an associate professor of media studies in the Bellisario College of Communications at the Pennsylvania State University. Her research examines the role of different emotions in shaping audience responses to media messages.
3. Walter Gantz (Ph.D., Michigan State University,) is an associate dean in the Media School at Indiana University. He has studied sports fans for several decades and is particularly interested in how sports fanship changes across one’s life.