Alexandra (Allie) Thrall is a doctoral researcher in Baylor University’s Department of Curriculum & Instruction. Her research focuses on investigating and imagining the sociotechnical arrangements that threaten or support justice-oriented literacy and social studies education. As such, she is engaged in ongoing school-based research that demonstrates the possibilities that emerge when students engage in inquiries into the interplay between our technological systems and our civic lives.

Jessica Garbowski is an educator with over 15 years of experience. She has worked in Massachusetts as a public school teacher in many roles and various subject areas. Jessica has a Master of Arts in Teaching and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Educational Leadership. Her current role is at the middle school level, teaching media and AI literacy to students. In addition, Jessica is the school librarian and the instructional technology facilitator.

Julianna Kowlessar is a PhD student in the joint Communication & Culture program at York and Toronto Metropolitan Universities in Toronto, Canada. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology, an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies, summa cum laude, and an MA in Communication & Culture from York University. Her research centres on the benefits of teaching critical media literacy education in K-12 Canadian classrooms and using games as forms of pedagogy.