Christopher Cayari Editor & Author

Christopher Cayari is an associate professor of music at Purdue University West Lafayette-Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Their research interests include popular music, musical theater, race & ethnicity, gender & sexuality, and identity scholarship.

Jason D. Thompson is an an inaugural faculty member at the nation’s first Black Honors College at California State University, Sacramento, USA. His research interests include socially engaged arts practices, music participation as civic engagement, and the ways culture shapes musical experiences.

Rekha S. Rajan is an award-winning classically trained singer who has performed in musicals, operas and operettas across the U.S. Her bestselling children's literature books encourage young readers to explore the world around them through the arts.