Iván Román is a freelance journalist, editor and communications consultant based in Washington, D.C. who has focused primarily on the country’s increasingly diverse racial and ethnic communities, its complex challenges regarding immigration, and Caribbean and Latin American affairs.

Dave Roos is a writer for History.com and a contributor to the popular podcast Stuff You Should Know. Learn more at daveroos.com.

Minhae Shim Roth is a writer and reporter based in the San Francisco Bay area.

Jessica Pearce Rotondi is the author of What We Inherit: A Secret War and a Family’s Search for Answers. Find her at @JessicaRotondi or at JessicaPearceRotondi.com.

Hugh Ryan is the author of When Brooklyn Was Queer and The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison.

Elizabeth D. Samet is the editor of The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant_._ Her books include No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America_._ She is professor of English at West Point.

Gianna Samms is an arts and culture writer based in New York and London. She has contributed to TheGuide.Art and The Journal of Art Criticism.

Mary Elise Sarotte is the Kravis Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author or editor of five books, including 1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe, and The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall.

Vincent Schilling, Akwesasne Mohawk, is an author, public speaker and journalist who has contributed to such publications as NBC.com, the Smithsonian's American Indian Magazine, and the CBC. He is the editor of NativeViewpoint.com, follow him on Twitter at @VinceSchilling.

Shannon McKenna Schmidt is the author of The First Lady of World War II: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back. Find her at @NovelDestinations or at ShannonMcKennaSchmidt.com.