Jonathan Michael Square is a writer and historian specializing in fashion and visual culture of the African Diaspora. He has a PhD in history from New York University, a master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. from Cornell University. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, and currently at Harvard University. He has written for Fashionista, Fashion Studies Journal, Refinery29, Vestoj, Hyperallergic, British Art Studies, and International Journal of Fashion Studies. A proponent in the power of social media as a platform for radical pedagogy, he founded and runs the digital humanities project Fashioning the Self in Slavery and Freedom, which explores the intersection of fashion and slavery. He also co-founded Rendering Revolution, which explores sartorial approaches to Haitian history.

Je suis Daphenide ST-LOUIS, diplômée et licenciée en Sciences Infirmières. Après mon service social en 2009, j'ai travaillé dans divers domaines, tels que : la prise en charge de la malnutrition au niveau institutionnel et communautaire dans trois organisations non gouvernementales différentes ; Programme de Vaccination; Activités Intensives pour la Santé de l'Enfant (AISE) ; la prise en charge du VIH/SIDA ; Projet LINKAGES, Prévention de la transmission du VIH de la mère à l'enfant. J'ai eu une formation en Maîtrise en Santé Publique à l'Université Quisqueya. Actuellement, je suis doctorante rattachée au Laboratoire Santé-Environnement de l'Ecole Doctorale Société-Environnement de ce dite Université. Je travaille en ce moment sur : « Microplastiques et santé environnementale: identification des dangers environnementaux en Haïti ». Mon sujet de thèse est la dureté de l'eau et les maladies cardiovasculaires. J'aimerais faire partie de cette association qui m'offre la possibilité d'acquérir de nouvelles connaissances, de développer mes capacités pour être plus efficace dans mes champs d'intervention et surtout pour pouvoir contribuer efficacement au bon développement de cette association. Du coup, être en mesure d'apporter ma contribution à la population haïtienne en effectuant des recherches scientifiques valables pour la prise de décisions et orientation des directives nationales afin de garantir le bien-être de la société.

Katherine Steelman (Ph.D. candidate, UC San Diego, Ethnic studies) is an English language instructor, cultural historian and writer. Broadly, her work examines how sexually non-normative spaces are socially and materially constructed in Tijuana, BC, MX. She takes up US cultural production, as well as the Tijuanense response to the US's narrative of the city and it's communities that might be called queer. This work juxtaposes critical analyses of cultural texts with ethnographic interviews. Her project engages cultural representations of Haiti in the US and Mexico, as well as collaborative ethnographic work with Haitian migrants in Tijuana.

Tøraasen is a third year PhD candidate and political scientist at the Chr. Michelsen Institute in Bergen, Norway. Her research interests concerns everything that has to do with gender and beyond. She is currently studying the Haitian judiciary from a gender perspective, and she has spent five months in Haiti doing field work, interviewing mostly judges about their experiences.

Nyya is an international affairs and sociology of religion scholar with a track record of excellently executing strategic initiatives through social research, community engagement, leadership development, travel immersion, and event planning.