Charlotte Kent, PhD, is Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Head of Visual and Critical Studies at Montclair State University. She is co-editor with Katherine Guinness of the book, Contemporary Absurdities, Existential Crises, and Visual Art (Intellect Books), and an Editor at Large for The Brooklyn Rail with a monthly column on Art & Technology, contributing to many arts magazines and academic journals about the intersection of contemporary art, digital culture, and ecological systems--most recently, Midnight Moment: A Decade of Artists in Times Square (Phaidon Press, 2024).

Christopher Trautman is thrilled to come back to Montclair as the Director of Student Conduct, after previously working in Residence Life while earning his MA in Higher Education Leadership at the University from 2015-2017. Prior to joining Montclair, Chris served as the Associate Director for Educational Initiatives and Assessment in Residential Education at The College of New Jersey, where he oversaw the advancement of the department's residential curriculum and helped lead various assessment projects to demonstrate student learning and improve the student experience.

Chris has also taught several courses at the college level, including a first-year student writing class at TCNJ and a first-year student transition to college seminar at Fairleigh Dickinson University. When not at work, Chris loves to attend theater productions, watch movies, and listen to podcasts. 

Elizabeth Martin is the Assistant Director of First-Year Writing in the Writing Studies Department at Montclair State University in New Jersey. She received her M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing from William Paterson University. Her journalism has appeared in Parsippany Life, Neighbor News, and The Suburban Trends. Her creative writing has been published by Neworld Review, Hot Metal Bridge, and Menacing Hedge, among others. She is the recipient of two New Jersey Press Association awards. Currently, she is at work on a collection of essays.

Dr. Ronald Strauss is the Senior Associate Dean, Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University, NJ, USA and a Full Professor in the Department of Accounting and Finance. Dr. Strauss holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University and earned his BS and MS in Accounting from Binghamton University. He joined the Feliciano School of Business in 2011 and has served as Chair of the Accounting and Finance Department. His primary research interests involve ethics of business, finance and accounting, executive compensation, and disclosures and governance on a global basis with a particular emphasis on decoding the ethical content of financial disclosures. 

Scott Kight is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Instruction in the College of Science and Mathematics. His work explores differential reproduction. Dr. Kight is interested in understanding how and why animals make decisions about this critical biological event. Generally using invertebrate animals as model species, Dr. Kight and his students investigate why some animals take care of their young (when most species do not) and when/why these caregivers decide to stop investing in offspring. Sometimes these questions require understanding how animals interact with other species, such as predators. Dr. Kight and his students are currently turning their attention to how reproductive decisions are related to ecological competition between invasive and native species.

Dr. Tatum Petrich, Associate Teaching Professor and Director of First-Year Writing, received a PhD and MA in English as well as a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from Temple University. She teaches courses in first-year writing, public and professional writing, and gender studies. Her research interests include composition and rhetoric, contemporary American literature, and the relationship between motherhood and race.