| Stephen Mazza, Search Co-Chair | Dean of the School of Law |
| Mary Banwart, Search Co-Chair | Associate Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs |
| Alyssa Appelman | Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Brian Bracco | Alumnus and William Allen White Foundation Board Member |
| Yvonnes Chen | Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Vaibhav Diwanji | Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Mugur Geana | Interim Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development and Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Carol Holstead | Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Jill Hummels | Alumna and Chief of Staff and Director of Internal Communications, Office of the Provost |
| Himée Kamatuka | Recruitment Coordinator, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Kathleen Lynne Lane | Director of Human Subjects Research for the Office of Research and Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor, School of Education and Human Sciences |
| Margarita Orozco | Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Mia Ramirez | Student, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |
| Hyunjin Seo | University Distinguished Professor and Oscar Stauffer Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Communications |
| Matt Tidwell | Professor of the Practice and Interim Digital Marketing Communications Concentration Chair, School of Journalism & Mass Communications |
| Patricia Weems Gaston | Lacy C. Haynes Professor and Professor of the Practice, School of Journalism and Mass Communications |