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- Allured, Janet — McNeese State University
- Arceneaux, Pamela D. — Historic New Orleans Collection
- Armistead, Samuel G. — University of California, Davis
- Avery, George — Stephen F. Austin State University
- Bateman, Michael — Independent Scholar
- Bell, Ellen Baker — Independent Scholar
- Bermingham, Ron — Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra
- Bernard, Shane K. — Independent Scholar
- Blue, Ellen — Phillips Theological Seminary
- Bonner, Judith H. — Historic New Orleans Collection
- Bradshaw, Jim — Independent Scholar
- Brady, Patricia — Independent Scholar
- Brasseaux, Ryan — Yale University
- Brewton, Vince — University of North Alabama
- Brown, Nikki — University of New Orleans
- Bryan, Violet Harrington — Xavier University
- Caffery, Joshua C. — University of Louisiana, Lafayette
- Cangelosi, Robert — Independent Scholar
- Cassimere, Jr., Ralphael — University of New Orleans
- Clark, Richard — Tulane University
- Colbert, Tom — University of Houston
- Collins, Peter — Missouri State University
- Corder, Cathy — Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities
- Cowan, Barry — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- Crank, James A. — Northwestern State University
- Daggett, Melissa — Independent Scholar
- Dajko, Nathalie — Tulane University
- Davis, William — Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Desmond, J. Michael — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- Eichhorn, Mary Lou — Historic New Orleans Collection
- Ells, Kevin — Louisiana State University, Alexandria
- Eskew, Harry — New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
- Ewell, Barbara C. — Loyola University, New Orleans
- Faber, Lo — Princeton University
- Ferguson, John C. — Independent Scholar
- Ferguson, Patty — Independent Scholar
- Fertel, Rien T. — Tulane University
- Finley, Keith — Southeastern Louisiana University
- Fontenot, Kevin — Tulane University
- Frystak, Shannon — East Stroudsburg University
- Gaines, James F. — Mary Washington College
- Girard, Jeff — Northwestern State University
- Greenlee, Diana — Poverty Point State Historic Site
- Gutman, Lucy — Independent Scholar
- Haas, Edward F. — Wright State University
- Hahn, Roger — Independent Scholar
- Hall, Gwendolyn — Rutgers University
- Hammer, Daniel — Historic New Orleans Collection
- Hawkins, Nancy — Louisiana Division of Archaeology
- Hebert-Leiter, Maria — Lycoming College
- Heitman, Danny — Independent Scholar
- Hoffman, Louise — Independent Scholar
- Hunter, G. Howard — Metairie Park Country Day School
- Hyde, Samuel C. — Southeastern Louisiana University
- Irvin, Hilary — Independent Scholar
- Johnson, T.R. — Tulane University
- Joiner, Gary D. — Louisiana State University, Shreveport
- Jones, Ginger — Louisiana State University, Alexandria
- Jumonville, Florence M. — University of New Orleans
- Kastor, Peter J. — Washington University
- Kauppila, Paul — San Jose State University
- Keith, LeeAnna — Collegiate School
- Kelley, Laura D. — Tulane University
- Key, Joeseph — Arkansas State University
- Kingsley, Karen — Tulane University
- Klaus, Kenneth S. — Nicholls State University
- Kress, Dana — Centenary College
- Kuilan, Susie Scifres — Northwestern State University
- Laird, Tracey E.W. — Agnes Scott College
- Lambousy, Greg — Louisiana State Museum
- Landau, Emily — University of Maryland, College Park
- Lawrence, John H. — Historic New Orleans Collection
- Le Glaunec, Jean-Pierre — University de Sherbrooke
- Lee, Dayna Bowker — Northwestern State University
- Lee-Keller, Hellen — California State University, Sacramento
- Leighninger, Robert — Arizona State University
- Lemmon, Alfred E. — Historic New Orleans Collection
- Leslie, J. Paul — Nicholls State University
- Lewis, Richard Anthony — Louisiana State Museum
- Long, Alecia P. — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- Long, Carolyn Morrow — Independent Scholar
- Lornell, Christopher "Kip" — George Washington University
- Mancini, Matthew J. — St. Louis University
- Mann, Rob — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- Marasco, Sue A. — Cuyahoga Community College
- Masson, Ann — Tulane University
- Maxile, Horace — Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago
- McCollam , Julie H. — Independent Scholar
- Medley, Keith Weldon — Independent Scholar
- Megraw, Richard — University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
- Miller, Joyce
- Miller, Matt — Emory University
- Mills, Elizabeth Shown — Independent Scholar
- Neidenbach, Elizabeth Clark — College of William and Mary
- Neumann, Caryn E. — Miami University
- Nguyen, Julia Huston — National Endowment for the Humanities
- Nystrom, Justin A. — Loyola University, New Orleans
- Owen, Maida — Louisiana Folklife Program
- Paquette, Robert L. — Hamilton College
- Parr, Leslie Gale — Loyola University, New Orleans
- Pasquier, Michael T. — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- Phillips, V. Faye — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- Piacentino, Ed — High Point University
- Poesch, Jessie — Tulane University
- Precht, Jay — Penn State Fayette
- Raeburn, Bruce — Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University
- Raimondi, Julie M. — University of California, Los Angeles
- Rees, Mark A. — University of Louisiana, Lafayette
- Reonas, Matthew — Independent Scholar
- Rice, Lydia Whitt — University of Louisiana, Lafayette
- Richards, Gary — University of Mary Washington
- Roberts, Giselle — La Trobe University
- Sacher, John M. — University of Central Florida
- Sachs, David H. — Kansas State University
- Sakakeeny, Matt — Tulane University
- Salinas, Andrew — Amistad Research Center
- Sandmel, Ben — Independent Scholar
- Sanson, Jerry P. — Louisiana State University, Alexandria
- Sartain, Lee — University of Portsmouth
- Saunders, Joe — University of Louisiana, Monroe
- Scheuermann Jr., Milton G. — Tulane University
- Schweninger, Loren — University of North Carolina, Greensboro
- Shepherd, Sam C. — Centenary College of Louisiana
- Shuck-Hall, Sheri — Christopher Newport University
- Smith, Lee — Tulane University
- Squint, Kirstin — High Point University
- St. Julien, Thais — Independent Scholar
- Sundberg, Sara Brooks — University of Central Missouri
- Taylor, Michael L. — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- Thomas, James W. — Pepperdine University
- Tisserand, Michael — Independent Scholar
- Tolino, Vanessa — Independent Scholar
- Tolley-Stokes, Rebecca — East Tennessee State University
- Townes, J. Edward — Texas Christian University
- Trefzer, Annette — University of Mississippi, Oxford
- Tucker, Susan — Tulane University
- Tunnell, Ted — Virginia Commonwealth University
- Turner, Bruce — University of Louisiana, Lafayette
- Tyler, Pamela — University of Southern Mississippi
- Usner, Daniel H. — Vanderbilt University
- Van Zante, Gary — Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Vella, Christina — Independent Scholar
- Wade, Michael — Appalachian State University
- Walker, Erin Gabrielle — University of New Orleans
- Weaks-Baxter, Mary — Rockford College
- Webre, Stephen — Louisiana Tech University
- Weinstein, Rich — Independent Scholar
- White, Andrea — University of New Orleans
- White, Richard — Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
- White, Robin — Nicholls State University
- Willinger, Beth — Tulane University
- Wilson, Anthony — LaGrange College
- Wilson, Mary Ann — University of Louisiana, Lafayatte