Executive Fellow, Lacocca Institute

With Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's chief strategist and former Breitbart exec, recently being given a seat on the National Security Council, we FEATURE Asha Castleberry, a U.S. Army veteran. Since the 2014 ISIL incursion in Iraq, Asha has served for the Combined Joint Task Force­ Operation Inherent Resolve (Anti ­ISIS Military Campaign) in Iraq and Kuwait. From December 2012 to June 2014, Asha served as the Kuwait Desk Officer for International Military Affairs, U.S. Army Central. She is a member of the Truman National Security Project’s Defense Council, a global fellow at the Project on the Study on the 21st Century (PS21), Adjunct Fellow at the American Security Project and a cofounder of International Youth Council. Media includes: PS21, American Security Project.

Professor; Co-founder & Co-editor; Legal Advocacy Consultant

A mosque in Quebec, Canada, was the site of a shooting that left six dead and has been described as an act of terrorism against Muslims by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. To discuss the rise of Islamophobia and violence against Muslims, we FEATURE Noura Erakat. Noura is a human rights attorney and writer. She is currently the Freedman Teaching Fellow at Temple Law School and the US-based Legal Advocacy Consultant for the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Refugee and Residency Rights. Noura is a frequent commentator on the Palestinian-Israel conflict, US Middle East foreign policy, and international human rights in the Middle East. Media includes: Fox News "Politically Incorrect", MSNBC "Up with Chris Hayes", NBC's "Politically Incorrect", Al Jazeera English, Democracy Now.

Associate Professor

The media should "keep its mouth shut" according to a senior advisor to President Trump in a press interview. With Trump's already shaky relationship with the press, this raises questions about press freedom and we FEATURE Dr. Jennifer Hoewe. Jennifer is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at The University of Alabama. Jennifer's research examines the social and psychological effects of media consumption on individuals' beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors as well as public opinion. Specifically, she studies the media’s ability to create and perpetuate stereotypes and in-group, out-group relationships. Jennifer’s teaching areas include media effects (psychology), news writing and reporting (journalism), political communication, and journalism/media ethics as well as the relationship between the media and politics, race/ethnicity, and religion. Media includes: Fletcher Forum, Daily Collegian, Atlantic Journal of Communication.