The following individuals have been selected to comprise the 20-member class for 2019:

• Michael Bednarczuk (Ohio University—Chillicothe)
• Christopher Burks (University of Alabama—Birmingham)
• Edgar Bustos (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas)
• Wendy Chen (George Mason University)
• Donwe Choi (Florida State University)
• Suparna Dutta (Virginia Commonwealth University)
• Nuri Heckler (University of Colorado Denver)
• Emmy Hicks (Louisiana State University)
• Victoria Martin-Nammour (University of Central Florida)
• Joseph Maya-Rodriguez (Rutgers University—Newark)
• Assel Mussagulova (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• Amy Owen (Tennessee State University)
• Pooja Paswan (Jamia Millia Islamia)
• Cimone Philpotts (University of Delaware)
• Amelia Pridemore (Florida International University)
• Mustafa Sen (Mississippi State University)
• Jennifer Swann (The City of Oklahoma City Planning Department)
• Jie Tao (University of North Texas)
• Shahrin Upoma (The University of Texas at Dallas)
• Nara Yoon (Syracuse University)

The 2019 Founders’ Fellows will receive a complimentary 2019 Annual Conference registration, a year-long mentorship with a seasoned practitioner or senior scholar and complementary lodging in the conference hotel.