Cydney McGuire is a PhD candidate in Health Services Research, Policy, and Administration, with a focus  on Policy. She received her BS in Human Performance specializing in sports medicine from Howard  University and holds an MPH in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University. She was  previously an NIH T32 pre-doctoral fellow in the Minnesota Obesity Prevention Training Program in the  Division of Epidemiology. She was awarded the 2021-2022 University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation  Fellowship to fund her dissertation work. Cydney’s research focuses on the intersection between inequity  in health and inequities in political power and voice. She is interested in how individuals and communities  engage with the political process and evaluating the contextual factors that produce disparities in health  and political power, precluding the achievement of population health equity. She investigates inequities in  chronic health conditions, political participation, and social needs, such as food security.

Jenika Hardeman is a 6th year doctoral student in Temple University’s Clinical Psychology Program. She is currently completing an internship at the University of Minnesota Medical School: Pediatric Psychology/Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. A native of Dallas, Texas, she graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Psychology and B.A. in Criminal Justice from the illustrious Howard University. She also earned an M.S. in Forensic Psychology from Drexel University wherein she studied ways to prevent offender recidivism and promote successful reentry, under the mentorship of Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D. Jenika earned a second master's degree, an M.A., in Clinical Psychology at Temple en route to her Ph.D. under the mentorship of Deborah Drabick, Ph.D. Jenika’s research interests explore ways to promote resilience among at-risk youth which take into account systemic and contextual factors that contribute to the development of psychopathology across development, as well as the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatment of child psychopathology to primary care and community settings. Her clinical interests largely overlap with her research interests, as she aims to work with children and families who are affected by contextual and other factors to treat symptoms of child psychopathology through empirically supported treatments which consider those influences.

Natalie Duncombe is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research  is in Macro-Labor, and she focuses on topics such as job loss, amenities, and gender inequality. At UW Madison, she helped found the graduate student group Wisconsinites for Inclusion and Diversity in  Economics (WIDE) and currently serves as WIDE’s co-President. Prior to graduate school, Natalie worked  as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in  Economics from Grinnell College.