Dr. Nicole Farris is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Her major areas of interest are gender, marriage/family, and demography, and just published her book on Boomerang Kids: Previously Launched Adults in the United States. Her prior publications focus on gender, sexuality, and the use of social media as a pedagogical tool.
Dr. D’Lane Compton is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Sociology at the University of New Orleans. Her research interests include social psychology and gender/sexualities. Her latest book, Legalizing LGBT Families: How the Law Shapes Parenthood, emphasizes the variability in the laws for LGBT families across the United States. She has co-authored various other pieces with her co-editor Dr. Nicole Farris, including Illuminating How Identities, Stereotypes, and Inequalities Matter through Gender Studies through Springer.
Andrea P. Herrera is a doctoral candidate at the University of Oregon. Andrea is the recipient of the 2016 and 2017 Marquina Faculty-Graduate Student Collaboration Award and the Charles A. Reed Graduate Fellowship at the University of Oregon. Her work focuses on the intersection of gender/sexuality/race and their links to social media.