Jorge Ramos, anchorman for Noticiero Univision and author of several books, wrote The Latino Wave: How Hispanics Are Transforming Politics in America (Rayo, 2005).

Dina Siegel Vann is director of the American Jewish Committee’s Institute on Latino and Latin American Affairs in Washington, D.C.

Gregory Lee Cuéllar is curator for rare books and manuscripts at Texas A&M University’s Cushing Library in College Station, Texas. He can discuss Mexican colonial history, the Mexican immigrant experience and crypto-Judaism (practicing Jews publicly passing as Catholic) in the New Spain.

Abraham Lavender is president of the Navon Program for the Study of Sephardic and Oriental Jewry and professor of sociology at Florida International University in Miami, Fla. He is also president of the Society of Crypto-Judaic Studies.

Joanne Rodríguez directs the Hispanic Theological Initiative, which is an ecumenical endeavor mentoring Hispanic students in doctoral work. It is on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary.

Albert Hernández teaches the history of Christianity at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. His interests include Latino/a theologies.

Hjamil Martínez-Vázquez is an assistant professor of religion at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. His expertise includes Latino/a religions in the United States and Latin America, Latina feminist theory and Latino/a Muslims

Jaime Lara is a research professor at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Tempe, Ariz., where he works in the intersection of the visual arts and religion through various media (architecture, painting, sculpture, prints). He can discuss Hispanic theology and the arts.

Francisco Lozada Jr. chairs religious studies at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio. Issues he can discuss include Latino/a religion and culture.