Adela Cojab is a law student and activist. In 2019, she sued NYU for failing to protect Jewish students from harassment, resulting in the first Title VI settlement addressing antisemitism as a form of discrimination. Adela is a Syrian-Lebanese Jew born in Mexico City and raised in the United States.

Mariam Wahba is a Coptic Christian and the associate director of advocacy at The Philo’s Project. She was previously a policy intern at In Defense of Christians and a Hertog fellow. All views and opinions are her own.

Mark Melton was the managing editor for Providence from 2020 to 2022 and was the journal’s inaugural deputy editor from 2015 to 2020. He earned his master’s degree in international relations from the University of St. Andrews, and his bachelor’s degree in foreign language and international trade comes from Mississippi College. Prior to moving to DC, he worked as a political science adjunct professor at community colleges in Mississippi and taught English in France.