Dr. Robert Koulish, faculty champion of the program is also the Director of MLaw Programs, administered through the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS). MLaw is a collaboration between UMCP and the UM Carey School of Law, driven by MPOWER. Koulish is also Joel J. Feller Research Professor in Government and Politics and Lecturer at Law at the UMD Carey School of Law in Baltimore, where he teaches a seminar in immigration law and policy. 

Dr. Kendall Bustad is the Assistant Clinical Professor for the Felons Not Families research stream in the FIRE program at the University of Maryland. Prior to joining the University of Maryland, she completed her Doctorate in Public Health from Morgan State University. She received her B.S. in Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise from Virginia Tech and her M.S. in Technical and Scientific Communication from James Madison University.