Raji Swaminathan, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has served as Director of Doctoral Studies and Chair of the Department and is a recipient of the university's Faculty Teaching and Faculty Research Awards. She is interested and works in the areas of qualitative research, youth resilience, urban and alternative schools, creative pedagogies, and school leadership.

Thalia M. Mulvihill, Ph.D., is Professor of Higher Education and Social Foundations and Provost Faculty Fellow at Ball State University. She has served as Director of two doctoral programs, the Director of the Certificate Program in Qualitative Research and Education, and the Director of the Certificate Program in College and University Teaching. A recipient of numerous outstanding teaching, research, and mentoring awards, she is engaged in the study of historical and sociological issues in the fields of higher education, qualitative inquiry, innovative pedagogies, and educational leadership.