Kirsten T. Edwards Williams is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, where she is also Core Affiliate Faculty for Women's & Gender Studies and the Center for Social Justice.

Denise Taliaferro Baszile is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Associate Dean of Diversity and Student Experience for the College of Education, Health, and Society at Miami University, Ohio, Ohio, USA.

Nichole A. Guillory is Professor of Curriculum & Instruction in the Department of Secondary & Middle Grades Education at Kennesaw State University, USA, where she is also Affiliate Faculty in the African and African Diaspora Studies program.