Sue Lani W. Madsen is an experienced architect and founding partner of a major regional architecture and interior design firm, with over forty years of experience serving public and private clients. She taught for four years as an Adjunct Professor at Washington State University School of Design + Construction.

Dana E. Vaux, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Interior and Product Design at University of Nebraska - Kearney. Her interdisciplinary scholarship investigates the connections between cultural-historical meanings and place as well as design pedagogy. She recently published Research Methods for Interior Design (Routledge, 2020) with David Wang.

David Wang, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Washington State University. He has published extensively on design research and also recently published Research Methods for Interior Design (Routledge, 2020) with Dana E. Vaux. Dr. Wang has also published these titles with Routledge: A Philosophy of Chinese Architecture Past Present Future (2017) and Architecture and Sacrament: A Critical Theory (2020).