William Hatcher is Professor of Public Administration and chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Augusta University. He also serves as the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education and is general editor for the Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series.

Bruce D. McDonald III is Associate Professor of public budgeting and finance at NC State University. He is the editor-in-chief of Public Administration, co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Affairs Education, and general editor for both the Routledge Public Affairs Education Book Series and the Routledge Public Budgeting and Finance Book Series.