Gabriel McGuire has a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University, Bloomington. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Literatures at Nazarbayev University.
Chris Fort has a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Naomi Caffee has a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is an Assistant Professor at Reed College.
Emily Laskin has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley.
Samuel Hodgkin has a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of Chicago. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at Yale University.
Ali F. Igmen has a Ph.D. in History from the University of Washington. He is Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach.