Gail Sahar, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Wheaton College in Massachusetts.She earned her BA from USC and her Ph.D. from UCLA. Her research and teaching focus on social and political psychology. Specifically, she studies how perceptions of the causes of social problems influence emotions and attitudes. She has authored a number of academic articles on attitudes toward poverty, abortion, terrorism, and other issues, and most recently, a book entitled Blame and Political Attitudes: The Psychology of America's Culture War.

M. Gabriela Torres, Ph.D., is a Professor of Anthropology at Rhode Island College. Dr. Torres is a transformative leader committed to fostering a more diverse and socially just academy through values-based leadership in institutions and associations. As a scholar, she has published over 35 peer–reviewed articles, research reports, and book chapters, in addition to volumes on Marital Rape and Sexual Violence in Intimacy. Most recently, Dr. Torres has published regularly on anti-racist and intercultural teaching and learning, mentoring in higher education, and equity policies. She is currently co-editor in chief of Feminist Anthropology and Dear Higher Education. Dr. Torres has been sought as an expert witness since 2011 in U.S. and Canadian courts, where she has provided country conditions expertise on gender-based, gang, and anti-indigenous violence in Guatemala.