Nicholas D. Hartlep (Ph.D. in Social Foundations of Urban Education, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee) is a teacher educator whose work has appeared in Educational Studies, Policy Futures in Education, Journal of Educational Foundations, Equity and Excellence in Education, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. He currently teaches in the School of Urban Education at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he serves as Associate Professor of Urban Education and Chair of the Early Childhood and Elementary Education Department.

Amardeep K. Kahlon (Ph.D. in Education Administration, The University of Texas at Austin) has a keen interest in studying Asian/Americans and the impact of the model minority stereotype, particularly on South Asian/Americans. She is currently Professor at Austin Community College in Austin, Texas.

Daisy Ball (Ph.D. in Sociology, Virginia Tech) studies the intersection of race and the criminal justice system. Her forthcoming book, Model Minority or Criminal Threat? Asian/Americans at Virginia Tech Following Horrific Crimes, examines the campus climate for Asian/Americans following the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. She is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.