Alain-Philippe Durand is the Dorrance Dean of the College of Humanities, Professor of French, and affiliated faculty in Africana Studies, Latin American Studies, LGBT Studies, and Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona. He is the author and editor of five books: Black, Blanc, Beur. Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World; Un Monde techno. Nouveaux espaces électroniques dans le roman français des années 1980 et 1990; Novels of the Contemporary Extreme (co-edited with Naomi Mandel); Frédéric Beigbeder et ses doubles, and Hip-Hop en français. An Exploration of Hip-Hop Culture in the Francophone World.

Christine Henseler is professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies at Union College, NY. She earned her BSJ in Journalism and BA and MA in Romance Studies from the University of Kansas and her Ph.D. from Cornell University. She co-leads 4Humanities and has published several books, volumes, and articles on the topic of the humanities, interdisciplinary learning, Generation X, and literature and digital media. Her most recent edited volume is titled Extraordinary Partnerships: How the Arts and Humanities are Transforming America (Lever Press).