Sinfree Makoni is a Professor in Applied Linguistics and African Studies and Director of African Studies at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is an Extraordinary Professor at North-West University, Western Cape University; a Visiting Professor, Nelson Mandela University; and a Researcher at University of Zululand, South Africa.
Cristine Severo is an Associate Professor at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, and a CNPq national Fellow.
Ashraf Abdelhay works for the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar, as an Associate Professor in the program of Linguistics and Arabic Lexicography.
Anna Kaiper-Marquez is the Director of Family Literacy, National Center for Families Learning, USA.
Višnja Milojičić is a doctoral student in the Department of Applied Linguistics, a research assistant for the Global Virtual Forum, and a tutor for the KAUST program at Pennsylvania State University, USA.