Pete Figler defended his PhD from The University of Arizona in 2017. He has taught college since 2003 and has won four teaching awards at three different institutions.

Sieglaff has been teaching all her life, but professionally for 20+ years. She has taught everything from basic composition courses, to creative writing, to a plethora of literature courses.

Kerri Slatus is an Instructor with the Downtown ASU campus, in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, teaching English composition courses.

Elizabeth J. Donaldson is a scholar of disability, madness, the history of psychiatry, and American literature.