Katherine Evans is an associate professor of education and restorative justice in education at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia. Katherine helped develop EMU's graduate program in Restorative Justice in Education, which supports educators as they create more just and equitable educational opportunities for all students, including those marginalized based on race, ethnicity, income, ability, language, sexual orientation, and gender. She also serves as an education specialist with the Zehr Institute. She lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Dorothy Vaandering is a professor at the Faculty of Education, Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador. After an extensive career as a primary-elementary educator, she now researches the implementation and sustainability of restorative justice in education through critical theory and a decolonizing perspective. She is the director of the Relationships First: Restorative Justice in NL Research/Resource Centre. She lives in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.