Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago is a professor of Communication and Culture at Arizona State University. He also serves as the vice dean at the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. He is the author of Puerto Rican Soldiers and Second-Class Citizenship: Representations in Media.

Jillian M. Báez is an associate professor in the Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies Department at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is also on the doctoral faculty in Women's and Gender Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of In Search of Belonging: Latinas, Media, and Citizenship.