Doug Risner is Professor of Dance at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA and is the author of Stigma and Perseverance in the Lives of Boys Who Dance (2009) and Hybrid Lives of Teaching Artists in Dance and Theatre Arts (2014) with Mary Anderson. He is associate editor of Research in Dance Education.

Julie A. Kerr-Berry is Professor and Director of Dance at Minnesota State University-Mankato, USA. She is a Fulbright Scholar (Indonesia), the recipient of the Outstanding Leadership Award from the National Dance Education Organization, and editor in chief emeritus of the Journal of Dance Education.