Mark E. Williams, M.D., is clinical professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina, with an active clinical practice in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Thurka Sangaramoorthy is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Maryland.

Lisa Yarger is co-founder and co-owner of the Munich Readery.

Emily K. Abel is professor emerita of public health and women&#39 / s studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the author of several books, including Hearts of Wisdom: American Women Caring for Kin, 1850-1940.