Fiona Candlin is Lecturer in Museum Studies and Lifelong Education. Her lectureship in Museum Studies is jointly held by Birkbeck College and The British Museum. Dr. Candlin's initial brief was to develop research and teaching related to the museums' collections and she now runs the World Arts and Artefacts diploma.

Raiford Guins is Assistant Professor of Digital Cultural Studies at the Department of Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies and Consortium for Digital Arts, Culture & Technology, State University of New York, Stony Brook.