Shelley Ingram is assistant professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her research and teaching focuses on the relationship between folklore and literature, including its connections to ethnography and race, folk narrative, food and food culture, and audience reception.

Willow G. Mullins teaches English and folklore at Washington University in St. Louis. Her research centers on material and visual culture, music, and the immanence of the everyday.

Todd Richardson is associate professor in the University of Nebraska at Omaha's Goodrich Scholarship Program, which provides full-tuition scholarships and challenging curriculum in cultural diversity to low-income Nebraska residents.