Chris Collins is Professor of Linguistics at New York University. His research focuses on syntactic theory, the syntax-semantics interface, and African languages. When not in Africa, he and his wife live in New York City.

Zachary Wellstood is a doctoral student of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include biocultural documentation, fieldwork, morphosyntax, and tone. He is originally from the foothills of the Catskill Mountains in New York.