Barbara Johnson (1947–2009) was Professor Emerita of English and Comparative Literature and Fredric Wertham Professor Emerita of Psychiatry and Law in Society at Harvard University.Melissa Feuerstein is a Research Associate at the Davis Center at Harvard University.Bill Johnson González is Assistant Professor of English at DePaul University.Lili Porten has taught in the writing programs at Harvard, Boston University, and Boston College.Keja Valens is Associate Professor of English at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts.