Nadia E. Brown is Professor of Government, Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program and Affiliate in African American Studies at Georgetown University. She is a former lead editor of Politics, Groups and Identities, a journal of the Western Political Science Association. Dr. Brown is a founding board member of Women Also Know Stuff. She is also one of the American politics editors at The Monkey Cage. She is an award-winning author, anti-sexual assault advocate, and #AcademicMama. Her research interests lie broadly in identity politics, legislative studies, and Black women's studies. While trained as a political scientist, her scholarship on intersectionality seeks to push beyond disciplinary constraints to think more holistically about the politics of identity.

Sarah Allen Gershon is Ray and John Uttenhove WomenLead Professor at Georgia State University. Her research focuses primarily on the incorporation of traditionally underrepresented groups (including women, and racial and ethnic minorities) into the American political system. Dr. Gershon's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and published in numerous journals. She also co-authored (with Larry Berman, Bruce Allen Murphy, and Nadia Brown) the 9th and 10th editions of Approaching Democracy. Dr. Gershon teaches courses on research methods, women in politics, and campaigns & elections.