Grzegorz Kosc is Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of Warsaw and the University of Lodz. His research focuses on modern American poetry and photography.

Clara Juncker is Associate Professor in American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research interests include American Literature, Women's Studies, and Transnational Studies.

Sharon Monteith is Professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham. She has published widely on the US South in cultural history and American culture in the 1960s.

Britta Waldschmidt-Nelson is Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. Her main research interests are Social History, African American History, and the History of Transatlantic Relations.