William Ackah is Lecturer in Community and Voluntary Sector Studies at Birbeck, University of London, UK. He is also Co-Convenor of Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race.

Jualynne E. Dodson is Professor of Sociology and African American & African Studies at Michigan State University, USA, where she is also Founding Director the African Atlantic Research Team.

R. Drew Smith is Professor of Urban Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, USA. He is also Co-Convenor of the Transatlantic Roundtable on Religion and Race.