Erik T. Withers is Assistant Professor in the Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology Department at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he also serves as the coordinator of the Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies program. He researches and teaches in the subject areas of race and ethnicity, gender and sexualities, and consumer culture. He and his wife (Vanessa) have three daughters (Harper, Ellison, and Hope). In his free time, he explores Western Wisconsin with them and coaches their ice hockey and softball teams.

David L. Brunsma is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Tech. He is founding coeditor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, the official journal of the Section of Racial and Ethnic Minorities at the American Sociological Association, as well as the founding coeditor of the University of Georgia Press book series of the same name. His research is currently focused on understanding the ways that whitespaces function across multiple domains of social and cultural life. He lives, learns, and loves in Blacksburg, VA, with his family.