Lynn Zubernis, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and professor at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, USA. She has published two books with chapters from the actors and the fans of Supernatural about how the show has changed all of their lives, Family Don't End With Blood: Cast and Fans on How Supernatural Changed Lives and There'll Be Peace When You Are Done: Actors and Fans Celebrate the Legacy of Supernatural. Lynn has also published several books about how our passion for the shows, films, music, books and games we love enrich our lives, including the behind the scenes fangirl roadtrip memoir Fangasm. Dr. Zubernis was co-producer/co-writer of the documentary Squee, has a regular column in Psychology Today on the Science of Fandom and has written for Slate, The Conversation, Frolic and MovieTVTechGeeks. She has been a contributor to articles, podcasts, documentaries and video productions for NPR, CBC, Variety, AfterbuzzTV and Nylon, among others and is a frequent panelist at comic cons and fan conventions. Lynn is also the Area Chair for Stardom and Fandom for the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association.

Erin Giannini, Ph.D., is an independent scholar. She served as an editor and contributor at PopMatters, and written numerous articles about topics from corporate culture in genre television to production-level shifts and their effects on television texts. She is also the author of Supernatural: A History of Television's Unearthly Road Trip (Rowman & Littlefield 2021), The Good Place [TV Milestones], Meta Television: A History of US Popular Television's Self-Awareness (Routledge), Community: Going Back to School With Television's Best Sitcom (Bloomsbury 2025), Breaking Into Song: Television Musicals From Glee to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Bloomsbury 2026) and co-editor of the book series B-TV: Television Under the Critical Radar for Bloomsbury.