Shelley K. Taylor is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University, Canada. Her current research focuses on pluralistic approaches to second and foreign language teaching. Previous studies focused on multilingual development through L1-based multilingual language education in South Asia, English-Medium Instruction in Denmark, and second language teaching in Canada (ESL and FSL), Denmark (DSL), and Greenland (DSL and EFL). She serves on the editorial board for Race, Ethnicity & Education.

Ryuko Kubota is a Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Her research focuses on antiracist and critical approaches to language education. Her publications appear in Applied Linguistics, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, Journal of Second Language Writing and TESOL Quarterly and she is co-editor of the Multilingual Matters book series Critical Language and Literacy Studies.