Grant Hamming is Collegiate Assistant Professor and Program Director of the Rhizome Living-Learning Community at Virginia Tech. He holds a Ph.D. in the history of art from Stanford University. His research and teaching interests include sustainability, graphic design, and transnationalism in antebellum American art.

Natalie E. Phillips is Associate Professor of Art History and Affiliate Faculty in Women's, Gender, and African American Studies at Ball State University. She received her Ph.D. in visual studies from the University of California, Irvine, in 2009, and specializes in contemporary art and visual culture.