Helaine Selin was a Faculty Associate and Science Librarian at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, from which she retired in 2012.  She is the editor of the Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (3rd ed. Springer 2016) and eleven books in Springer's Science Across Cultures series, on Astronomy, Mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Childbirth, Parenting, Happiness, Death, Aging, Childhood in Turkey and Sustainability, Diversity, and Equality: Key Challenges for Japan.

Gareth Davey is a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Professional Studies at the University of Bolton in England. He is a sociologist and social psychologist with diverse research interests. He is particularly interested in identity, health, and wellbeing in non-Western cultures. He has worked as a university professor in numerous countries including China, India, Lebanon, Malaysia, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and Vietnam.