Jennifer Dukes-Knight is a historian of the medieval North Atlantic, with a focus on the literary tradition of early medieval Ireland. She is an Associate Professor of Teaching and the Director of Graduate Studies at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at the University of Notre Dame. She is a founding member and continuing affiliate of the Irish Studies Initiative of the University of South Florida Humanities Institute.

Elizabeth Ricketts-Jones is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of English at the University of South Florida. She teaches literature, professional writing, and first year composition courses. Her teaching and research focus on 20th century Irish and Irish American literature. She is the faculty lead of the Irish Studies Initiative within the USF Humanities Institute. Dr. Ricketts-Jones also serves on the leadership team of the Southern Regional branch of the American Conference for Irish Studies.