Marilyn Y. Byrd is an associate professor of Human Relations at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA, where she teaches diversity and social justice in organizations, organizational behaviour, and human resources management. She is a faculty sponsor for the Student Society of Human Relations, a departmental student organization that advocates for social justice.

Chaunda L. Scott is professor of Human Resource Development and Graduate Coordinator of the Human Diversity Inclusion and Social Justice Graduate Certificate Program in the Department of Organizational Leadership in Oakland University's School of Education and Human Services, located in Rochester, Michigan, USA. She teaches workforce diversity and human resource development courses and advises on diversity-focused dissertations.