Jeffrey S. Lantis is Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Department of Political Science at The College of Wooster in Ohio. He has extensive international study and travel experience, having served as a J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar for research in Australia as a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales.

Leigh A. Poole serves as Assistant Provost for Student Success, Assistant Professor, and Executive Director for the International Center at Winthrop University in South Carolina. Honored three times as a J. William Fulbright Scholar, she has studied higher education in Germany, South Korea, and France. She has extensive experience leading international and academic administrative units within multiple institutional types. She has created academic courses in support of first generation and underrepresented students studying abroad, leadership studies, as well as international and global studies.