Kenneth J. Andrien is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Chair Emeritus in the History Department at Southern Methodist University, USA. He is the author and editor of numerous articles and nine books.

Cameron D. Jones is a Lecturer at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA. He is an award-winning author who has published numerous books, chapters, and articles on various regions of Latin America. He is working on a digital humanities project, AfricanCalifornios.org, a repository for the lives and family connections of people of African descent in Spanish and Mexican California, which received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.