Kristin E. Yarris is an associate professor in the Departments of Global Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Oregon. Her research, teaching, and community work focus on transnational migration, immigrant rights and inclusion, and health equity.

Whitney L. Duncan is a professor of anthropology at the University of Northern Colorado and a medical and psychological anthropologist whose research centers on immigration and the sociopolitical, cultural, and global aspects of health and emotion.