Joya Misra is a professor of sociology and public policy at University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Her research primarily explores labor market inequality and poverty. She has published in leading journals, including American Sociological Review, Gender & Society, and Social Forces.

Mahala Dyer Stewart is a graduate student in sociology at the University of Massachusetts. She has been a teaching assistant and instructor for several courses covering gender. She serves as one of the managing editors for Gender & Society, and has successfully directed the journal's use of blogging and social networking to increase circulation, promote awareness of its content, and build a community of readers.

Marni Alyson Brown is an Assistant Professor of sociology at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia. She has been teaching gender for several years and has experience with teacher training programs and undergraduate curriculum development. She has been published in Teaching Sociology, Sociology of Sport, and contributed to the reader Sex Matters. She is engaged in a few writing projects, including a project examining the exploitation of graduate students and adjuncts at colleges and universities as well as a project on student's attitudes towards the pedagogy of race and gender in the classroom. Furthermore, she is working on a project that explores the everyday intersectional experiences of gay men and women.