Doug Cantrell is an Associate Professor of History at Elizabethtown Community College in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, where he has taught for 13 years. He holds a B.A. from Berea College in History and Political Science, an M.A. from the University of Kentucky, and has completed 30 hours toward the Ph.D. He is the author of numerous journal and encyclopedia articles in the field of immigration and ethnic history. Professor Cantrell also teaches Kentucky and American History courses on the web and is the social science discipline leader for the Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual University. He is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in the South and Southwest. He is a former editor and past president of the Kentucky Association Teachers of History.

Barbara D. Ripel is Professor of History at Suffolk County Community College, Riverland, New York. Her B.A. and Ph.D. are from SUNY Stony Brook, and her M.A. is from Rutgers University in New Jersey. The West Georgia Quarterly published her article on Harbottle Dorr, and The William and Mary Quarterly published her research on early pro-slavery petitions from the 1780s. Beside her background in American History, Professor Ripel has taught Western Civilization survey courses, Political Science, Anthropology and Sociology. She recently directed the Honors Program on the Suffolk Campus. In 1998, she received the New York State Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Ripel serves as the campus advisor to Phi Theta Kappa, the International Honor Society for Two Year Colleges.

Mary Rigney is an Associate Professor of History at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College in Kentucky where she teaches European History survey courses. She earned a B.A. degree from Lindsey Wilson College and a M.A. in History from Western Kentucky University. She has taught full time for Elizabethtown Community and Technical College since 2001, serving as an adjunct faculty member since 1999. She also served as an adjunct professor at McKendree College in Louisville, KY where she taught American History. Ms. Rigney is a member of the Kentucky Association of Teachers of History.

Louise Mayo is the Chairperson of the Department of History/Political Science at County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ, where she has been a professor for the past twenty-one years. She is the author of The Ambivalent Image (1988) and numerous articles and papers in the fields of women and minority history. She has an M.A. from Cornell University in Modern European and Russian History and a Ph.D. from City University of New York in American history, specializing in immigration and minority history, She teaches courses in Twentieth Century America, History of American Women, History of Minorities, History of American Cities and Suburbs, and Civil War and Reconstruction.

Carl Luna is a professor of Political Science and chair of the Accelerated College Program at San Diego Mesa College and is a regular lecturer on American politics, comparative politics, and international political economy at the University of San Diego. Dr. Luna received his Ph.D. from American University, Washington, D.C. and his B.A. in political science, history, and philosophy from the University of San Diego. In addition to teaching and research, he is a recurrent guest on San Diego radio and television, commenting on local, state, and national politics, and writes frequently on politics for the San Diego Union Tribune and writes the political weblog “Political Lunacy” for the paper’s on-line service. He has also been a commentator on presidential and California politics for PBS’s Online NewsHour, USA Today, CBS news and BBC radio. Dr. Luna is a former Fulbright scholar (lecturing on American politics and political economy at Nizhniy Novgorod State University, Russian Federation during the 1999/2000 academic year). He is a contributing author to The Western Dream of Civilization and an editor and revision author for People & Politics: Introduction to American Government, Gregory Publishing Company.