Caroline B. Brettell is University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Ruth Collins Altshuler Director of the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute at Southern Methodist University. She is coeditor of Migration Theory: Talking across Disciplines.

Faith G. Nibbs is Assistant Research Professor and Director of the Forced Migration Innovation Project at Southern Methodist University. She is coeditor of Claiming Place: Hmong Women, Power, and Knowledge Production.