Vince L. Bantu is assistant professor of church history and Black church studies at Fuller Theological Seminary and is the Ohene (director) of the Meachum School of Haymanot in St. Louis, which provides theological education for urban pastors and leaders.

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Navin A. Bapat is professor of political science and the chair of the Curriculum of Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His research utilizes mathematical modeling to develop theoretical explanations of political conflicts.

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Moshe Bar, PhD, is the former director of the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital and an internationally renowned cognitive neuroscientist. For his outstanding research and academic achievements, he has received many awards and honors.

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Dan Bar-el is an award-winning children's author, educator, and storyteller whose books include Audrey (Cow), Not Your Typical Dragon, and the Very, Very Far North series. Dan lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with artist and goldsmith Dominique Bréchault, and Sasha, the most adorable cat in the known universe.

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Uri Bar-Joseph is a professor of political science at the University of Haifa. He is the author of several books about intelligence, Israel's national security strategy, and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Mehrsa Baradaran is a professor of law at the University of California, Irvine. The author of The Color of Money and How the Other Half Banks, she has advised US senators and congresspeople on policy and spoken at national and international forums including the World Bank. She lives in San Clemente, California.

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D. D. Barant is a pen name of Don DeBrandt, a Canadian science fiction author who also writes under the name Donn Cortez. As Barant, he has authored the Bloodhound Files series.

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Susan Shapiro Barash is the author of nine books, including A Passion for More: Wives Reveal the Affairs That Make or Break Their Marriages and Mothers-in-Law and Daughters-in-Law: Love, Hate, Rivalry and Reconciliation.

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David P. Barash is an evolutionary biologist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington. He has written more than 280 peer-reviewed articles and nearly forty books. Barash has penned op-eds in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Chicago Tribune.

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Lauren Baratz-Logsted is the author of over twenty-five books for adults, teens, and children. Before becoming an author, Lauren was an independent bookseller, freelance editor, Publishers Weekly reviewer, sort-of librarian, and window washer. She lives with her family in Danbury, Connecticut.

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Samantha Barbas is a professional historian and law professor. She is an expert on Hollywood and journalism history, as well as media law, and is the author of Movie Crazy, The First Lady of Hollywood, Laws of Image, and Newsworthy.

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Elizabeth Wayland Barber is the author of Women's Work and The Mummies of Ürümchi. Professor emerita of archaeology and linguistics at Occidental College, she lives in California.

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