Nancy Chen is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her book manuscript "Breathing spaces: Qigong, Psychiatry and Bodypolitics of late Twentieth Century China" is under revision for publication.

Constance Clark teaches in the department of women studies at San Francisco State University.

Suzanne Gottschang is Luce Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and Anthropology at Smith College. Her recent research is on the politics of mothering in China.

Lyn Jeffery is a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her thesis is on the cultural construction of transnational marketing networks in mainland China.