Tara Ratnam is an independent teacher educator and researcher from India. Her work is driven by two interrelated purposes: a) to create space for diverse students to participate as full members of the classroom and learn with dignity, and b) to support teachers to recognize voices of diversity as a form of competence in promoting learning in the classroom community.

Cheryl J. Craig is a Professor and the Houston Endowment Endowed Chair of Urban Education at Texas A&M University, USA. Her research agenda has to do with what teachers come to know, do and be in context. She is an American Education Research Association (AERA) Fellow and a recipient of the Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education) Legacy Award.