Janice M. Morse is Distinguished Professor and Barnes Presidential Chair at the College of Nursing, University of Utah, USA.

Barbara J. Bowers is Associate Dean for Research, the Helen Denne Schulte Professor, the Charlotte Jane and Ralph A. Rodefer Chair, and director of the Center for Excellence in Long-Term Care at the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.

Kathy Charmaz was Professor Emerita of Sociology and Director of the Faculty Writing Program at Sonoma State University, USA. She passed away in July 2020.

Adele E. Clarke is Professor Emerita of Sociology and History of Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, USA.

Juliet Corbin is a Senior Scientist at the International Institute of Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta, Canada.

Caroline Jane Porr is Associate Professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Faculty of Nursing, Canada.

Phyllis Noerager Stern held faculty positions at California State University, Hayward, University of California, San Francisco, Northwestern State University and was Professor and Director of Dalhousie University School of Nursing in Halifax, Canada. She passed away in May 2014.