Nirson Medeiros da Silva Neto is associate professor at the Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA), Brazil, where integrates the Amazon Restorative Justice Clinic (CJUÁ), as well as research scholar at Governors State University in Chicago, United States.
Josineide Gadelha Pamplona Medeiros is judge at the Court of Justice of Pará, Brazil, where she leads the State Coordination of Restorative Justice and a Judicial Center for Conflict Resolution and Citizenship.
João Salm is associate professor of criminal justice at Governors State University (GSU), Chicago. PhD in Justice from Arizona State University, US, and masters degree in Public Administration from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Edward C. Valandra, Ph.D., is Sicangu Titunwan, born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. He received his B.A. in chemistry from Mankato State University, his M.A. in political science (public policy) from the University of Colorado-Boulder, and his Ph.D. in American Studies (Native Studies concentration) from SUNY-Buffalo.