PAUL BOXER is a professor of psychology at Rutgers University in Newark with affiliate appointments in the Rutgers Schools of Criminal Justice and Social Work. He is a developmental-clinical psychologist who studies the development, prevention, and treatment of aggression and violence as well as evidence-based practices for helping justice-involved youth.

RAPHAEL TRAVIS is a professor at Texas State University in the School of Social Work. His research, practice, and consultancy work emphasize healthy development over the life course, resilience, and civic engagement. He also investigates creative arts, especially hip-hop culture, as a source of health and well-being for individuals and communities. He is the author, with A. Rodwin, of "Therapeutic Applications of Hip Hop with U.S. Homeless Adults with Severe Mental Illness," in Art in Social Work Practice (2018).