Dr. Peter Nadulli is Professor of Political Science and Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also Director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Governance.

Edward Kolodziej, Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science, is the Director of the Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois. He has written or edited fourteen books on security, foreign policy, and global politics; contributed more than 100 articles to professional journals; and lectured in over 40 countries around the world. His latest publication is Security and International Relations (Cambridge University Press, 2005). He is currently working on a volume on the theory and practice of global governance.

Paula Kaufman is University Librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is also Professor of Library Administration at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.