Laurence Simmons is an associate professor at the University of Auckland. He has conducted fellowships and residencies at UC Santa Barbara, SUNY Stony Brook, and Cambridge University and is the author of "Baudrillard West of the Dateline," "From Z to A," and "The Image Always Has the Last Word," Roger Horrocks is the former head of the department of media studies at the University of Auckland and the deputy chairperson of New Zealand7;s broadcasting commission. Andrew Sharp is a retired professor of political studies. He is the author of "The English Levellers," "Justice and the Maori," and "The Political Ideas of the English Civil Wars," Stephen Turner is a lecturer in the English department of the University of Auckland.
