Stephanie DeGooyer is assistant professor in the Department of English at Willamette University. Her work focuses on the intersection between law, politics, and aesthetics. She is completing a book called The Aesthetics of Democracy.

Werner Hamacher is Emmanuel Levinas Chair of Philosophy at the European Graduate School. His books include Pleroma: Reading in Hegel, and Minima Philologica.

Alastair Hunt is associate professor in the Department of English at Portland State University. His current book project is called Rights of Romanticism.

Samuel Moyn is professor of law and history at Harvard University. He is the author of Human Rights and the Uses of History and Christian Human Rights, and other books.

Astra Taylor is a writer, documentary filmmaker, and activist. her films include Examined Life, and her books include The People's Platform.