Brenda I. Gill is professor and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Alabama State University.

George K. Danns is professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Human Services at the University of North Georgia.

Augustine Avwunudiogbais professor of geography and environmental resources in the Department of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Resources at California State University, Stanislaus.

Leonard Sitji Bombomis associate professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Jos.

Ivana Rapos Bozic is post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia.

George K. Danns is professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and Human Services at the University of North Georgia.

Brenda I. Gill is professor and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Alabama State University.