Josep M. Armengolis Professor of U.S. Literature and Gender Studies at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. He has published on literary representations of masculinity in prestigious academic journals such as Signs, MELUS, Men and Masculinities, and Postcolonial Studies, among others. Some of his latest books include Masculinities and Literary Studies (Routledge, 2017), Aging Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Fiction (Palgrave, 2021), and Rewriting White Masculinities in Contemporary Fiction and Film (Palgrave, 2023).

Ángel Mateos-Aparicio Martín-Albois Associate Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. His most recent publications include "‘To Oldie Go&: From James T. Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard to Samuel Lord and the Reconstruction of the Aging Male Body in the Final Frontier," in Armengol (ed.),Aging Masculinities in Contemporary U.S. Fiction(Palgrave, 2021) and "‘Parasites in a Host Country&: Migrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Other Zombies inThe Walking Dead" (with Jesús Benito-Sánchez), in Amanda Ellen Gerke et al. (eds.),The Poetics and Politics of Hospitality in U.S. Literature and Culture(Brill, 2020).