Michael R. Gibson is a Professor of Communication Design at The University of North Texas, U.S.A, who has led graduate programs in design research and interaction design. Gibson's investigations have yielded positive outcomes in the facilitation of healthcare on behalf of children and older adults, and regarding the development and implementation of design processes in the K-12 education space.

Keith M. Owens' experiences as a design researcher and Professor of Communication Design at The University of North Texas, U.S.A, have afforded him opportunities to blend his extensive, experiential knowledge of professional design with his scholarship in ways that have allowed him to address a wide variety of issues in and around socially focused design practice.