Daniel Fischlin is University Research Chair at the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation at University of Guelph. He has written sixteen books, including three co-authored with Nandorfy: The Community of Rights—The Rights of Community, Eduardo Galeano: Through the Looking Glass, and The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights, all published by Black Rose Books.

Ajay Heble is the founding director of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) and professor of English in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. He is the founding artistic director of the award-winning Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium and a founding co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal Critical Studies in Improvisation. Heble is also an accomplished pianist who, with Daniel Fischlin, records and performs with the improvising quartet, The Vertical Squirrels.