1. Karen M. Hilyard ( ) is an assistant professor of public relations and codirector of the Risk, Health, and Crisis Communication Research Unit at the University of Tennessee, in Knoxville.
2. Vicki S. Freimuth is a professor of public relations at the University of Georgia, in Athens.
3. Donald Musa is program director, Qualitative Data Analysis Program, and a research associate, Survey Research Program, at the University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, in Pennsylvania.
4. Supriya Kumar has a postdoctoral appointment in the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.
5. Sandra Crouse Quinn is a professor of family science and associate dean for public health initiatives in the School of Public Health, University of Maryland, in College Park.