1. Matilda Odera was a Master of Science student in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA and now is a Research Associate at the Georgia Health Policy Center of Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
2. Prof. Blair Kelley is the Director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
3. Dr. Louie Rivers III is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
4. Alyanna Wilson was an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
5. Jessica Tran was an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
6. Khushi Patel was an undergraduate research assistant in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
7. Brenda Vallee leads the Central Louisiana Coalition for a Clean and Healthy Environment, Colfax, Louisiana, USA.
8. Wilma Subra is the Technical Director of the Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
9. Dr. Jennifer A. Cramer is the Director of the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
10. Jennifer K. Irving is a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
11. Prof. Margaret Reams is the Joseph D. Martinez Professor of Environmental Sciences in the Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
12. Prof. Jennifer Richmond-Bryant is an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.