Emmanuelle Sinardet, Centre d'études équatoriennes-CRIIA University of Paris Nanterre
Monica Sarmiento-Archer, Hofstra University, director bi/Coa: Bicultural Community of the Americas
Manuel Medina, University of Louisville, President of the Asociación de Ecuatorianistas
Marie-Lise Gazarian, St. Johns University
Leonor Taiano, Carson Newman University