Veronica G. Sardegna is a Lecturer at The University of Texas at Austin. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she earned a teaching degree and an advanced B.A. degree in the English language. In Argentina, she was Head of the English Department at a bilingual school, and taught English Grammar, and English and American Literature at the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino. Sardegna holds an M.A. degree in TESOL and a Ph. D. degree in Educational Psychology.

Joanne M. Slutsky serves as Communications Specialist/Lecturer for the Accountancy Department of the School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She supervises the department’s communications team, devises reference guides and other communication materials, and superintends the evaluation of the students’ written and oral presentation skills.