Lillian Guerra is a University of Florida professor of Cuban and Caribbean history. Her research focuses on power dynamics and nationalism in Cuba. Her books include “Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption and Resistance, 1959-1971” and “Heroes, Martyrs and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958.

Mae Ngai is the Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and professor of history at Columbia University.