Sharad Chari, Ph D is Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of California at Berkeley, and Visiting Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand. Susanne Freidberg, Ph D is Professor of Geography at Dartmouth College. Vinay Gidwani, Ph D is Professor of Geography and Global Studies at the University of Minnesota. Jesse Ribot, Ph D is Professor of Geography, Anthropology and Natural Resources and Environmental Studies at the University of Illinois. Wendy Wolford, Ph D is Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development in the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University.