Eva Rogaar is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam, where she studies the lives and activism of young Central Asian development workers between 1970-2020. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2022). Her research interests include religious and ethnic minorities, gender, oral history and life history, history of medicine, youth activism, and development. She is also interested in questions of equity and inclusion in academic research, teaching, and publishing.

Joseph Lenkart is the manager of the Slavic Reference Service, a specialized library service supported by the the Title VIII grant. He was formerly the Reference Specialist on Central Asia. He holds an MSLIS and an MA in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests include library support for less commonly taught languages, publishing history, and publishing cultures of ethnic minorities.

Katherine Ashcraft is a master's candidate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Library Sciences and History. She is a graduate assistant with the Slavic Reference Service. Her research interests include the history of publishing and literacy in Central Asia, particularly Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.