Serena Nanda is professor emeritus of Anthropology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Her published works include "Neither Man nor Woman: The Hijras of India", winner of the 1990 Ruth Benedict Prize; "American Cultural Pluralism and Law"; and "Gender Diversity: Cross-Cultural Variations.
Richard Warms is associate professor of Anthropology at Southwest Texas State University. His published works include "Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History", as well as journal articles on commerce, religion, and ethnic identity in West Africa, African exploration and romanticism, and African veterans of French colonial armed forces.