Robert E. Gutsche, Jr., Ph.D. is Professor in Digital Culture in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University. He is also Honorary Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Informatics at Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania. Alina Rafikova, M.S. holds a master's degree from Florida Atlantic University and has interned at the United Nations. She also participated in the organization of G20 and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events in Russia and served as a graduate research assistant at Florida International University.

