Suguru Ishizaki is a Professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, where he directs the Professional & Technical Writing Programs. He is a scholar/designer specializing in communication and user experience design, with over 30 years of experience in both academia and industry. His current research focuses on AI-enabled writing environments and computer-assisted rhetorical analysis. He is a past president of the IEEE Professional Communication Society.

David Kaufer is Paul Mellon Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University and Head Emeritus of the English Department at CMU. His primary interests are rhetoric and written composition theory and technologies to support writing. He is the co-author of six books and over 100 refereed articles, and a Fellow of the Rhetorical Society of America.