Benjamin Frymer (PhD in Sociology from UCLA)is assistant professor of sociology in the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies, Sonoma State University. He has co-edited the books, Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth : Beyond Schools (2011) and Hollywood's Exploited : Public Pedagogy, Corporate Movies, and Cultural Crisis (2010). Tony Kashani (PhD in Humanities from California Institute of Integral Studies) is a faculty member in the Liberal Arts Department of Brandman University of Chapman University Systems.
Aside from many scholarly articles, Dr. Kashani is the author of two editions of Deconstructing the Mystique : An Interdisciplinary Introduction to Cinema (2005, 20009) a textbook used at various universities in the US. He is also the co-editor and contributor of Hollywood's Exploited : Public Pedagogy, Corporate Movies, and Cultural Crisis.