Amanda K. Baumle is Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston, USA, and was Public Policy Fellow at the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. She received her J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, practicing labor and employment law prior to earning her Ph.D. in Sociology from Texas A&M University. Her research and teaching are focused in the areas of demography and sociology of law, with an emphasis on issues involving gender and sexual orientation. Her current research focuses on an examination of charges of employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Sonny Nordmarken is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgia State University, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is an interdisciplinary scholar of transgender studies. His research and teaching span the areas of gender, sexuality, health, inequality, knowledge, and social change, and his current book project explores how trans people create new knowledge systems and social practices that facilitate their recognition.