Henry Glassie is College Professor Emeritus at Indiana University and has received many awards for his work. Three of his eighteen books¿Passing the Time in Ballymenone, The Spirit of Folk Art, and Turkish Traditional Art Today¿were named among the notable books of the year by the New York Times.

Pravina Shukla is Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University and is the author of Costume: Performing Identities through Dress and the award-winning book The Grace of Four Moons. She is also the coauthor of The Individual and Tradition.