Kendall Heitzman is an associate professor at the University of Iowa and translates contemporary Japanese fiction and poetry.

Yumiko Nishi's primary research areas have been verb semantics and the second language acquisition of aspect.

Nana is interested in Japanese, language pedagogy, and second language acquisition

Kendra Strand specializes in premodern Japanese literature and visual culture, with expertise in travel writing, poetry, calligraphy, and book history. Her research is founded on examining the relationships between text, image, and object in cultural production.