Gregory Scott, University of Central Oklahoma, Emeritus Professor
Gregory Scott is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Central Oklahoma. Scott received a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, an M.Div. from Oral Roberts University, and an MA and a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Virginia. He taught an array of political science courses, specializing in political philosophy (ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary) and religion and politics. He is the faculty editor for CHOICES: An American Government Reader (Pearson Higher Education, 2000-2013) and is author or co-author of eleven political science and writing texts published by Pearson Higher Education.

Stephen Garrison, University of Central Oklahoma, Professor
Stephen Garrison is Professor of English and Creative Writing, former Chair of the Department of English, and Director of the Creative Writing Program at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO). He received a BA and an MA from Baylor University and a PhD from the University of South Carolina. Garrison teaches writing, creative writing, fiction, and poetry. Author of the novel Shoveling Smoke (Chronicle Books 2003), Garrison has co-authored seven writer's manuals in separate disciplines with Gregory Scott and has published numerous scholarly works.