Anna S. Kudyma is Senior Lecturer in Russian and Ukrainian, Coordinator of the Russian Language Program and Teaching Assistant Supervisor in the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Olga E. Kagan was Professor and Director of Language Programs in the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Frank J. Miller was Professor and Coordinator of the Russian Language Program in the Departments of Slavic Languages at Columbia University and Barnard College, USA.

Michael A. Lavery is Assistant Professor of Russian in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA.