Sarah Nuttall is Director of the Wits Institute for Social & Economic Research (WiSER) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Isabel Hofmeyr is Professor of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Gabeba Baderoon is a literary scholar, poet and Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University, where she also co-directs the African Feminist Initiative. She is the author of Regarding Muslims: from Slavery to Post-apartheid and four books of poetry, most recently The History of Intimacy.
Natasha Erlank is Professor of History at the University of Johannesburg and author of Convening Black Intimacy: Christianity, Gender and Tradition in Early Twentieth Century South Africa.
Amanda Esterhuysen is Associate Professor in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Shireen Hassim is Professor of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Jonathan Klaaren is Professor and former Dean of the School of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Veronica Klipp is Publisher at Wits University Press and has worked in the South African publishing industry since 1992
Beth le Roux is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria. She is author of A Social History of the University Presses in South Africa and Publishing Against Apartheid: A Case Study of Ravan Press.
Siphiwo Mahala is an award-winning short story writer, novelist, playwright and literary critic. He is a senior lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Johannesburg and a research fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study. He is the editor of Imbiza Journal for African Writing.
Athambile Masola is a lecturer in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town.
Achille Mbembe is Research Professor in History and Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and is affiliated to the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER).
Innocentia J Mhlambi is Associate Professor of African Languages at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Hlonipha Mokoena is Director of the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is the author of Magema Fuze: The Making of a Kholwa Intellectual.
Sanele kaNtshingana is a lecturer in the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Cape Town.
Kirsten Perkins is Production Editor at Wits University Press. She completed her Masters in Publishing Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Kopano Ratele is a South African psychologist and men and masculinities studies scholar. He is known for his work on African-oriented psychology, boys, men, masculinity, fatherhood, identity, culture, sexuality, and violence. He is Professor of Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch and Head of the Stellenbosch Centre for Critical and Creative Thought. Among his previously published books are Liberating Masculinities and The World Looks Like This From Here: Thoughts on African Psychology.
Srila Roy is Professor of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She co-edited Intimacy and Injury: in the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa and is the author of Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India.
Corina van der Spoel is Marketing Coordinator at Wits University Press. She was the founding manager of Boekehuis, a bookshop established in 2000 in Johannesburg
Ivan Vladislavić is a fiction writer, essayist and editor whose books include <em>The Near North, Double Negative</em> and<em> Portrait with Keys</em>. He is Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.