Dan Cassino is a professor of government and politics at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Department of Social Sciences and History and executive director of the FDU Poll (formerly PublicMind). He studies the cognitive psychology of the survey response and how masculinity shapes the social and political attitudes of men. His books include Fox News and American Politics and Gender Threat.

Anastasiia Fedorova is a senior insights editor at Canvas8. A writer, curator and cultural strategist, she specialises in art, fashion, design, technology and visual culture. Her personal work explores sexuality, identity and queer communities while interrogating our place in a world shaped by rapidly changing technologies. As an avid sci-fi fan since teenage years, she is always interested in thinking about multiple and diverse futures.

Tom Novak is a senior behavioral analyst at Canvas8. After completing his second master's degree in cultural sociology at LSE, he was drawn to cultural insight. Tom has conducted qualitative and ethnographic research from the plazas of Santiago to Coventry's suburbs. In his spare time, he can be seen rowing down the Thames or world-building around feminist science fiction.