Janet O'Shea is Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. Author of 'RISK, FAILURE, PLAY', 'At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage' and the co-editor of the 'Routledge Dance Studies Reader', 2nd edition, her research focuses on corporeality, interdisciplinary exchange, and the politics of everyday life. She is a practitioner of Filipino martial arts, jeet kune do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, and empowerment self-defense.

Stephanie Phillips is a PhD candidate in rhetoric and composition at the University of South Florida. Her research interests include technical communication, sports rhetoric, and new media studies. Stephanie is also a technical writing lecturer at the University of Buffalo, a Muay Thai fighter, and a comics writer.