Scott de Marchi is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Decision Science program at Duke University. His work has been funded by the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, and USAID. His research focuses on the use of mathematical methods, especially bargaining theory, computational social science, game theory, and machine learning and statistics. Substantively, he examines decision-making in contexts that include the American Congress, coalition bargaining in parliamentary democracies, crisis bargaining and interstate conflict, and voting behavior.

James T. Hamilton is Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Hearst Professor of Communication at Stanford University. The winner of eight teaching awards at Harvard, Duke, and Stanford, he's spent decades teaching and mentoring undergraduates and designing programs to help them thrive in college. Hamilton is the author of three award-winning books about media research. He earned a BA in economics and government (summa cum laude) and a PhD in economics from Harvard University.