Arbërore Bicaj completed her doctoral studies in the field of education, specifically in the field of teacher professional development. She has also conducted research on the implementation of the Bologna objectives at the University of Prishtina. She is currently an Associate Professor at AAB College, Prishtina, Kosovo.

Fatlume Berisha is an Associate Professor of Chemistry Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Prishtina. She holds a BS and MS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD from the University of Graz. Her research focuses on active teaching and learning in sciences, with a particular emphasis on chemistry education, STEM education, maker space labs, assessment, and environmental education. Her interests also include science education for citizenship, the beliefs of pre-service and in-service science teachers, and science teacher professional development.

Rachel Gisewhite, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Center for STEM Education at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her research focuses on authentic scientific inquiry experiences that increase scientific literacy and provide K–12 students, preservice teachers, and community members with an understanding of their place in the social and natural world, the recognition of their responsibility for their collective and individual actions, and a charge to act with generosity to remediate or protect that which they are exploring.