Court Lewis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Pellissippi State Community College, and he enjoys doing just about everything: writing, editing, music, art, cooking, acting, and camping. Court specializes in ethics, justice and forgiveness, and the examination of popular culture. He is the author of Repentance and the Right to Forgiveness, Who Cares?: My Life with Tom Baker, The Real Meaning of Doctor Who, and Way of the Doctor.; Series Editor of Vernon Press’s series The Philosophy of Forgiveness; editor/co-editor of several academic and popular publications, including The Ethics of Anger, Righteous Indignation: Christianity and Anger, Doctor Who and Philosophy, Red Rising and Philosophy, Futurama and Philosophy, and KISS and Philosophy. Court is a member of the Concerned Philosophers for Peace, proud father and husband, volunteer, and musician.

J.J. Sylvia IV is an Assistant Professor in Communications Media Theory at Fitchburg State University, where he teaches courses in communication ethics and law, human communication, posthumanism, and surveillance. His research interests include the philosophy of communication, posthumanism, big data, and digital pedagogy. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media from North Carolina State University, an M.A. in Philosophy from The University of Southern Mississippi and B.A. degrees in Philosophy and Communication from Mississippi State University.

In addition to authoring the second edition of Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations, he has published chapters in books such as Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter, Happier, More Deductive; Supervillains and Philosophy: Sometimes Evil Is Its Own Reward; Doctor Who and Philosophy: Bigger on the Inside; Ethical Issues in E-Business: Models and Frameworks; More Doctor Who and Philosophy; and Controversies in Media Ethics; Research Methods in the Digital Humanities.

He maintains the blog Philosophy Matters at http://www.philosophymatters.org. His professional portfolio can be found at http://www.jjsylvia.com.

R. Alan Siler is a life-long geek and musician. He’s been a KISS fan since 1977, a Saturday Night Live fan since 1978, a Star Trek fan since 1982, a Doctor Who fan since 1983, and a fan of sci-fi movies from such an early age that he’d never be able to put a date to it. He’s the founder of a Doctor Who fan club, the Atlanta Gallifreyans, and co-founder in 2005 of an Atlanta-based Doctor Who convention, WHOlanta (www.wholanta.com). He’s the author of Doctor Who’s Greatest Hits: An Unauthorized Guide to the Best Stories From Time and Space (kOZMIC Press, 2015, 978-0692504253) and a contributing author to More Doctor Who and Philosophy (Open Court Press, 2015, 978-0812699005) edited by Courtland Lewis and Paula Smithka. As a drummer and percussionist he’s played in numerous orchestras, jazz combos, folk groups and rock bands, including a KISS tribute band.