Bruce Hozeski, Ph.D., is Chair of the English Department at Ball State University and specializes in Medieval British literature, dialects, Old English language & literature, Hildegard von Bingen, and honors humanities. He is the author of five books about Hildegard von Bingen and is a major contributor to the annual annotated Chaucer Bibliography.

Matthew Fox was a member of the Dominican Order in good standing for 34 years until he was expelled by former Pope Joseph Ratzinger, who was a cardinal and chief inquisitor at the time. Matthew Fox is the founder of Wisdom University (formerly the University of Creation Spirituality) and the foremost proponent of Creation Spirituality, based on the mystical teachings of early Christian visionaries such as Hildegard von Bingen, Meister Eckhart, and Saint Thomas Aquinas. He is the author of 26 books, including Original Blessing and The Coming of the Cosmic Christ. In 2019, Matthew Fox was cited as one of the "100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People in the World" according to Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine.