Mary P. Nichols is the Professor of Political Science at Baylor University. She studies the history of political thought, especially Greek political theory; politics and literature; and politics and film. Her publications range from studies of Plato and Aristotle to film directors such as Woody Allen, John Ford, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Gregory A. McBrayer is Senior Editor at PEGS (Political Economy of the Good Society) and visiting professor at Gettysburg College. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. His dissertation examined Aristotle’s treatment of the Socratic paradox that no one does wrong voluntarily.

Denise Schaeffer is Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. She has published numerous articles in the history of political thought, from Plato and Aristotle to Rousseau and Nietzsche. She is currently working on a book on freedom and judgment in Rousseau’s Emile.