William Schneider was the curator of oral history at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from 1981 until his retirement as professor emeritus in 2011. He is the editor of many books and the author of So They Understand: Cultural Issues in Oral History.Miroslava Chaacute;vez-Garciacute;ais Associate Professor of Chicano/a Studies at the University of California, Davis. She is the author ofNegotiating Conquest: Gender and Power in California, 1770s to 1880s.