Richard J. Hand is Professor of Theatre and Media Drama at the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Glamorgan, Wales UK. His publications include Terror on the Air: Horror Radio in America, 1931-52 (McFarland, 2006) and The Theatre of Joseph Conrad: Reconstructed Fictions (Palgrave, 2005). He is the co-editor of the Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance . He has published articles on radio drama with a special interest in adaptation and popular genre and has presented his research on the topic at a number of international conferences. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Mary Traynor is Head of Teaching and Learning at the Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Glamorgan, Wales UK. She teaches a range of radio topics including production, presentation, and drama.

Her research interests are essentially practice-based including research into community radio production and radio drama production. She manages the University's input into the local radio station, GTFM. This involves overseeing programming, managing radio training courses and facilitating participation in the radio station by the wider community. She is a member of the Radio Academy, Student Radio Association, and the Community Media Association.