Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology and William Golding Senior Research Fellow at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. He is a fellow of the British Academy, the Academy of Social Sciences, and Academia Europea. He recieved the Marion Welchman International Award for Contributions to the study of Dyslexia from the British Dyslexia Association in 2019.

Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology and President of St. John’s College, University of Oxford. She is Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. She is Past President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading and served on Sir Jim Rose’s Expert Advisory Group on provision for Dyslexia. She was appointed CBE for services to science and the understanding of dyslexia in 2016.