Dillon Bustin, Enthno-musicologist, Folklorist, Boston, MA
Joan Druett, Whaling Historian, New Zealand
Michael Dyer, Maritime Historian and Librarian, New Bedford Whaling Museum
Lisa Norling, Associate Professor of History, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
James B. Richardson III, Curator Emeritus of Anthropology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
Matthew Stackpole, Historian and Development Director for Restoration of the Charles W. Morgan, Mystic Seaport