Anne Raffin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. She holds a PhD in Sociology and Historical Studies from the New School for Social Research and was a Campbell Teaching Fellow in History at Brigham Young University, Provo. She is the author of Republican Citizenship in French Colonial Pondicherry: 1870–1914 (Leiden: Amsterdam University Press, January 2022) and Youth Mobilization in Vichy Indochina and its Legacies, 1940–1970 (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2005). She was the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Woman Researcher Award from the Venus International Foundation, Chennai.

Oluwatooni is Publisher of an active portfolio of Sociology, Justice and Political Science journals at Elsevier. For the past 5 years, Oluwatooni has worked alongside researchers, Editors, academic partners, and colleagues first as a Supplier Operations Specialist, an Author Specialist, an Associate Publisher and then as a Publisher. Prior to joining the publishing world, she was a Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, in Lagos, Nigeria. Oluwatooni is interested in the significant changes that have shaped the scholarly publishing industry and academia over the years. She sees her role as a partner for academics, helping them to navigate the deep waters of academic publishing and disseminate their work to have the greatest impact. Oluwatooni is also passionate about and encouraging collaboration within research communities.