Cristina Paravano has a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Milan, Italy. She completed her PhD in 2011 with a dissertation on the theatre of the Caroline playwright Richard Brome. She has published in the areas of early modern drama, modern-contemporary theatre studies, source studies and young adult fiction.
Roberta Situlin is a medical doctor, specialist in nutritional science and a cognitive behaviour psychotherapist. She is also an Assistant Professor in Dietetic and Nutrition in the Department of Medical Surgical and Health Sciences at the University of Trieste, Italy. Her areas of interest are nutrition, obesity, eating disorders, nutrition education and food culture.