Salinah Jaafar ialah Profesor Madya di Akademi Pengajian Melayu, Universiti Malaya, dengan kepakaran dalam Leksikologi, Linguistik Melayu, Kesantunan Berbahasa, dan Terjemahan. Beliau memperoleh Ph.D. (2008) dalam bidang Leksikologi dan pernah mengikuti penyelidikan di University of Birmingham, UK. Mantan Pengarah Akademi Pengajian Melayu (2020–2022) ini aktif menulis dalam jurnal berindeks Scopus dan ISI, serta menerbitkan buku ilmiah bersama penerbit MAPIM. Dengan pengalaman hampir tiga dekad dalam pendidikan tinggi, beliau dikenali sebagai pensyarah yang berdedikasi, tekun, dan komited terhadap kecemerlangan ilmu. Selain mengajar, beliau giat dalam penyelidikan FRGS yang merangkumi bidang Pragmatik, Hubungan Etnik, Korpus Melayu, Linguistik Komputer, dan Terjemahan Hadis. Pengalaman luasnya sebagai pentadbir universiti turut memantapkan peranan beliau dalam kepimpinan akademik, pembangunan kurikulum, serta pementoran staf. Salinah Jaafar is an Associate Professor at the Academy of Malay Studies, University of Malaya, specializing in Lexicology, Malay Linguistics, Language Politeness, and Translation Studies. She earned her Ph.D. (2008) in Lexicology and completed a six-month research attachment at the Centre for Academic Research in English (CARE), University of Birmingham, UK.  A former Director of the Academy of Malay Studies (2020–2022), she is an active scholar whose works have been published in Scopus- and ISI-indexed journals as well as in scholarly books by MAPIM Press. With nearly three decades of experience in higher education, she is known for her dedication, diligence, and strong commitment to academic excellence.  Beyond teaching, she is actively involved in FRGS-funded research focusing on Pragmatics, Ethnic Relations, Malay Corpus Development, Computational Linguistics, and Hadith Translation. Her extensive administrative experience at the University of Malaya has also strengthened her role in academic leadership, curriculum development, and staff mentorship.  

Teo is the recipient of the 2007-2012 SLAI scholarship which supported his education in the United States of America. He completed his Master's and Ph.D. at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. His areas of interest are in sports testing & measurement, psychometrics, questionnaire development and validation, sport psychology, health & fitness, and wildlife conservation. He is involved in sport studies on sport motivation, self-esteem, task & ego resilience, and sport commitment in Malaysian settings. Teo was the ex-Coordinator for Bachelor of Sport Management programme (2017-2021), and also the Coordinator of Social Engagement (Jalinan Masyarakat) & SULAM from 2016-2023. Currently he is the faculty coordinator for Internship Programme for Bachelor of Sport Management programme.

  DR. ABU HANIFAH HARIS is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He received his B.Ed. (History) from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak in 2010, and PhD (fast track) from the Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur in 2013 with a thesis entitled, "Pengaruh Mesir Terhadap Masyarakat Melayu, 1906-1970” (“The Egyptian Influence on the Malay Society, 1906-1970”). His areas of expertise are the history of the Middle East, and the history of Islam in Malaysia. Among his books is Pengaruh Mesir Terhadap Masyarakat Melayu, 1906-1970: Daripada al-Imam Sehingga Kebangkitan Semula Islam (The Egyptian Influence on the Malay Society: From al-Imam until the Islamic Resurgence, 1906-1970) (Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 2019). His articles also have been published in several international and local journals such as British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Japanese Journal of Political Sciences, Geopolitics Quaterly, al-Shajarah, Kemanusiaan, Kajian Malaysia, and Journal of al-Tamaddun.