Stephen W. Raudenbush, Ed.D. (Chair), Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago

A. Wade Boykin, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Howard University

Claudia Jane Coulton, Ph.D., Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

H. Carl Haywood, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, emeritus

Ann S. Masten, Ph.D., Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota

Sandra J. Newman, Ph.D., Institute for Policy Studies, The Johns Hopkins University

Mariajosé Romero, Ph.D., National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University

Russell W. Rumberger, Ph.D., Gervirtz Graduate School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara