Felice J. Levine is Executive Director of the American Educational Research Association. From 1991 until May 2002, she was Executive Officer of the American Sociological Association. She also served as Director of the Law and Social Science Program at the National Science Foundation from 1979 to 1991 and as Senior Research Social Scientist at the American Bar Foundation from 1974 to 1983. She received her A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago in sociology and psychology, respectively. Her research specialties include children and youth, and the dynamics underlying social development. Levine has done considerable work on research and science policy issues, academic and scientific professions, and the ethics of research. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Consortium of Social Science Associations. She also serves on the Advisory Committee of the National Consortium on Violence Research and the Research Advisory Committee of the American Bar Foundation, and chairs the Social and Behavioral Sciences Working Group on Human Research Protections. Levine is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychological Society. Currently, she is preparing a report in the form of an action plan to the National Science Foundation on education and training in the social and behavioral sciences.