James M. Kauffman (Ed.D., University of Kansas) is Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Virginia, where was a faculty member from 1970-2006. He received the Research Award from the Council for Exceptional Children in 1994 and the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (of which he is a past president) in 2002.

Daniel P. Hallahan (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Professor Emeritus of Education at the University of Virginia, where he had been a faculty member in the Curry School of Education since 1971. He is a past president of the Division for Learning Disabilities of CEC and in 2000 received the CEC Career Research Award.

Paige Cullen Pullen (Ph.D., University of Florida) is Professor of Special Education at the University of Florida and the Chief Academic Officer at the Lastinger Center for Learning. She has been principal investigator on federally funded projects, co-authored books, book chapters, and articles on evidence-based reading instruction.