Shane R. Thye is Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina. He is the lead editor of the Advances series.

Will Kalkhoff is Professor of Sociology at Kent State University, executive director of the Electrophysiological Neuroscience Laboratory of Kent, and a former executive committee member of the Brain Health Research Institute.

Edward J. Lawler is Martin P. Catherwood Professor Emeritus of Industrial and Labor Relations and Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. He is the founding editor of the Advances series.