Jennifer L. Tanner, Ph.D. (The Pennsylvania State University, Human Development and Family Studies, 2001), was most recently a Visiting Assistant Research Professor at The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Amy Eva Alberts Warren, Ph.D., is an applied developmental scientist and practitioner. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, books, advanced textbooks, encyclopedias, and professional handbooks, and presented at academic conferences in the United States and abroad. She is co-editor of Thriving and Spirituality Among Youth (Wiley, 2012) and Current Directions in Developmental Psychology (Prentice Hall, 2004).

Daniel R. Bellack, Ph.D., has spent the majority of his 30+-year career in the classroom working with students. His doctorate is in cognitive developmental psychology from the University of Kentucky, and he earned his Bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Florida. For the last 23 years he has been department chair and then coordinator of psychology courses for the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Trident Technical College.

Colleen MacQuarrie, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and Graduate Faculty at the University of Prince Edward Island, where she is a dedicated teacher and researcher. Her program of research is directed toward better understanding the multi-faceted nature of health and wellness across the lifespan and within diverse community settings and contexts.