Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings is the Kellner Family Chair of Urban Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is the 2004-2005 President-Elect of the American Educational Research Association. Dr. Ladson-Billings' research interests include the relationship between culture and schooling, culturally relevant pedagogy, the successful teaching of African American children, and critical race theory.

Dr. Patricia F. Campbell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Maryland, College Park. She has worked on systemic reform in elementary mathematics within the Baltimore City Public School System. Dr. Campbell's scholarship and research addresses issues spanning the teaching and learning of elementary mathematics, professional development, and instructional change.

Dr. Beatriz D'Ambrosio is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Indiana University-Indianapolis. She recently served as a member of the Research Committee for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and she was formerly a co-principal investigator for the Indiana Mathematics Initiative, and an evaluator for the LSC: Making Mathmatics Reform a Reality in the Middle School of the University of Rochester. Her research interests include the study of the complexities in the preparation and in-service of k-12 mathematics teachers, examining socio-cultural issues in mathematics education, and supporting teachers to engage in action research.