Lynne Vernon-Feagans Editor & Author

Lynne Vernon-Feagans (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is the William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Applied Developmental Science and Special Education in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has focused her research on children at risk, including children living in rural poverty and children at risk for poor language and literacy development.

Martha Cox (Ph.D., University of Virginia) is a Professor of Psychology and past Director of the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is best known for her longitudinal studies of family processes and relationships and children’s social and emotional development. She has contributed to the development of observational techniques in the study of families.

Rand D. Conger (Ph.D., University of Washington) is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Human Development, and Family Studies at the University of California–Davis. His program of research focuses on social, cultural, and individual characteristics that either promote successful development or lead to significant developmental problems.