Katherine S. Newman is the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Urban Studies at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Dean of Social Science at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She lives in Newton, MA.

Cybelle Fox is a doctoral candidate in the Sociology and Social Policy Program at Harvard University.

David Harding is a doctoral candidate in the Sociology and Social Policy Program at Harvard University.

Jal Mehta is a doctoral candidate in the Sociology and Social Policy Program at Harvard University.

Wendy Roth is a doctoral candidate in the Sociology and Social Policy Program at Harvard University.