Mary E. Kite is Professor of Social Psychology at Ball State University. She received her PhD from Purdue University and is a fellow of the American and Midwestern Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. In 2014, she received the Charles L. Brewer Distinguished Teaching of Psychology Award from the American Psychological Foundation.

Bernard E. Whitley, Jr., is Professor Emeritus of Psychological Science at Ball State University. He received his PhD in Social-Personality Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and is a Fellow of the American and Midwestern Psychological Association and a charter member and Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

Lisa S. Wagner is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Gerontology Minor at the University of San Francisco. She completed her PhD in Social and Personality Psychology at the University of Washington and has conducted research on stereotyping and prejudice for the past 25 years.