| Name | Name of Endowed/Distinguished Professorship | Institution of Employment |
| Women | ||
| Norvella P. Carter | Endowed Chair in Urban Education | Texas A & M University |
| Beverly E. Cross | Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence in Urban Education | University of Memphis |
| Linda Darling-Hammond | Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education | Stanford University |
| Cynthia B. Dillard | Mary Frances Early Professor of Teacher Education | University of Georgia |
| Vivian L. Gadsden | William T. Carter Professor of Child Development and Education | University of Pennsylvania |
| Janet E. Helms | Augustus Long Professor in Measurement and Assessment | Boston College |
| Joyce E. King | Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair | Georgia State University |
| Gloria Ladson-Billings | Kellner Family Professorship in Urban Education | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot | Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education | Harvard University |
| Carol D. Lee | Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Education and Social Policy | Northwestern University |
| Veronica Evans Lewis | Kitty Degree Endowed Professorship in Education | University of Louisiana Monroe |
| Bridget Terry Long | Saris Professor of Education and Economics | Graduate School of Education, Harvard University |
| Alicia Moore | Cargill Professorship in Education | Southwestern University |
| Velma McBride Murry | Louis Autrey Betts Chair in Education and Human Development | Vanderbilt University |
| Carla O’Connor | Arthur F. Thurnau Professor | University of Michigan |
| Margaret Beale Spencer | Marshall Field IV Professor of Urban Education | University of Chicago |
| Gail L. Thompson | Wachovia-Wells Fargo Endowed Professor of Education | Fayetteville State University |
| Vanessa Siddle Walker | Samuel Dobbs Professor of Educational Studies | Emory University |
| Allyson L. Watson | Eddings Endowed Chair for Urban Education, Outreach and Research | Northeastern State University |
| Maisha T. Winn | Susan J. Cellmer Chair in Teacher Education | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Men | ||
| Walter Allen | Allan Murray Cartter Professor of Higher Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| James D. Anderson | Edward William and Jane Marr Gutsgell Professor of Education | University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana |
| James A. Banks | Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies | University of Washington, Seattle |
| Floyd D. Beachum | Bennett Professor of Urban School Leadership | Lehigh University |
| Lynn Beckwith Jr. | E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professorship in Urban Education in Conjunction with the St. Louis Public Schools | University of Missouri-St. Louis |