| Fred Bonner | Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education | Rutgers University |
| Cory T. Brown | Ashland Oil College of Education Endowed Professorship | Murray State University |
| Philip T.K Daniel | William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor of Educational Administration | The Ohio State University |
| James Earl Davis | Bernard C. Watson Endowed Chair in Urban Education | Temple University |
| Anderson J. Franklin | Honorable David S. Nelson Professor of Psychology and Education Director | Boston College |
| Carl A. Grant | Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Education | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Louis M. Gomez | The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning | University of California Los Angeles |
| Preston C. Green III | John and Carla Klein Professor of Urban Education | University of Connecticut |
| Jabari Mahiri | William and Mary Jane Brinton Family Chair in Urban Teaching | University of California, Berkeley |
| H. Richard Milner IV | Helen Faison Chair in Urban Education | University of Pittsburgh |
| Ernest Morrell | Macy Professor of Education | Teachers College, Columbia University |
| Pedro A. Noguera | Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education | New York University |
| Peter Sheppard | SLEMCO/BORSF Professorship in Education | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Howard Stevenson | Constance Clayton Professor of Urban Education | University of Pennsylvania |
| William Lofton Turner | Betts Chair of Education and Human Development | Vanderbilt University/Peabody College |
| Gregory J. Vincent | W.K. Kellogg Professorship in Community College Leadership | University of Texas at Austin |
| John Yelding | Susan M. and Glenn G. Cherup Professorship in Education | Hope College |
| Women | ||
| Marilyn Strutchens | Mildred Cheshire Fraley Distinguished Professor | Auburn University |
| Men | ||
| Lamont A. Flowers | Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership | Clemson University |
| Howard L. Fuller | Distinguished Professor of Education | Marquette University |
| Jerlando F. L. Jackson | Vilas Distinguished Professor of Higher Education | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Chance W. Lewis | Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education | University of North Carolina-Charlotte |
| Kofi Lomotey | Chancellor John Bardo and Deborah Bardo Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership | Western Carolina University |
| James L. Moore III | EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education | The Ohio State University |
| Charles Payne | Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor | University of Chicago |
| William F. Tate | Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences | Washington University in St. Louis |