| Name | Terminal/Highest Degree | Institution |
| Women | ||
| Norvella P. Carter | Ph.D. | Loyola University of Chicago |
| Beverly E. Cross | Ph.D. | Ohio State University |
| Linda Darling-Hammond | Ed.D. | Temple University |
| Cynthia B. Dillard | Ph.D. | Washington State University |
| Vivian L. Gadsden | Ed.D. | University of Michigan |
| Janet E. Helms | Ph.D. | Iowa State University |
| Joyce E. King | Ph.D. | Stanford University |
| Gloria Ladson-Billings | Ph.D. | Stanford University |
| Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot | Ed.D. | Harvard University |
| Carol D. Lee | Ph.D. | University of Chicago |
| Veronica Evans Lewis | Ph.D. | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Bridget Terry Long | Ph.D. | Harvard University |
| Alicia Moore | Ph.D. | University of Texas at Austin |
| Velma McBride Murry | Ph.D. | University of Missouri |
| Carla O’Connor | Ph.D. | University of Chicago |
| Margaret Beale Spencer | Ph.D. | University of Chicago |
| Gail L. Thompson | Ph.D. | Claremont Graduate University |
| Vanessa Siddle Walker | Ed.D. | Harvard University |
| Allyson L. Watson | Ph.D. | University of Oklahoma |
| Maisha T. Winn | Ph.D. | University of California, Berkeley |
| Men | ||
| Walter Allen | Ph.D. | University of Chicago |
| James D. Anderson | Ph.D. | University of Illinois |
| James A. Banks | Ph.D. | Michigan State University |
| Floyd D. Beachum | Ed.D. | Bowling Green State University |
| Lynn Beckwith Jr. | Ed.D. | Saint Louis University |
| Fred Bonner | Ed.D. | University of Arkansas |
| Cory T. Brown | Ph.D. | Ohio State University |
| Philip T.K Daniel | Ed.D. | University of Illinois |
| James Earl Davis | Ph.D. | Cornell University |
| Anderson J. Franklin | Ph.D. | University of Oregon |
| Carl A. Grant | Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Louis M. Gomez | Ph.D. | University of California, Berkeley |
| Preston C. Green III | Ed.D. | Teachers College/Columbia University |