Spinrad's research focuses on the socio-emotional development of young children, particularly the relations of children’s self-regulation abilities to children’s social adjustment.

Gray leads the Child Language and Literacy Laboratory which focuses on how children learn to talk, read and write.

Switzer's interdisciplinary research combines several fields including critical girlhood studies, critical development and globalization studies, transnational feminist theory and feminist methods.

Swadener 's research focuses on internationally comparative social policy, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa, impacts of neoliberal policy on local communities, and children's rights and voices.

Abby Loebenberg received a doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Oxford University. Her interests are the material culture of space; play and games.

Irene's knowledge is centered on social policy and leadership related to children and families from her experience in government administration, management and policy practice.

Iveta Silova is Professor and Associate Dean of Global Engagement at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at ASU. She holds a Ph.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.