Dr. Charnetta Gadling-Cole is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Social Work. She holds secondary appointments as a Scientist in the UAB Center for Aging and UAB Center for AIDS Research. She is also a scholar in the UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center and their Geriatrics Education Center. Dr. Gadling-Cole’s research interests are in the areas of geriatrics/gerontology, caregiving, and international social work.

Dr. Sandra Edmonds Crewes is a Professor and Associate Dean at the Howard University School of Social Work. She also serves on the faculty of the Howard University graduate school. Dr. Crewe is the director of the Multidisciplinary Center for Gerontology. Her research interests are in the areas of aging, caregiving, and kinship care.

Professor Mildred C. Joyner retired as Chair of the Undergraduate Social Work Department at West Chester University after more than 30 years of service. Professor Joyner currently serves as the President of the Council on Social Work Education. She is equally a member of the CSWE Gero-Ed Center (gerontological education) and the National Association of Social Workers. Her research interests include child abuse, diversity issues, and gerontology.