Violet J. Harris, Ph.D.
Chair of Literature Advisory Board
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Elaine Aoki, Ph.D. 
Lower School Director
The Bush School

Loretta Barrett
Loretta Barrett Books, Inc.

Rudine Sims Bishop, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita
The Ohio State University

Wanda Brooks, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Elementary Education & Reading Curriculum, Instruction, Technology in Education
Temple University

Naomi Caldwell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library & Information Studies
University of Rhode Island

Evelyn B. Freeman, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Teaching and Learning; Dean & Director, Mansfield Campus
The Ohio State University

Darwin Henderson, Ed.D. 
Professor of Teacher Education
University of Cincinnati

Kathleen T. Horning
Director of the Cooperative Children's Book Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Barbara Kiefer, Ph.D.
Charlotte S. Huck Professor of Children's Literature
The Ohio State University

Ginny Moore Kruse
Emerita Director, Cooperative Children's Book Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jonda C. McNair, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Reading Education
Clemson University

Debbie Reese, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Susan Roman, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
Dominican University