Kathryn J. Edin is one of the nation's leading poverty researchers, recognized for using both quantitative research and direct, in-depth observation to illuminate key mysteries about people living in poverty: "In a field of poverty experts who rarely meet the poor, Edin usefully defies convention" ( New York Times ). Her books include Promises I Can't Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage and Doing the Best I Can: Fatherhood in the Inner City. Edin is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.
H. Luke Shaefer is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, and a research affiliate at the National Poverty Center. Nationally recognized for his research on poverty, Shaefer's research has been cited in the New York Times , USA Today , the Washington Post , and National Review , among numerous other news outlets.