Michelle C. Sarche is assistant professor at the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado, Denver, CO; a clinical psychologist; and a tribal member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe. She has worked extensively with American Indian communities conducting research on early development, parenting, and mental health across the lifespan. Sarche is codirector of the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Research Center, and is the principal investigator of a community-based project to expand Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) prevention efforts in the tribal community.

Paul Spicer is professor of anthropology and faculty at the Center for Applied Social Research at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; member of the board of ZERO TO THREE, a nonprofit organization dedicated to infants and toddlers; and codirector of the American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Research Center. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Oklahoma, Spicer spent 13 years in the American Indian and Alaska Native Programs at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO. He has led research efforts in substance abuse and mental health, children's health and development, and genetics.

Patricia Farrell is assistant provost of University-Community Partnerships in the Office of University Outreach and Engagement at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and is an enrolled member of Taos Pueblo. She is also coprincipal investigator for two early childhood funded initiatives focused on Michigan's American Indian Head Start programs and improving educational outcomes for young boys of color in an urban school district. She has extensive experience with K–12 school reform, school health programs, early childhood initiatives, and the promotion of campus-community partnerships.

Hiram E. Fitzgerald is series editor for the Praeger series, Child Psychology and Mental Health. He is associate provost for University Outreach and Engagement and University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Fitzgerald is a member of the steering committees of the Early Head Start National Research Consortium, the American Indian/Alaska Native Head Start Research Center, and is a member of the Native Children's Research Exchange. He is editor of Infant Mental Health Journal and associate editor of Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Fitzgerald has received the Selma Fraiberg Award, the WAIMH Award, and the ZERO TO THREE Dolley Madison Award for his work involving families with very young children.