Patricia Neff Claster is a Family Sociologist and Professor at Edinboro University, USA. Her teaching and research interests center on gender, intimate relationships, and child and adolescent development. She is also the Editor of Sociological Viewpoints, the journal of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society.
Sampson Lee Blair is a Family Sociologist and Demographer at The State University of New York, USA. His research focuses upon parent-child relationships, mate selection, marriage, and fertility. A Fulbright Scholar Award recipient, he has served as chair of the Children and Youth research section of the ASA, and has taught in China and the Philippines.