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Sharan B. Merriam is professor emerita of adult education and qualitative research methods at the University of Georgia. Merriam's research and writing activities have focused on the foundations of adult education, adult development, adult learning, and qualitative research methods. She has published more than 30 books and dozens of chapters and articles and held major editorship roles throughout her career. For 5 years she was coeditor of Adult Education Quarterly, the major research and theory journal in adult education. She was also coeditor for the book series Professional Practices in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. She has won the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education for four different books. Various of her books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Farsi, Italian, and French. Her most recent books include Qualitative Research in Practice: Examples for Discussion and Analysis (with Robin S. Grenier, 2019), Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation (with Elizabeth J. Tisdell, 2016), A Guide to Research for Educators and Trainers of Adults (with Patricia Cranton, 2015), and Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice (with Laura Bierema 2014). Based on her widespread contributions to the field of adult education, Merriam has been inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame and was the first to receive the American Association of Adult and Continuing Education's Career Achievement award. She has served on steering committees for the annual North American Adult Education Research Conference, the Qualitative Research in Education Conference held at the University of Georgia, and the Commission of Professors of Adult Education. She has conducted workshops and seminars on adult learning and qualitative research throughout North America and overseas, including countries in southern Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. In 1998 she was a Senior Fulbright Scholar to Malaysia, in 2006 a Visiting Scholar to South Korea, and from 2016 to 2018 she was a Distinguished Visiting Scholar to Northwest University in South Africa.

Lisa M. Baumgartner is an associate professor of adult education at Texas State University, San Marcos. Her research and writing focus on adult learning and development in marginalized populations. A recipient of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Cyril O. Houle Scholars Research Grant for Emerging Scholars in Adult Education, she completed a study on civil rights activist Septima P. Clark's lifelong contributions to social justice adult education. She received the Houle O. Cyril Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education for the coauthored text Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide (3rd edition) in 2007. She has served on the steering committee for the annual North American Adult Education Research Conference. She was a coeditor of Adult Education Quarterly from 2011 to 2014 and serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Adult Education Quarterly, Adult Learning, and the Journal of Transformative Education. In 2004, she received the Commission of Professors of Adult Education Early Career Award, which honors individuals in the early stages of their academic career who have made significant contributions in scholarship and service to the field. In 2019, she received the Circle of 50 Award from the Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development Program at the University of Georgia. Awardees are seen as having made an impact on the research and practice of adult education, learning, leadership, and organizational development.