James E. Maddux is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Senior Scholar in the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He is the former Director of the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at George Mason University.

Barbara A. Winstead is Professor Emeritus of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. She is the former Chair of Psychology and former Director of the Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology.