1. Maxine P. Atkinson is an associate professor of sociology at North Carolina State University and the university's Director of the First Year Inquiry Seminar Program. She focuses on teaching introductory level undergraduate courses and preparing graduate students to teach. She co-ordinates North Carolina State's Integrating Data Analysis project and is a member of the ASA Department Resources Group.
2. Ronald Czaja is an associate professor of sociology and anthropology at North Carolina State University. He teaches courses in both undergraduate and graduate research methodology and medical sociology. He is the senior author of Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures, published by Pine Forge Press.
3. Zachary W. Brewster is a Ph.D. student in the department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University. He received his M.A. in sociology from Western Kentucky University and his B.S. in Sociology from Grand Valley State University. His primary research interests are in work and organizations and medical sociology.