John J. Shaughnessy is a Professor Psychology at Hope College , a relatively small, select, undergraduate liberal arts college in Holland , Michigan . After completing the B.S. degree at Loyola University in Chicago in 1969, he received the Ph.D. in 1972 from Northwestern University . He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Society whose recent research has focused on practical aspects of memory. He is coauthor, with Benton J. Underwood, of Experimentation in Psychology (Wiley, 1975). Students selected him as Hope Outstanding Professor Educator in 1992, and he serves as a mentor in the College's Faculty Development Program.

Eugene B. Zechmeister is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Loyola University in Chicago, a large metropolitan university where he taught both undergraduate and graduate courses since 1970. Professor Zechmeister completed his B.A. degree in 1966 at the University of New Mexico . He later received both the M.S. (1968) and Ph.D. (1970) from Northwestern University . A specialist in the field of human cognition, and experimental methodology, Professor Zechmeister has coauthored books on human memory, critical thinking, statistics, and research methods. Data Analysis and Interpretation in the Behavioral Sciences , written with E.J. Posavac, was recently published by Wadsworth (2003). He has been a Fellow both of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 1, 2, and 3) and the American Psychological Society. In 1994 he was awarded the Loyola University Sujack Award for Teaching Excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Jeanne S. Zechmeister was a member of the Psychology faculty at Loyola University of Chicago from 1990 to 2002. Professor Zechmeister completed her B.A. at University of Wisconsin-Madison (1983) and her M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. (1990) in Clinical Psychology at Northwestern University . She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in research methodology, and her research focused on psychological processes associated with forgiveness. Her effectiveness as a teacher is evidenced by her many years of high teacher ratings and by her being identified consistently each year by graduating seniors as one of their best teachers at Loyola. Dr. Zechmeister now writes professionally in Santa Fe, New Mexico.