H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn J. Edin, and Timothy J. Nelson

Shaefer is the Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor and Associate Dean at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. Edin is the William Church Osbourne Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Nelson is the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology and Lecturer of Public Affairs at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. They are the authors of The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America