• Martha B. Sharma (Chair)
• Geography Educator (retired) and Freelance Geography Consultant Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Martha Sharma taught geography for more than 25 years at the Washington International School and the National Cathedral School, both in Washington, D.C., before retiring in 2004. Sharma was a member of the first AP^® Human Geography Development Committee and content advisor to the AP Human Geography page on AP Central. She is currently a College Board advisor to Human Geography and Past President (2005) of the National Council for Geographic Education. Sharma has written extensively, including two award-winning publications: Making Population Real: Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities for AP Human Geography (Population Reference Bureau, 2005) and Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Geography (Greenwood Press, 2000). She is also actively involved in professional development for teachers of AP Human Geography.

• Bernard Beins
• Professor of Psychology, Ithaca College

Bernard Beins pursues his scholarship in two main areas, the pedagogy of teaching and the psychology of humor. He is a former president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and has been active in the organization for two decades. He also served as director of Pre-College and Undergraduate Programs at the American Psychological Association. Currently, Beins is chair of the AP^® Psychology Development Committee. He has authored and co-authored several books, including Research Methods: A Tool for Life and The Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology.

• Charles Callahan, III
• Associate Professor of Economics, State University of New York College at Brockport

Charles Callahan, III has been a faculty member at SUNY Brockport since 1985. He was Chairman of the Department of Business Administration and Economics from 1990-1996. He served as President of the New York State Economics Association from 1993-1995 and on its Board of Directors from 1994-2002. Callahan served on the AP? Economics Development Committee from 2003-2007. He continues to serve as a Faculty Consultant for the Educational Testing Service. Current research interests include Congressional voting on trade bills, discrimination in the labor market, and economic education. Articles by Callahan have appeared in the International Journal of Business and Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Social Science Quarterly, Personnel Journal, Management World, Growth and Change, and Industrial Relations.

• Gary Copeland
• Professor of Political Science, University of Oklahoma

Gary Copeland joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 1980. He served as associate director of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center from 1994-2001 and director from 2001-05. His publications include The Contemporary Congress: A Bicameral Approach in 1999 (with Matthew C. Moen); Almanac of Oklahoma Politics 1998, Almanac of Oklahoma Politics 2000, and Almanac of Oklahoma Politics 2002 (all with R. K. Gaddie and C. Williams); Parliaments in The Modern World: Changing Institutions in 1994 (co-edited with Samuel C. Patterson; and Congressional Budgeting: Politics, Process, and Power in 1984 (co-edited with F. Ted Hebert and W. Thomas Wander). His articles have appeared in numerous journals, including Publius, American Politics Quarterly, Political Behavior, Journal of Politics, Oklahoma Politics, and Social Science Quarterly. Current research interests include Congress, electoral behavior, and education policy.

• Maghan Keita
• Associate Professor of History, Director of the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies, Villanova University.

Maghan Keita's areas of specialization are African, African American, and world history and historiography; as well as issues in class, race, and gender. Keita's most recent book, Race and the Writing of History: Riddling the Sphinx is the recipient of the 13th Annual Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Best Scholarly Book. His work on Huck Finn in Context: A Teaching Guide, developed with the Cherry Hill Public Schools and WGBH of Boston, received the 2000 Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing from the Association of Educational Publishers.

• Peggy Pride
• AP^® Economics Teacher, St. Louis University High School, St. Louis, Missouri.

Peggy Pride has taught AP Economics at St. Louis University High School in for more than 15 years. She earned B.S. in history and economics and a M.S. in business education, with a concentration in economics. She has attended the annual AP reading for 10 years, as Reader, Table Leader and microeconomics Question Leader. Pride served from 1999-2005 on the AP Economics Development Committee. She has written curriculum for College Board, the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), and Junior Achievement, and is the primary author for the new AP Economics Teacher's Guide. Peggy has presented at the AP National Conference for the past four years and at the NCEE Annual Meetings in 2003-05. The Global Association of Teachers of Economics named her the John Morton Memorial Teacher of the Year in 2005. Pride and her husband, David, enjoy traveling and visiting with their two adult sons.

• Karen Waples
• AP U.S. and Comparative Government and Politics Teacher, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado

Karen Waples has taught since 1989 and is the social studies department coordinator at Cherry Creek High School. She has taught three AP classes: U.S. Government and Politics, Comparative Government, and U.S. History. Ms. Waples has graded AP Comparative Government, AP U.S. Government, and U.S. History exams. She writes book reviews for the AP Central website and was the project editor for the 2007 Special Focus Materials for AP Comparative Government. She is the author of "The Upcoming Russian Elections: Is Democracy Dead," available at AP Central. She has an undergraduate degree from the University of Denver and a law degree from the University of Colorado.