Marla Berg-Weger, PhD, LCSW, is Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri and Executive Director of the Gateway Geriatric Education Center in the School of Medicine. Dr. Berg-Weger holds social work degrees at the bachelor´s, master´s, and doctoral levels. Her social work practice experience includes gerontological social work practice, public social welfare services, intimate partner violence services, mental health, and health social work. Her research and writing focus on gerontological social work and social work practice. She is the co-author with Vithya Murugan, PhD, of Social Work and Social Welfare: An Invitation (6th edition). With Julie Birkenmaier, she co-authored the textbook, The Practicum Companion for Social Work: Integrating Class and Field Work (4th edition). She is Past President of the Association of Gerontology in Social Work and Managing Editor of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work, a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America, and Past President of the National Association of Geriatric Education.

Sabrina W. Tyuse, PhD, is Associate Professor in Social Work at Saint Louis University. Dr. Tyuse holds social work and sociology degrees at the master´s and doctoral levels. Areas of research are voting rights, social welfare policy, and mental illness and the criminal justice system. She serves on the Board of Directors for Influencing Social Policy (ISP), a non-profit organization for social work educators, students, and practitioners with a passion and for policy, and Voting is Social Work (VISW), the National Social Work Voter Mobilization Campaign that works to integrate nonpartisan voter engagement into social work.