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Bulletin vol. 31 no. 1 | 21 Laura A. Rabin, Ph.D. is a Professor of Psychology at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of CUNY and holds secondary appointments at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Dartmouth Medical School. Her clinical work and research focus on the early detection of individuals at risk for incident Alzheimer's disease, with an emphasis on the development of sensitive subjective and objective cognitive tools. Her survey work documents trends in the neuropsychological test usage that inform larger goals of battery construction and stimulate discussion about critical, emerging issues in neuropsychological assessment. She serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for various journals, has been honored for excellence in teaching and mentoring, and receives funding from the NIH, NSF, and several foundations. Donald L. Brodale, M.A. received an MA in religious studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara and studied sociology at Brooklyn College/CUNY. He has longstanding interest in survey design and execution and contemporary expressions of religious faith in the American context. Milushka Elbulok-Charcape is a Ph.D. candidate in the Learning, Development, and Instruction Educational Psychology program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her dissertation topic focuses on self-explanation as an instructional technique in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Other research interests include: science academic identity, effective instructional strategies in STEM, vocabulary development in emergent bilinguals, and validity of multi-cultural assessment. She has taught a variety of psychology and educational psychology courses at Brooklyn College and Hunter College. Currently, she is employed as an adjunct instructor at Brooklyn College and holds a number of research positions at other CUNY institutions. William B. Barr, Ph.D., ABPP is the Director of the Neuropsychology Division in the Department of Neurology at NYU-Langone Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the NYU School of Medicine. He is board certified in Clinical Neuropsychology through ABCN-ABPP. Dr. Barr has over 25 years of experience in clinical practice, training, and research in the field of neuropsychology with clinical expertise and research activities on the cognitive and behavioral effects of epilepsy and concussion. He has served on committees and boards for various neuropsychological organizations, including a term as President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (SCN - Division 40) of the American Psychological Association (APA).