- Jill Crandel from Brigham Young University
Jill Crandell is an assistant professor at Brigham Young University, and she also serves as the director of the BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy where she manages 50 student researchers. She holds an MA in History, a BA in Family History and Genealogy, and she is an Accredited Genealogist® specializing in Midwest U.S. research. Jill is also the developer of ResearchTies, an online genealogy research log. She has previously served in a number of positions in the genealogical community, including president of the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (2015-2016) and director of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (2000-2001).
- Tahitia McCabe from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
She is the course director of the Master’s Programme in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic studies at the University of Strathclyde. She holds an MLS from Syracuse University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies from the University of Strathclyde. She is currently a PhD candidate working on a study of Americans in Scotland, 1850-1900.
- Jacques du Plessis from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
He has been on the faculty of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee since 2002. He holds a PhD in Instructional Technology and teaches the Genealogy course in the Masters of Library and Information Science program. His experience in Genealogy is directed at the USA and South Africa. He is the co-founder of the Disruptive Technologies Lab. The mission of the lab is to explore how new technologies may disrupt existing practices.
- Amy Harris from Brigham Young University
Amy Harris is an associate professor of history at Brigham Young University and an accredited genealogist. Her research interests focus on families, women, and gender in early modern Britain. She is particularly interested in the way family and social relationships inform one another. Her first book, Siblinghood and Social Relations in Georgian England: Share and Share Alike (2012) used both historical and genealogical methods to explore sibling relationships and their connections to political and social ideas of equality. Prof. Harris teaches European history, introductory and advanced genealogy courses, English paleography, and women’s studies. She currently serves as the director of the Family History Program at BYU.