Carla Sharp received her Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) in 2000 and is currently an Associate Professor at University of Houston where she directs the Developmental Psychopathology Lab. She is also Research Director for the Adolescent Treatment Program of the Menninger Clinic and holds an adjunct position in the Psychiatry Department of Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Sharp’s main research focus is on social cognition as it relates to disorders of interpersonal relatedness in children and adolescents, with a special interest in Borderline Personality Disorder. She has published widely on this topic in such journals as Science, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Journal of Personality Disorders. She has published two books and more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and chapters. Dr. Sharp is on the Editorial Board of several journals, including Journal of Personality Disorders. Sheis a recipient of a NARSAD Young Investigator Award and a Research and Scholarship Excellence Award from the University of Houston. Her research has been funded by the NIMH and the Child and Family Program of the Menninger Clinic. Jennifer L. Tackett received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2006 and holds faculty appointments at the Universities of Houston and Toronto. She is an active researcher in the areas of child personality, personality disorder and externalizing psychopathology. Dr. Tackett served as a developmental consultant to the Personality and Personality Disorders Work Group for DSM-5. She has over 60 publications, co-edited Personality and Psychopathology (The Guilford Press, 2006) and received early career awards from the Society for Research in Psychopathology, the Society for Personality Assessment and the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. Dr. Tackett has extensive editorial experience and currently serves as the Associate Editor at Assessment, Journal of Research in Personality, Journal of Personality Disorders and Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.