Roberta Berns was a professor emerita at the University of California, Irvine, as well as Saddleback College, where she founded and chaired the Human Development Department. Berns was also a student of renowned developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner at Cornell University. She lived in California with her husband, a professor of bioengineering. They have two children--an English professor and a professor of neuroscience--and two grandchildren. Stephanie White serves as an adjunct professor at Cameron University and the University of Northern Colorado. Previously, she was a pre-kindergarten teacher in Texas and Oklahoma. She lives in Northern Colorado with her husband and two daughters. Roberta Berns was a professor emerita at the University of California, Irvine, as well as Saddleback College, where she founded and chaired the Human Development Department. Berns was also a student of renowned developmental psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner at Cornell University. She lived in California with her husband, a professor of bioengineering. They have two children--an English professor and a professor of neuroscience--and two grandchildren.