- Patricia D. Beaver, Appalachian State University
- C. Doyle Bickers, Auburn University
- H. Tyler Blethen, Western Carolina University
- W. Eugene Cox, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Grace Toney Edwards, Radford University
- Ronald D. Eller, University of Kentucky
- David C. Hsiung, Juniata College
- John C. Inscoe, University of Georgia
- Ronald L. Lewis, West Virginia University
- Gordon B. McKinney, Berea College
- Philip T. Noblitt, Blue Ridge Parkway
- Ken Sullivan, West Virginia Humanities Council
- William H. Turner, University of Kentucky
- John Alexander Williams, Appalachian State University