Melvin B. Hill, Jr. is the Robert G. Stephens, Jr. Senior Fellow in Law and Government Emeritus in the Carl Vinson Institute of Government and the Institute of Higher Education of the University of Georgia, and served as the editor of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Mr. Hill served as the director of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government of the University Of Georgia. He is the author of numerous articles and books on legal issues relating to the structure and processes of state and local governments in a democratic society. Mr. Hill holds a B.A. degree from Bucknell University, an M.P.A and J.D. degree from Cornell University, and is a member of the State Bar of Georgia.
G. LaVerne Williamson Hill teaches as part-time faculty at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia and has taught college courses in American government, public law, crime and criminal justice and public administration since 1979. She holds a Phd in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Georgia.