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## **About the Editors**

**Susan M Moore** is a widely published developmental social psychologist whose major research interests encompass both the adolescent and senior life stages. She is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Swinburne University, a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society, and an active family historian.

**Doreen Rosenthal** is a developmental social psychologist. Her research interests include ageing and sexual and reproductive health. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and in 2003, she was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for her national and international research.

## *Editorial* **How Ancestor Research Affects Self-Understanding and Well-Being: Introduction to the Special Issue**

**Susan M. Moore**

> Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia; smoore@swin.edu.au
