This directory is a compendium of over 600 scholars and educators in a range of disciplines throughout the United States who are actively involved in research or teaching of rural issues. It is intended as a resource for those individuals and for other professionals, providing access to one another and aiding a multi-disciplinary approach to rural issues. Each of the alphabetically arranged entries contains: name; professional affiliation, address and phone number; and specialties. Specialties include rural education, rural development, rural sociology, rural demography, rural economics, local government, water quality, community development, agricultural policy, farm population and employment, Southern and rural history, family, land use, natural resources, and environmental issues. An index of names, arranged by state, is also included. (SV)