Georgia State University

Ronald J. Henry has been in his current position as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Georgia State University since July 1994. He is involved extensively in state and national education policy and action committees, including University System of Georgia, state and local P-16, NASULGC Chief Academic Officers, Committee on Undergraduate Science Education of the National Research Council, NCATE Appeals Board, and SREB National Leadership Council. Henry is the principal investigator for the Quality in Undergraduate Education project funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the ExxonMobil Foundation. He is also the principal investigator on a Standards-based Teacher Education Project funded by CBE, AACTE and by a Title II grant for the University System of Georgia. Henry holds a Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from Queens University of Belfast, North Ireland.

Dr. Jefferson received her MS in Physical Therapy in 1993 as well as a clinical doctorate in 2003 from the University of Central Arkansas. She received training in Lymphedema Management in 1998 and assisted in the development of a lymphedema clinic at a major hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. Dr. Jefferson has a variety of clinical experience in a multitude of clinical settings. Currently, she teaches at and is the Director of Clinical Education at Georgia State University. Dr. Jefferson is an active member of the NLN and APTA. She joined the Academy of Lymphatic Studies as an assistant instructor in 2006, and completed her instructor training in 2007.

Susan Stine has extensive experience working for and advising universities, non-profit organizations, and foundations on strategic planning and development issues. She earned a bachelors degree from Michigan State University and masters degrees from MIT and Ohio State University. As a member of the Board of Students Without Mothers, Susan often helps scholarship recipients with financial aid and curriculum issues, and navigating the higher education system.

Nmadili Okwumabua completed her undergraduate studies in architecture and urban planning and is a licensed realtor. Currently she is pursuing a Masters degree in African Studies at Clark Atlanta University, where she continues to conduct research on elements critical to the development of modern Nigerian residential design. Nmadili resides in Atlanta, and is a Facilities Manager at Georgia State University.

Allison Calhoun-Brown is associate professor of political science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She specializes in religion and politics. Contact 404-651-4836, polacb@panther.gsu.edu polacb@panther.gsu.edu .

Angel Cordle's Marietta-based law firm handles all facets of family law, divorce and domestic relations. Mrs. Cordle mediates family law cases and general civil matters for Cobb Mediation. Mrs. Cordle received her law degree from Georgia State University in 1997 where she was awared a Law Faculty Scholarship for Excellence. Prior to that, she graduated from Vanderbilt University and the prestigeous Phillips Exeter Academy with Highest Honors. She has also received a certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Johannes Kepler Universidad in Austria. In addition to mediation and private law practice, Mrs. Cordle is an Adjunct Professor of litigation at Georgia State University. Mediation Style: To help parties resolve their disputes, Mrs. Cordle relies upon her ability to relate to people individually through humor and empathy. As a mediator, she focuses on helping parties fulfill their goals and resolve multiple issues effectively.

Aubree Lundie is a Full time student entering her senior year at Georgia State University. As a candidate for receiving a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and another in Psychology, Aubree has continued to recognize the importance of educating oneself and prides herself on sharing her knowledge, and gaining the knowledge of others in order to attain success. After high school, Aubree took a waitressing position at a local restaurant. After only 6 months, she was promoted to Restaurant manager, and within a year, had become the youngest, highest paid women to become the Operations Manager of the business. The opportunity was grand, and during this time, Aubree was able to refine her management abilities, learning many strategies for running a successful business. The success that Aubree obtained in her position as operations manager was trumped by an overwhelming desire to educate herself, and in her last year of managing she enrolled at the local community college. It was not to long thereafter that she realized, running a business was not always conducive to achieving one's academic goals, and resigned from her position. Aubree attained her Associates in Science, and upon entering Georgia State had learned many valuable lessons including how to make the most of your academic career. In her first semester at Georgia State, Aubree joined Phi Chi Theta and was elected the Events Coordinator. After serving as an officer for a year, she was convinced that serving as Phi Chi Theta's president was the position for her, and she was elected as President February 2007. Since her entrance into Georgia State, she has volunteered with the Immigration Law Society, made Dean's list, and is currently involved with two research projects involving law and psychology. After graduation in May of 2008, Aubree hopes to pursue a legal career in the public sector encouraging education and further developing her voice.

Brian B. Kristopher is a former actor, costume designer and software engineer. A victim of the Dot Com craze, he now whimpers in terror at the very thought of getting another IT job. Currently, he is working on a degree in physics with an astronomy concentration at Georgia State University. Brian currently resides near Atlanta, Georgia with his girlfriend, proofreader, editor and occasional co-author, She Who Must Be Obeyed (Katherine Mankiller to her friends) and their cats, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, Iphigenia, Pan and Pandora. His hobbies include arguing with Katherine over whether they should have Mexican or Chinese food, arguing with several of the cats over whether he's allowed to sit on the couch and arguing with Iphigenia and Pandora over whether they're allowed to eat the power cord on his laptop. His greatest ambition is to someday win one of those arguments.

Carol Hayes is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing at Georgia State University. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife with a master's in nursing and public health with twenty (25) years of clinical experience, as well as experience in education, conference planning, program management, and grant management. Her areas of interest include adolescent health, women's health, teen pregnancy prevention, sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, and infectious diseases and HIV. She has contributed to training materials, curricula, and other documents published by a federally funded training center. She has published in a peer-reviewed journal and contributed to national and international abstracts. She has served as a clinical consultant to the CDC Group B Streptoccocus Task Force, representing nurse-midwives from 1995 to 1998. She has served on numerous committees nationally and locally for the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) and the Georgia Nurses Association and is a member of Nursing Honor Society Sigma Theta Tau.

Dr Chris Rosenbloom is associate dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Health and Human Sciences and a Professor in the Division of Nutrition at Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta, Ga. She has been a faculty member in the Division of Nutrition at GSU since 1980, teaching courses in sports nutrition, medical nutrition therapy, and geriatric nutrition. Dr. Rosenbloom has an adjunct faculty appointment with the School of Applied Physiology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Rosenbloom has a bachelor's degree in foods and nutrition from Kent State University with a dietetic internship from the University of Minnesota, master's degree in nutrition education and a doctorate in sociology with a gerontology certificate from GSU. Dr Rosenbloom is a Registered Dietician and was a national media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association (ADA) from 1992-2003. She is a registered dietitian and certified specialist in sports dietetics. She is the past chair of Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutritionists (SCAN) and is the editor of the ADA publication, Sports Nutrition: Client Education Handouts (2005). Dr Rosenbloom was named Outstanding Dietitian for the State of Georgia by the Georgia Dietetic Association. Dr Rosenbloom was a member of the Olympic Medical Support Group for the 1996 Olympic Games and was the liaison to the food service contractors, feeding athletes, officials and volunteers during the Olympic Games. She was the nutrition consultant to the Georgia Tech Athletic Association from 1987-2003. She also is the sports dietitian to athletic teams at Georgia State University, and was the nutrition consultant to The Atlanta Beat, a WUSA team, and the Atlanta Hawks, an NBA team.

Colleen M. O'Rourke, PhD, CCC-A, is an ASHA Fellow and the current Vice President for Academic Affairs in Audiology. She is a former Legislative Councilor, representing Georgia, and has served on numerous ASHA committees, councils and boards including the Council on Academic Accreditation in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, the Committee on Honors, the Committee on Nominations and Elections, and the steering committee of Special Interest Division 10, Issues in Higher Education. In addition Dr. O'Rourke is active in other professional organizations including the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Dr. O'Rourke received her bachelor's degree from the University of Cincinnati and her master's degree and doctorate from Wayne State University. She is currently an Associate Professor and the Coordinator of the Communication Disorders Program at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. O'Rourke has both teaching and supervision responsibilities at the university. Her clinical and research interests are diagnostic audiology, aural rehabilitation, clinical supervision, and professional issues.

Dr. Cora Ann Presley is Associate Professor of African American Studies at Georgia State University. She received her Ph.D. in African history from Stanford University. Dr. Presley has taught African and African American history at Loyola University (New Orleans), Tulane University, and Humboldt State University. She has authored several works on African women and has received several prestigious grants. Dr. Presley has an ongoing interest in educational outreach. She has developed seminars and summer programs for secondary and elementary school teachers and currently directs the African American Department Education Outreach initiative for Georgia State University.

Dr. Martin, or fondly known as Dr. Dave among athletes and coaches, is one of the leading Exercise Physiologists in the country. Presently Dave is on the Executive Committees of the Men's LDR Committee, the Sports Science Committee, the Cross Country Council, and the Men's Development Committee. Dave has been a coach for either the men or women (or both). Dave is the author or co-author of several books on running, including The Marathon Footrace (1979), Training Distance Runners (1991), Better Training for Distance Runners (1997), and The Olympic Marathon (2000). He currently serves as Regents Professor Emeritus of Health Sciences at Georgia State University.

David Bottoms was born in 1949 in Canton, Georgia. Robert Penn Warren selected Bottoms's first collection, Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump (1980), for the 1979 Walt Whitman Award. His most recent work includes Vagrant Grace (Copper Canyon, 1999), Armored Hearts: Selected and New Poems (1995) and the novel Easter Weekend (1990). His poems have appeared in many magazines, including The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, The Kenyon Review, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The Southern Review. His many honors include the Levinson Prize, an Ingram-Merrill Award, an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award, and a National Endowment for the the Arts Fellowship. A Professor of English at Georgia State University, David Bottoms lives in Atlanta.

Dr. Deborah Shapiro is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Georgia State University. Her expertise includes adapted/inclusive physical education and sport for persons with a disability. Deborah has worked with individuals with disabilities in recreation programs, summer camps, and has taught adapted physical education to students with disabilities ages preschool through 21 in public and residential schools. Deborah has an impressive record in research/scholarship, teaching, and service. As a researcher in the area of sport participation and motivation in individuals with disabilities, she has published articles in the Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, International Journal of Sport Psychology, Teaching Exceptional Children, Therapeutic Recreation Journal, and Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance and has made presentations at international, national, regional and state conferences. She also collaborates on a teacher education program assessment project, studying the perceptions of pre-service and in-service teachers towards working with students with disabilities. Dr. Shapiro has received several awards for her scholarship and leadership in the field of adapted physical activity including: the Georgia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)Young Scholar award in 2002 and AAHPERD?s Mabel Lee Award in 2003, awarded to a young scholar who has demonstrated outstanding potential in scholarship, teaching, and/or professional leadership. Since 2002 she has worked as a sport classifier for NDSA and CPISRA. Dr. Shapiro received a Bachelors degree from York University in Toronto, Canada, a Masters degree in adapted physical education and motor development from Michigan State University and her Ph.D in adapted physical education and motor development from Indiana University. Dr. Shapiro is a member of the Adapted Physical Activity Council of AAALF, a member on both the National and International Federations of Adapted Physical Activity and a guest reviewer for the Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly journal.

The J. Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at Georgia State University, Detmar has conducted research in the areas of Net-enhanced organizations (e-Commerce), information security, technological innovation, IS methodological issues, and international IT studies. He holds a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) in MIS from Indiana and a PhD in English from Penn State. He has published 140 papers in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Information Systems Research, Organization Science, Journal of MIS, Journal of AIS, Information & Management, Communications of the AIS, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Communications of the ACM, OMEGA, Academy of Management Executive , and Sloan Management Review. Detmar has been selected as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly, with a term starting in January of 2008. Previously he has served as Senior Editor for MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of the AIS (JAIS) and DATA BASE. He was also Co-Editor of DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems. Previously, he was Associate Editor for Management Science as well as an editorial board member on a host of other journals. His consultancies with industry have been in the areas of information security, e-Commerce, and technological innovation. He teaches masters level courses at Georgia State University in: eCommerce Strategy, IT Strategies for Management, Systems Integration and IT Outsourcing, International IT Policies and Issues, and Computer Security Management, and doctoral seminars in Quantitative Methods in IS Research, & Experimental Design. He serves as Director of Research and Doctoral Programs in the Robinson College of Business. He is former VP of Publications for the Association for Information Systems. He was appointed AIS Fellow in 2005.

Doug Halverson is beginning his third year as a staff athletic trainer at Carolina, working with the football and women's lacrosse teams. This is Halverson's first year as assistant athletic trainer for UNC's football team. Previously, he oversaw the field hockey (2005-2007) and men's and women's golf (2006-2007) teams. Halverson returned to UNC after working at Georgia State University, where his primary responsibility was coverage of the women's basketball team and supervising graduate athletic trainers in the coverage of spring sports(2004-2005). Halverson is a 2002 graduate of UNC, where he earned a B.A. in Exercise and Sport Science with a specialization in Athletic Training. While serving as a student athletic trainer from 1999-2002, he worked with the women's soccer, volleyball, and track and field teams. He also served as the intern athletic trainer for the WUSA's Atlanta Beat in 2001 and 2002. Following his undergraduate degree, Halverson continued his education at UNC, where he served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer, working mainly with the Tar Heel football and men's and women's tennis programs. He received a M.A. in Exercise and Sports Science - Athletic Training in 2004. He has been a NATABOC Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) since 2002 and NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) since 2005. Halverson is a native of Winston-Salem and currently lives in Chapel Hill.

Douglas Davis, Ph.D is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Georgia State University in the Department of Educational Policy Studies. His main areas of expertise are teacher assessment and professional growth, the preparation of educational leaders, and history and philosophy of education. Doug has published in many educational journals and has presented at over fifty scholarly and professional conferences. He is currently the Editor of The Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education and is past president of the Society of Philosophy and History of Education. He was a public high school social studies teacher and coach in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for seven years.

Ewa McGrail is an assistant professor of Language and Literacy at Georgia State University. She is a recipient of the Conference on English Education National Technology Leadership fellowship and the Ethnicity, Race, and Multilingualism Award from the National Reading Conference Organization. Her scholarship explores the ways in which English and literacy teachers and teacher educators, often-technological a immigrants,a ? can provide younger, technologically a native-borna ? students with both expertise in their virtual world, and also critical perspectives on its place in the real world. In her recent educational practice, she has been exploring the potential of multimedia case studies, threaded discussions, webpage design, webquests, and digital video for authentic, reflective, and inquiry-based learning at the secondary and university levels. Ewa's Links.

Frank Holden, LL.B./J.D., - Frank is the Instructor for Alabama and Georgia. Frank has been a REALTOR for over 47 years. Frank received his LLB (Law) degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law in Atlanta, GA. In addition to his focus in real estate in the commercial market, Frank is an instructor for Georgia State University and for his own classroom courses at Holden Real Estate School. Frank has a talent for giving his students the information they need in "laymen's terms". His responses to the students' inquiries are sure to be concise but thorough. Frank's is never hesitant to convey his knowledge to the students so that they are successful within their courses.

Dr. Gordon Vernick is an Associate Professor of Music and Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Georgia State University. He holds a Bachelor of Music from Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY; a Master of Music in Education from the University of Miami, and a Doctor of Arts in Trumpet Performance and Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. As a professional trumpet player, he has performed in all musical mediums from symphony orchestra to jazz quartet and has freelanced in Miami, New York, Denver, Kansas City, and the Caribbean Islands. He is currently active in the Southeast United States as a clinician, an adjudicator, and as a freelance trumpet player. As a jazz educator he is the past president of the Georgia Association of Jazz Educators, past chair of the International Association of Jazz Educators Curriculum Committee and was recently appointed as the Southeast Coordinator of that organization. He was the Director of the NARAS Georgia Grammy High School Jazz Band from 1994 to 1999. He is the co-editor of the book Teaching Jazz: A Course Of Study, published by MENC. He recently co-wrote the college textbook, Jazz History Overview, published by Kendall-Hunt which has been adopted by numerous universities around the country. He is director he GSU Faculty Jazztet which performs regularly in Atlanta area schools and has appeared at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Brasstown Music Festival, Oxford University Music Series and many other venues in the southeast. He has performed with such world-renown jazz artists as Kenny Werner, Clare Fischer, John Hart, Kevin Hays, Conrad Herwig, Marc Copland, Randy Brecker, Paul McCandless, and many others. The Jazztet was twice invited to perform in San Jose, Costa Rica by the Centro Cultural Costarricense-Norteamericano. During the summer of 2001 the Jazztet performed in Moscow, Russia at the Tribute to Willis Conover Jazz Festival and in March 2003 performed at Capitol University in Beijing, China. The group was invited to perform in November 2004 at the Curso e Colegio Bardal in Florianopolis, Brazil. As a jazz clinician he served a residency at the Conservatory of San Juan, P.R. and the Taipei American School in Taiwan this past school year.

Robert L. Shannon, Jr., is a Partner with the law firm of Hall, Booth, Smith and Slover, P.C., a medium sized firm with more than 100 attorneys in Atlanta, Albany, Athens, Brunswick, Columbus, Tifton, and Brunswick, Georgia, as well as Nashville, Tennessee. He chairs the Products Liability and the Mass Torts and Toxic Liability Practice Groups. Mr. Shannon is a former member of the Managing Committee which he managed and provided oversight of the firm?s Information Technology. He has tried 35 cases to a verdict in Georgia and Tennessee. He is licensed in Georgia and Tennessee. Mr. Shannon's law practice includes aviation litigation; commercial litigation; medical malpractice; toxic exposure; transportation; products liability; and internal investigations. He has served as lead or co-counsel in a wide variety of complex matters including multi-district litigation and class actions in both federal and state courts throughout Georgia and Tennessee. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court as well as the Sixth and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to practicing before federal and state courts, Mr. Shannon has also represented parties in administrative hearings before the Office of Administrative Hearings and the Composite State Medical Board of Medical Examiners. Mr. Shannon received his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1991. He also received a Master of Science from Oklahoma State University in 1986 and a Bachelor of Arts from Valdosta State University in 1981. Mr. Shannon also holds Associate degrees in Business and Business Administration. Prior to attending law school Mr. Shannon served in the U.S. Air Force from 1981-1988 where he flew E-3 aircraft. His professional military education includes Squadron Officer School, in residence; Air Command and Staff College; and Air War College. He transferred to the Georgia Air National Guard in 1988. He was recently nominated to the rank of Brigadier General. He is now dual-hatted as the Vice Commander, Georgia Air National Guard and as the Director of the Joint Staff for Joint Force Headquarters -Georgia. In his capacity as the Director, Joint Staff-GA, he oversees the senior staff of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard. The Joint Staff has overall responsibility for all personnel, intelligence, logistics, operations, plans and exercises, communications, and budgeting functions of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard. He has also completed the U.S. Northern Command/National Guard Bureau's Joint Task Force Commander's Course which prepares him to assume command of a Joint Task Force for a specified domestic tasking or domestic contingency operation for FEMA Region IV. Mr. Shannon is also a pilot. In addition to his practice, Mr. Shannon has served as a special assistant administrative law judge for the Office of State Administrative Hearings from 1997-2001. As an administrative law judge, Mr. Shannon presided over regulatory disputes and appeals for the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance; the Commission on Equal Opportunity; the Board of Regents; and the Department of Medical Assistance. Mr. Shannon also serves as an adjunct professor with Georgia State University where from time to time he teaches graduate courses in employment law and ethics. In 2005, the Georgia Supreme Court appointed Mr. Shannon to serve on its Special Master Panel to hear attorney disciplinary cases. Mr. Shannon is active in leadership capacities in a number of professional and civic organizations: He was appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to serve on the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee; past chairman, Board of Directors for the Atlanta Business League; member, Board of Governors for State Bar of Georgia; past chair of the Board of Trustees for the State Bar's Client Security Trust Fund; member, State Bar General Counsel Oversight Committee and Standards of the Profession; past president, Gate City Bar Association;...

Deon Locklin is the Director of the Program for Rehabilitation Leadership (PRL) at Georgia State University. Within this role, she leads a multi-disciplinary team that provides training, education, technical assistance, and consulting services to public and non-profit organizations on a national level. Deon earned a bachelors and masters degree in Rehabilitation Services Education from Auburn University. She is near completion of a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at Regent University (ABD). Before coming to Georgia State in January 1992, Deon served as a Project Director at Auburn University. She has extensive work experience in human service organizations and service delivery systems. Her work focuses on building organizational and leadership capacity within public and not-for-profit organizations. Deon is an Advisory Board member for the National Rehabilitation Leadership Institute. She was appointed in 2002 as a Prime Study Group Member of the 28th Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, Distance Education: Opportunities and issues for public vocational rehabilitation programs. Deon previously served as President of the Association for the Education of Community Rehabilitation Personnel, a Board Member of the Journal of Rehabilitation Administration, and Board Officer of the National Rehabilitation Administration Association. In 1994 she received the Mary E. Switzer Award for Rehabilitation Leadership, presented by the National Rehabilitation Administration Association. When she's not on the road for PRL, Deon lives outside Atlanta with her husband Lewis and 10 year old son Taylor.