2010 Grants and Contracts by College of Education and Human Development

College of Education & Human Development

Community Connections

Transforming Lives by Improving Physical and Mental Health and Wellness

Grants & Contracts 2010

4 Healthy Choices Made Easy

Researchers investigate two state policies created to combat childhood obesity

6 Reaching Out

Telehealth delivers long-distance mental health services to rural Texas residents

8 A Link To Fitness

Researchers look for genetic link between exercise training and fitness levels

10 Understanding Aggression

Across racial and ethnic groups, differing parental views about aggression may influence studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; behaviors at school

13 Funding Appendix Statistical Data Externally Funded Grants

Community Connections is published annually by the research and communication offices in the College of Education and Human Development to highlight the grants and contracts activities of the college. To request additional copies of this publication, e-mail Jenna Kujawski at jkujawski@tamu.edu. Douglas J. Palmer, Dean Windy Hollis, Assistant Director of Grants and Contracts Jenna Kujawski, Communications Manager

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On The Cover Researchers in the College of Education and Human Development are making groundbreaking scientific discoveries; establishing new standards of best practices for schools, health care settings, businesses, community agencies, and social service providers; and influencing policy at the local, state and national levels in the area of physical and mental health and wellness.

From The Dean

In this issue, read about how our faculty are engaged in cutting-edge research focused on some of society’s most serious and enduring problems, including diabetes, aging, bone loss, heart health, public health, and mental health for underserved and vulnerable populations. One example of how our faculty are aiding underserved populations is through Telehealth, a long-distance counseling service that brings mental health services to the rural residents of Leon County. Since Telehealth began taking clients in 2009, over 43 clients have been served, and our faculty are continuing to explore ways to extend the project into other rural communities in the Brazos Valley. Dr. Michael Massett, a researcher in health and kinesiology, is currently searching for the genetic link between exercise training and fitness levels. His goal is to contribute to identifying therapeutic agents that may help individuals who suffer from diseases related to lower fitness levels, including diabetes, heart disease or cancer. Another one of our faculty is collaborating with researchers across the university to investigate two state policies created to

combat childhood obesity. Specifically, these investigators are examining the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, which provides food assistance to low-income families, and are proposing healthier options as part of the WIC food packages. School bullying is an area of increasing concern for parents and educators alike, including bullying and aggression on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Dr. Jamilia Blake is looking at how parental attitudes and beliefs about aggression can influence their children’s behavior, especially the kinds of differences that may exist across racial and ethnic groups. Her study may eventually help to adapt existing intervention and prevention programs to be more culturally responsive or to yield new parent trainings that address parental beliefs about aggression. These articles are only a sample of our faculty’s research activities in the area of health and wellness. This is truly an exciting time for our college, as the work of our faculty is improving the physical and mental health and wellness for individuals across the state, nation and world. All the best,

Doug Palmer Professor and Dean Sydney and J.L. Huffines Chair of Education

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This is truly an exciting time for our college, as the work of our faculty is improving the physical and mental health and wellness for individuals across the state, nation and world.

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Health and wellness research is a large and thriving part of the research mission of the College of Education and Human Development. Faculty in our Departments of Educational Psychology and Health and Kinesiology produce knowledge in some of the most critical areas of health, mental health and wellness. Not only is our research in the area of health and wellness central to the college’s mission of transforming lives, but the scholarly knowledge and scientific advancements that emerge from our research in these areas impact the physical and mental health and well-being of Texans and all Americans.

Combating childhood obesity starts at home, and changes to the WIC food program help families make healthier life choices.

Healthy Choices Made Easy Researchers investigate two state policies created to combat childhood obesity Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expanding waistline is not limited to adults. Approximately one in five children are obese too, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

E. Lisako McKyer, assistant professor of health education, is part of a multidisciplinary research team from Texas A&M University and the University of Texas charged with reviewing two of these policies. The first is the implementation of To combat this problem, the state of Texas Texas Safe Routes to School, which supports finding has implemented a number of policies that ways for children to safely walk and bike to school. focus on environmental factors contributing to The second is a change to the Women, Infants and childhood obesity. Children (WIC) program, which provides food

assistance to low-income families to include healthier options in their food packages.

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McKyer notes that WIC participants previously could not use their WIC benefits to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as a number of whole-grain products. This has changed in the last year.

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“What we’re expecting to see is that retailers will have changed how they display the products in accordance with WIC policies. Whole-grain products that were below eye-level will now be more prominently displayed,” McKyer says.

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Because shoppers are naturally inclined to grab the first product they see on the shelf, McKyer believes this WIC change will have larger implications. “A policy that was designed to influence a subset of people really does have a larger impact because everyone shops at these stores, not just WIC shoppers,” McKyer says. “Here’s an example of a policy that is meant to impact at-risk people having beneficial effects at the population level.” Once all data has been collected on both policies, researchers will be able to look at their full impact across the state.

schools that teach our children grocery stores that service our WIC shoppers doctoral, master’s and undergraduate students involved in our research

E. Lisako McKyer (Co-I), HLKN Statewide Evaluation of Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies in Texas: Texas Safe Routes to School and Increased Healthy Food Access for WIC Clients Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Five-year project totaling $1,001,957 eljmckyer@hlkn.tamu.edu

“We know the schools that have received the Texas Safe Routes to School grants, and we can map the WIC clinics and the grocery stores where WIC folks are most likely to shop. We’re able to overlap our data and look at the effects of these two policies,” she says.

The idea is that by creating an environment where healthy life choices are easier to make, children and adults will reap the health benefits. “We can say what we want about ‘eat this, buy this, do this,’ but if people are living in an environment where it isn’t conducive, you might as well tell them to catch a flight to the moon,” McKyer says.

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The idea is that by creating an environment where healthy life choices are easier to make, children and adults will reap the health benefits.

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McKyer expects to see significant results in the areas where the policies overlap. In theory, these regions will have more children exercising by walking or biking to school and eating more nutritious foods.

Leon County residents now have access to counseling services through long-distance technologies.

Reaching Out Telehealth delivers long-distance mental health services to rural Texas residents An individual with mental health problems living in “Rural residents experience significant disparities in Leon County, Texas, would have to drive roughly their ability to access mental health services due to 60 miles to Bryan to see a therapist for a 45-minute factors such as travel time, expenditures, lack of health session. Then he’d need to trek another 60 miles insurance and a shortage of eligible providers,” says Timothy Elliott, professor of counseling psychology. back home. However, Telehealth, a long-distance counseling “By using Telehealth to provide mental health services at the local health resource center free of charge, we service, brings that mental health provider as close increase residents’ abilities to access much-needed as the local public health center. mental health services.” 6

Telehealth uses videoconferencing equipment and a secure internet connection with a television-speed refresh rate. The service operates out of the Leon County Health Resource Center in Centerville and the Counseling and Assessment Clinic (CAC), which is located in Bryan and run by the Department of Educational Psychology.

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clients since 2009 counseling psychology doctoral students involved in our research

Elliott works with Monica Wendell, director of the Center for Community Health Development at the Texas A&M Health Science Center, and community leaders in Centerville and Leon County on the project. Linda Castillo and Daniel Brossart, both associate professors of counseling psychology, also participate in the project.

“Basically what we’re doing is trying to take the CAC and all its services that are available to people in Bryan/College Station and use longdistance technology to provide these same services throughout the Brazos Valley,” Elliott says. Telehealth began taking clients in 2009, and so far, has served 43 clients over 278 sessions. Counseling psychology doctoral students provide the assessment and counseling services. Some sessions also are available in Spanish. “The system we have is quite sophisticated, and the interaction between the client and counselor happens in real time with no glitches or pauses,” says Carly McCord, a counseling psychology doctoral student who worked with Telehealth last year. “Other than not being able to actually hand a client a tissue, the relationship feels pretty similar to one that develops in a face-to-face session,” she says. The research team is currently exploring ways to extend the project into other rural communities to expand the availability of mental health services. “Telehealth is consistent with the mission of Texas A&M University and certainly with our college, and it reflects what we can be doing with applied science and community outreach,” Elliott says. “It’s certainly being responsive to a group of people who encounter disparities in services simply by the virtue of where they live.”

Timothy Elliott (PI), EPSY Linda Castillo (Co-PI), EPSY Daniel Brossart (Co-PI), EPSY Expanding Mental Health Services via Telehealth Technologies in Rural Communities Leon County Government Three-year project totaling $140,000 timothyrelliott@tamu.edu lcastillo@tamu.edu brossart@tamu.edu

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By using Telehealth to provide mental health services at the local health resource center free of charge, we increase residents’ abilities to access much-needed mental health services.

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Telehealth is the culmination of efforts by the Brazos Valley Health Partnership—a nonprofit entity comprised of seven Brazos Valley counties, two advisory groups and the Center for Community Health Development—to better meet the mental health needs of rural residents.

Participants in Texas A&M’s FITLIFE Zumba class will respond differently to training and exercise because of their genetics.

A Link To Fitness Researchers look for genetic link between exercise training and fitness levels In the famous training sequence from the classic movie Rocky, Rocky Balboa works relentlessly to hone his body and prove himself against his opponent. What if, at the end of that sequence, Rocky didn’t become stronger, faster and fitter? What if he didn’t see any improvement after his training?

This scenario is actually not all that far-fetched. Research suggests that people’s responses to exercise training vary greatly, to the point where some individuals experience little difference after training and others see dramatic results. This variation in response has a genetic component, says Michael Massett, assistant professor of exercise physiology.

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“Cardio and respiratory fitness is a good predictor of morbidity, mortality and chronic disease. The more fit you are, the lower your risk for these types of diseases,” Massett says. “Our main goal is to find the genes that link cardio and respiratory fitness with the beneficial effects of exercise.” To identify the genes, researchers use mice, which can reproduce in a matter of weeks and provide the large number of subjects needed for a human genetic study. The mice complete four weeks of exercise training on a treadmill and are tested both before and after the training to track their response. Researchers look for strains that have a large response to the exercise training and those that have a small one. “We can compare two strains for any kind of phenotype—or physical characteristic—weight, body fat composition, their ability to exercise on a treadmill or their response to exercise. If there is any difference between the two strains, we know that some component of this is due to genetics. We can use these differences to identify the genes that are responsible for that difference,” Massett says. If successful, researchers will be able to identify several candidate genes. These genes then can be explored in humans to see if they are related to training response. Eventually, the research could lead to identifying therapeutic agents that may help individuals who suffer from diseases related to lower fitness levels, such as diabetes, heart disease or cancer. “If someone has a version of a gene that is not up to par, and if we know where to find that gene, we might be able to design therapeutic agents to turn that gene on, off or up a little,” Massett says. “It could be a drug or medication, or it could be changes in diet and exercise.”

doctoral students and

undergraduate involved in our research

Michael Massett (PI), HLKN Genetic Basis for Exercise Training Responses National Institutes for Health — National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Five-year project totaling $1,792,370 mmassett@hlkn.tamu.edu

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Cardio and respiratory fitness is a good predictor of morbidity, mortality and chronic disease. The more fit you are, the lower your risk for these types of diseases.

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Massett is principal investigator of a five-year National Institutes for Health project charged with finding that specific genetic component. He and his research team are trying to identify genes that influence how people respond to exercise training.

Children may gossip or spread rumors as a form of social aggression against other peers.

Understanding Aggression Across racial and ethnic groups, differing parental views about aggression may influence students’ behaviors at school “There’s considerable research looking at ethnic differences in aggressive behavior. What has been found is that African-American and Latino students are at greater risk for engaging in aggressive behavior,” Blake says. “The purpose of my study Jamilia Blake, assistant professor of school is to understand why that might be and look at the psychology, wants to understand how parental role of parents as influencing aggression.” attitudes and beliefs about aggression influence children’s behavior and what kinds of differences might exist across racial and ethnic groups. Parents are the first teachers. The lessons they give their children stay with them and shape their lives. One of the most important lessons parents will ever teach their children is how to relate to others.

Aggressive behavior is different from bullying, where there is victimization and some kind of status differential between the children involved. Aggressive behavior occurs between two or more children who are of equal status and unable to resolve a dispute. Aggression also takes different forms, including verbal, physical and social. Social aggression may include gossip, the spreading of rumors and purposeful exclusion, either verbally or non-verbally. Blake notes that children typically use more than one form of aggression at a time. Blake and her research team also are looking at the protective factors of racial or ethnic identity that reduce a student’s chances of engaging in aggression. “Children who feel more connected to their racial or ethnic group actually feel better about themselves,” she says. “If that’s the case, the question is if these children may be less interested or likely to engage in aggression.” The researchers surveyed approximately 300 parents and 600 students from diverse backgrounds about their beliefs regarding aggression. The students’ teachers also were asked about their classroom behavior. “I think we may find that ethnically diverse parents view aggression differently than white parents,” she says. “What I hope to find is that ethically diverse parents aren’t advocating that their child use aggression, but that they view aggression in retaliation is appropriate.” The study may eventually help to adapt existing intervention and prevention programs to be more culturally responsive or to yield new parent trainings that address parental beliefs about aggression. These programs also may incorporate components that positively reinforce racial or ethnic identity. “Aggression is a persistent problem that can detrimentally impact children’s social, psychological and academic achievement, increasing their risk for academic underachievement, engagement in delinquency and adult criminality,” Blake says. “By identifying protective and risk factors that may explain aggression, we may be closer to developing interventions to reduce low-level aggression in ethnically diverse populations.”

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graduate students involved in our research

Jamilia Blake (PI), EPSY Examining Ethnic Differences in Youth Aggression: The Role of Parental Socialization Practices Hogg Foundation One-year project totaling $15,000 jjblake@tamu.edu

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Aggression is a persistent problem that can detrimentally impact children’s social, psychological and academic achievement, increasing their risk for academic underachievement, engagement in delinquency and adult criminality.

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Blake notes that some parents condone their children’s use of aggression, particularly when it’s provoked—like a self-defense mechanism.

Funding Appendix 2010 Fiscal Year 2010: September 2009 - August 2010 Statistical Data Externally Funded Grants

Statistical Data Table 1 Percent of Funding by Agency Type

Total: $15,907,981

Local.................................................................. $58,548........................................................................ 0.37% Private......................................................... $2,973,373...................................................................... 18.97% State............................................................. $5,212,383...................................................................... 33.25% Federal......................................................... $7,663,677...................................................................... 48.88%

Table 2 Percentage of Federal Funding Broken Down by Agency

Total: $7,663,677

Other Federal Agencies......................................................................... $34,124.................................... 0.45% U.S. Department of Health and Human Services..............................$1,969,284................................. 25.69% National Science Foundation............................................................$2,160,238................................. 28.19% U.S. Department of Education...........................................................$3,500,031................................. 45.67%

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Departmental Funding in Fiscal Year 2010

New Awards by Department

8,000,000

7,000,000 $6,787,210

7,000,000

$6,701,616

6,000,000

5,000,000

5,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000

$3,694,865

3,000,000 3,000,000

$2,598,628

2,000,000

$744,506 $164,755

$232,034

DEAN

0 EAHR

EPSY

HLKN

Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Educational Psychology Health and Kinesiology Teaching, Learning and Culture

$2,084,413

2,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000 0

$2,474,510

$2,595,244

TLAC

DEAN

EAHR

EPSY

HLKN

TLAC

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Table 6

Percent and/or Number of Faculty in Each Department Directing Externally Funded Grants and Contracts in Fiscal Year 2010

Indirect Costs Generated by Department in Fiscal Year 2009: Sept. 1, 2008 - Aug. 31, 2009 Total: $831,363

EAHR EPSY HLKN TLAC Tenure Track Faculty with Awards (PI and Co-PIs)

Total Faculty in Department (FY 2010)

Percentage of Tenure Track 50% 60% 53% 54% Faculty with Funding Non-Tenure Track Faculty and Others with Awards

Educational Administration and Human Resource Development

Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office.............................................$177,655

Educational Psychology

Educational Administration and.................$230,979 Human Resource Development

Health and Kinesiology

Educational Psychology............................$256,475

Teaching, Learning and Culture

Health and Kinesiology................................$86,206 Teaching, Learning and Culture..................$80,048

Externally Funded Grants The following grants and contracts are organized alphabetically by the lead principal investigator’s last name. All CEHD faculty are highlighted in maroon.

Mary Alfred (PI), EAHR

Michael Benz (PI), EPSY

Adult Literacy Statewide Clearinghouse Project Texas Education Agency

Texas A&M University Center on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Administration for Children & Families Five-year project totaling $2,242,614

Funding for 2010: $1,384,000

Mary Alfred (PI), EAHR Workforce ESL Curriculum Support Project at TCALL Barbara Bush Texas Fund Funding for 2010: $108,247

Michael Benz (PI), EPSY and Cheryl Grenwelge (Co-PI), EPSY

Mary Alfred (PI), EAHR

Texas Transition Statewide Conference Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities

The Barbara Bush Fellowships at TCALL Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

Funding for 2010: $6,000

Funding for 2010: $100,000

Christine Bergeron (PI), HLKN

Mary Alfred (PI), EAHR

Funding for 2010: $4,000

First Lady’s Family Literacy Technical Assistance Project Barbara Bush Texas Fund Funding for 2010: $50,851

KDH-Green Piece Texas A&M Visual and Performing Arts

Riccardo Bettati (PI); Willis Marti (I); Narasimha Reddy (I); and Lauren Cifuentes (I), EPSY

Funding for 2010: $58,547

Bettati is with Texas A&M Computer Science; Marti is with Texas A&M Computing Information Services; and Reddy is with Mechanical Engineering Expanding the Cyber Situational Learning to CAE Institutions Department of Defense — National Security Agency

Frank Ashley (PI); David Byrd (Co-PI, Coordinator), DEAN

Jamilia Blake (PI), EPSY

Ashley is with the Texas A&M University System Transition to Teaching Texas A&M University System Five-year project totaling $349,631

Examining Ethnic Differences in Youth Aggression: The Role of Parental Socialization Practices Hogg Foundation

Michael Ash (PI), EPSY Brazos Valley Child Development Program Brazos Valley Community Action Agency

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Funding for 2010: $528,000

Funding for 2010: $34,124

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“School Leadership Academies are being created under the leadership of Region XIII and through the combined efforts of the Texas Center for District and School Improvement, the School Improvement Resource Center and the Texas Turnaround Center. The focus of these academies is district and campus leadership skills and behaviors, and the supports essential for the improvement of the lowest performing schools in the state.” — Jackie Stillisano, principal investigator of Evaluation of Texas School Leadership Academies

Sue Bloomfield (PI), HLKN; James Fluckey (Co-I), HLKN; Harry Hogan (Co-I); Les Braby (Co-I); and Soujin Wang (Co-I)

Robert Capraro (PI), TLAC

Hogan is with Texas A&M Mechanical Engineering; Braby is with Texas A&M Nuclear Engineering; and Wang is with Texas A&M Statistics Maintaining Musculoskeletal Health in the Lunar Environment NSBRI Baylor College of Medicine Four-year project totaling $1,370,018

Funding for 2010: $103,004

Funding for 2010: $334,813

Funding for 2010: $5,000

Sue Bloomfield (PI), HLKN

Aggie STEM Summer Camp Energized for STEM Academy, Inc.

Norvella Carter (PI), TLAC Editorial Support for “The Journal of Urban Education and Practice” Texas Southern University

Linda Castillo (PI), EPSY and Patricia Lynch (Co-PI), EPSY

Team Lead – Musculoskeletal Alterations Team NSBRI Baylor College of Medicine Funding for 2010: $40,000

Bryan ISD Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Partnership Project U.S. Department of Education Six-year project totaling $2,929,102

Mack Burke (PI), EPSY and Shanna Hagan-Burke (Co-PI), EPSY

Funding for 2010: $704,342

Project CABS: Comprehensive Academic and Behavior Support U.S. Department of Education Four-year project totaling $799,796 Funding for 2010: $199,955

Karen Butler-Purry (PI); Susan Pedersen (Co-PI), EPSY; and Vinod Srinivasan (Co-PI) Butler-Purry is with Texas A&M Electrical and Computer Engineering and Srinivasan is with Texas A&M Architecture CCLI: Enhancing Learning in Digital Systems Using Video Games National Science Foundation Two-year project totaling $150,000

Demetra Christou (PI), HLKN and Susanne Talcott (Co-I) Talcott is with Texas A&M Nutrition and Food Science Role of Mineralocorticoid Receptors in Endothelial Dysfunction in Older Adults with Metabolic Syndrome American Heart Association Two-year project totaling $140,000 Funding for 2010: $70,000

Demetra Christou (PI), HLKN Endothelial Dysfunction in Older Adult Humans with the Metabolic Syndrome U.S. Department of Health and Human Services— PHS—National Institutes of Health Two-year project totaling $125,486 Funding for 2010: $62,724

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“The A&M Collaborative will create a research-based model for the preparation of teacher educators and professional development of classroom teachers. The Education Research Ceter data warehouse will be an important resource in tracking the academic and college success of high school students served in the project.” — Hersh Waxman, principal investigator of the TAMU Educator Preparation Collaborative for Enhancing College and Career Readiness in Texas Schools

Evangelos Christou (PI), HLKN; Charles Shea (Co-I), HLKN; and David Wright (Co-I), HLKN

George Cunningham (PI), HLKN and John Singer (Co-PI), HLKN

Aging and Learning of Novel Fine Motor Tasks U.S. Department of Health and Human Services— PHS—National Institutes of Health Five-year project totaling $1,022,495

Diversity in Athletics: An Assessment of Exemplars and Institutional Best Practices National Collegiate Athletic Association Funding for 2010: $51,494

Funding for 2010: $204,499

Ivan Damnjanovic (PI); Sharda Vadeli (Co-PI); and Lauren Cifuentes (PI), EPSY; Riccardo Bettati (Co-PI); Erin McTigue (Co-PI), TLAC Willis Marti (Co-PI); and Guy Almes (Co-PI) Damnjanovic is with Texas A&M Civil Engineering and Bettati is with Texas A&M Computer Science; Marti is with Texas A&M Computing Information Services; and Almes is with Texas A&M Telecommunication Academy CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Virtual Tools for Expanding the Cyber Horizon (VTECH) National Science Foundation Two-year project totaling $999,382 Funding for 2010: $534,916

Funding for 2010: $5,661

Stephen Crouse (PI), HLKN

Larry Dooley (PI), EAHR

Algal DHA Supplementation: Effects on Markers of Inflammation, Muscle Power, and Lipid CHD Risk in Collegiate Football Athletes during Sport Training MARTEK

Certified Training Professional (CTP) Certificate Program Participant Fees

Funding for 2010: $139,459

Stephen Crouse (PI), HLKN Hydroworx Combined with Resistance Training Hydroworx, Inc. Funding for 2010: $25,000

Vadeli is with Texas A&M Texas Transportation Institute Developing a New Course in Transportation Infrastructure Finance: Applying Dual Coding Model of Cognition to Engineering Education Texas A&M—TTI—University Transportation Center for Mobility Project totaling $60,000

Funding for 2010: $36,000

Toby Egan (PI), EAHR Professional Certificate for Human Resource Management Arabian Society for Human Resource Management Funding for 2010: $185,596

Toby Egan (PI), EAHR

Gary Fry (PI); Carol Stuessy (Co-PI), TLAC; and Jun Professional Certificate for Human Resource Development Jin (Co-PI) Arabian Society for Human Resource Management Funding for 2010: $83,101

Timothy Elliott (PI), EPSY Workplace Personality Inventory NCS Pearson, Inc.

Fry is with Texas A&M Civil Engineering and Jin is with Texas A&M Maritime Systems Engineering AARA: NEESR-CR, Multi-Scale, Mechanistic Fracture Prediction and Optimal Panel Zone Participation in Steel Moment Frame Buildings National Science Foundation Five-year project totaling $164,494 Funding for 2010: $53,232

Funding for 2010: $24,986

Carl Gabbard (PI), HLKN Timothy Elliott (PI), EPSY Editorship of Rehabilitation Psychology American Psychological Foundation Funding for 2010: $7,827

Testing an Estimation of Reachability Paradigm in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder Texas A&M Office of the Vice President for Research Funding for 2010: $7,294

Timothy Elliott (PI), EPSY; Linda Castillo (Co-PI), EPSY; and Daniel Brossart (Co-PI), EPSY

Roger Goddard (PI), EAHR and Yvonne Goddard (Co-PI), EPSY

Expanding Mental Health Services via Telehealth Technologies in Rural Communities Leon County Government Three-year project totaling $140,000

A Randomized Control Trial to Assess the Efficacy of the Balanced Leadership Program U.S. Department of Education Four-year project totaling $2,858,487

Funding for 2010: $67,500

Funding for 2010: $824,657

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Constance Fournier (PI), EPSY and Glenda Byrns (PI), EPSY Special Education Recruitment and Retention Grant Texas A&M Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Texarkana Funding for 2010: $28,750

Shanna Hagan-Burke (PI), EPSY and Deborah Simmons (Co-PI), EPSY Project ISEE: Preparing Intervention Scientists in Special Education U.S. Department of Education Four-year project totaling $799,635 Funding for 2010: $199,685 21

“The study is designed to evaluate the causal effects of one of the country’s most widely disseminated professional development training programs for school principals on leadership, school climate, instructional practice, student achievement and the closing of achievement gaps.” — Roger Goddard, principal investigator of A Randomized Control Trial to Assess the Efficacy of the Balanced Leadership Program

John Hoyle (PI), EAHR

Richard Kreider (PI), HLKN

Administrative Leadership Institute (ALI) Participant Fees

The Curves Women’s Health Initiative Curves, International Two-year project totaling $1,000,000

Funding for 2010: $33,401

Funding for 2010: $500,000

Jan Hughes (PI), EPSY and Oi-Man Kwok (Co-PI), EPSY The Impact of Grade Retention: A Developmental Perspective U.S. Department of Health and Human Services— PHS—National Institutes of Health Five-year project totaling $1,926,070 Funding for 2010: $373,466

Larry Johnson (PI); William Klemm (Co-I); Elizabeth Browder (Co-I); Nicholas Millichamp (Co-I); Charles Scanlan (Co-I); James Lindner (Co-I); Barbara Gastel (Co-I); James Kracht (Co-I), TLAC and DEAN; E. Dean Gage (Co-I); William Moyer (Co-I); Sandee Hartsfield (Co-I); E. Murl Bailey Jr. (Co-I); and Julie Harlin (Co-I) All other investigators are outside CEHD Science Promotion in Rural Middle Schools: Phase I & II Department of Health and Human Services— PHS—National Institutes of Health Five year project totaling $1,351,569 Funding for 2010: $1,080

Joyce Juntune (PI), EPSY Evaluation Services for Burnet and Roberts Elementary Schools El Paso ISD Funding for 2010: $23,906

Gerald Kulm (PI), TLAC Editorial Support Services for the Journal School Science and Mathematics School Science and Mathematics Association Six-year project totaling $215,532 Funding for 2010: $43,786

Bradley Lambert (Doctoral Student Applicant), HLKN and Stephen Crouse (Advisor), HLKN Acute and Chronic Intracellular Responses to Concurrent Aerobic and Resistance Exercise as well as the Incorporation of Underwater Treadmill Running: A Novel Approach for Minimizing the Interference Effect National Strength and Conditional Association Funding for 2010: $9,690

Rafael Lara-Alecio (PI), EPSY Online Bilingual Certification Project Texas Education Agency Two-year project totaling $500,000 Funding for 2010: $250,000

Rafael Lara-Alecio (PI), EPSY and Yolanda Padron (Co-PI), EPSY Bilingual/ESL Online: Working All Together (WAT) U.S. Department of Education Five-year project totaling $1,534,043 Funding for 2010: $300,000

Rafael Lara-Alecio (PI), EPSY and Fuhui Tong (Co-PI), EPSY A Longitudinal Trial Study of Middle School Science for English Language Learners (Project MSSELL) National Science Foundation Two-year project totaling $1,695,262 Funding for 2010: $554,682

Patricia Larke (PI), TLAC Traffic Safety Prevention (Grades 6-8) Texas Education Agency Funding for 2010: $10,000

John Lawler (PI), HLKN Regulation of MnSOD by Exercise Attenuates Remodeling and Apoptosis in the Aging American Heart Association — Texas Affiliate Two-year project totaling $140,000 Funding for 2010: $70,000

Jeffrey Liew (PI), EPSY School Adjustment of Chinese-American Adolescents: Examining Achievement and Mental Health Hogg Foundation Funding for 2010: $15,000

Yvonna Lincoln (PI), EAHR Editorship of Qualitative Inquiry Journal Sage Publications, Ltd Funding for 2010: $8,853

Julie Linsey (PI); Tracy Hammond (Co-PI); and Erin McTigue (Co-PI), TLAC Linsey is with Texas A&M Mechanical Engineering and Hammond is with Texas A&M Computer Science and Engineering Sketched-Truss Recognition Tutoring System: Improved Student Learning through Active Learning and Immediate Student Feedback National Science Foundation Two-year project totaling $199,769 Funding for 2010: $15,599

Michael Massett (PI), HLKN Genetic Basis for Exercise Training Reponses National Institutes of Health — National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Five-year project totaling $1,792,370 Funding for 2010: $366,250 > See story on page 8

Kathryn Bell McKenzie (PI), EAHR; Linda Skrla (CoPI), EAHR; and Jim Scheurich (Co-PI), EAHR Math and Science Performance in Large, Diverse Urban High Schools Sid W. Richardson Foundation Two-year project totaling $125,000 Funding for 2010: $50,000 23

“Asian-Americans, one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the U.S., often are labeled as ‘model minorities’ and are perceived as exceptionally high academic achievers. In fact, they may be underserved for mental health needs because of these stereotypes. They also tend to avoid seeking services when they do have mental health concerns.” — Jeffrey Liew, recipient of the Hogg Foundation mental health grant

E. Lisako McKyer (PI), HLKN Design, Implementation, Feasibility and Impact of a Nutrition Education Intervention Centered on the Revised WIC Food Packages Texas A&M Texas AgriLife Research Four-year project totaling $252,857 Funding for 2010: $52,525

Kenneth McLeroy (PI); Jeffrey Guidry (Director, Education/Training Core), HLKN McLeroy is with Texas A&M Social and Behavioral Health The Program for Rural and Minority Health Disparities Research — Training Core Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health—National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Funding for 2010: $47,864

Kenneth McLeroy (PI); Mary Shaw-Ridley (Program Director), HLKN McLeroy is with Texas A&M Social and Behavioral Health The Program for Rural and Minority Health Disparities Research — Administrative Core Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health—National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Funding for 2010: $170,948

Kenneth McLeroy (PI); James Burdine (Co-PI); and E. Lisako McKyer (Co-Director of Evaluation), HLKN McLeroy and Burdine are with Texas A&M Social and Behavioral Health Building Capacity in Rural and Underserved Communities: The Center for Rural Community Health Development (PRC) Department of Health and Human Services — PHS — Center for Disease Control and Prevention Five-year project totaling $5,229,653 Funding for 2010: $14,688

Kenneth McLeroy (PI); Jeffrey Guidry (Co-PI), HLKN; and Carol Stuessy (Co-I), TLAC McLeroy is with Texas A&M Social and Behavioral Health A Comprehensive Approach for Addressing Science Education in Underrepresented Populations University of Texas—M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Two-year project totaling $79,690 Funding for 2010: $18,480

Kenneth McLeroy (PI); Sharon McWhinney (Co-PI); Peter Murano (Co-I); W. Alex McIntosh (Co-I); Ranjita Misra (Co-I), HLKN; E. Lisako McKyer (Co-PI), HLKN McLeroy is with Texas A&M Social and Behavioral Health; McWhinney is with Prairie View A&M University; Murano is with Texas A&M Nutrition and Food Science; McIntosh is with Texas A&M Sociology The Program for Rural and Minority Health Disparities Research — Project 3 Department of Health and Human Services — National Institutes of Health—National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Funding for 2010: $199,765

Ranjita Misra (PI), HLKN SEVAK Project — Improving Access to Care in Villages of Gujarat, India: A Pilot Study Tri-state AAPI Charitable Foundation Funding for 2010: $10,000

Felecia Nave (PI); Mary Alfred (Co-PI), EAHR; Fred Bonner (Co-PI), EAHR; Sherri Frizell (Co-PI); and Chance Lewis (Co-PI), TLAC Nave and Frizell are with Prairie View A&M University Education Research Project: An Empirical Investigation of the Success Factors Impacting African American Students in Engineering and Technology at Historically Black Universities National Science Foundation Three-year project totaling $1,007,149 Funding for 2010: $192,890

Mats Nilsson (Doctoral Student Applicant), HLKN and James Fluckey (Advisor), HLKN Does Resistance Exercise Augment Mitochondrial Protein Synthesis in Pre-Diabetic Humans? American College of Sports Medicine Funding for 2010: $976

Lizette Ojeda (PI), EPSY Psychocultural Mechanisms and Masculinity as Predictors of Mexican American College Men’s Well Being Texas A&M Mexican American/Latino Research Center

Marcia Ory (PI); Suojin Wang (Co-I); Craig Blakely (Co-I); Peter Murano (Co-I); E. Lisako McKyer (Co-I), HLKN; and Chanam Lee (Co-I) Ory is with Texas A&M Social and Behavioral Health; Wang is with Texas A&M Statistics; Murano is with Texas A&M Nutrition and Food Science; Lee is with Texas A&M Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Statewide Evaluation of Childhood Obesity Prevention Policies in Texas: Texas Safe Routes to School and Increased Healthy Food Access for WIC Clients Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Five-year project totaling $1,001,957 Funding for 2010: $127,947 > See story on page 4

Susan Pedersen (PI), EPSY; Janie Schielack (Co-PI); Scott Slough (Co-PI), TLAC; and Douglas Williams (Co-PI) Schielack is with Texas A&M Mathematics and Williams is with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Engaging Middle School Students in Student Directed Inquiry Through Virtual Environments for Learning National Science Foundation Four-year project totaling $1,685,499 Funding for 2010: $276,041

Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola (PI), EPSY A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Enhance Preschool Teaching Quality Texas A&M Mexican American/Latino Research Center Funding for 2010: $5,000

Funding for 2010: $5,000

“Even though students’ everyday lives are filled with plants, they do not think of plants as a vehicle for providing them with rewarding, interesting careers. In the experiences we provide our summer workshop students, we make sure they are exposed to a diversity of plant-related careers.” — Carol Stuessy, co-principal investigator of Plant IT: Careers, Cases and Collaboration

Buster “Buzz” Pruitt (PI), HLKN HIV-Related Materials Library Texas Education Agency Funding for 2010: $64,712

Jim Scheurich (PI), EAHR International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Taylor & Francis Funding for 2010: $33,530

Jim Scheurich (PI), EAHR STEM Training at Akins HS Austin ISD Funding for 2010: $5,000

Jim Scheurich (PI), EAHR; Robert Capraro (Co-PI), TLAC; Mary Margaret Capraro (Co-PI), TLAC; and James Morgan (Co-PI) Morgan is with Texas A&M Civil Engineering North Texas STEM Center Texas Education Agency Funding for 2010: $400,000

Jim Scheurich (PI), EAHR; Robert Capraro (Co-PI), TLAC; James Morgan (Co-PI); and Mary Margaret Capraro (Co-PI), TLAC Morgan is with Texas A&M Civil Engineering North Texas STEM Center Texas Education Agency Four year project totaling $2,538,610 Funding for 2010: $55,749 26

Jim Scheurich (PI), EAHR; James Morgan (Co-PI); Robert Capraro (Co-PI), TLAC; and Mary Margaret Capraro (Co-PI), TLAC Morgan is with Texas A&M Civil Engineering Professional Development Services Waco ISD Funding for 2010: $93,990

Deborah Simmons (PI), EPSY; Oi-Man Kwok (Co-PI), EPSY; and Shanna Hagan-Burke (Co-PI), EPSY Project Early Reading Intervention U.S. Department of Education Four year project totaling $2,885,628 Funding for 2010: $734,039

Linda Skrla (PI), EAHR

Dennie Smith (PI), TLAC and Jack Helfeldt (Co-PI), TLAC

Editorship of Educational Administration Quarterly University Council for Educational Administration

Develop and Deliver Ph.D. Cohort Program Texas A&M International University Five-year project totaling $107,170

Funding for 2010: $25,000

Funding for 2010: $22,690

Patrick Slattery (PI), TLAC; Norvella Carter (Co-PI), TLAC; Chance Lewis (Co-PI), TLAC; and B. Stephen Carpenter (Co-PI), TLAC

Jacqueline Stillisano (Co-PI), TLAC; Hersh Waxman (Co-PI), TLAC; Yolanda Padron (Co-PI), EPSY; and Chance Lewis (Co-PI), TLAC

Summer Arts and Humanities Institute for Urban Leadership Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Three-year project totaling $750,000

Evaluation of Texas School Leadership Academies Texas Education Agency Two-year project totaling $250,000 Funding for 2010: $75,000

Funding for 2010: $250,000

Ben Smith (PI), DEAN Virtual Instructor Certification Program (VICP) Participant Fees Funding for 2010: $29,000

Jacqueline Stillisano (Co-PI), TLAC; Hersh Waxman (Co-PI), TLAC; and Lori Taylor (Co-PI) Taylor is with the Texas A&M Bush School Charter Schools Project Texas Education Agency Funding for 2010: $75,000

Dennie Smith (PI), TLAC and Jacqueline Stillisano (Co-PI), TLAC Professional Development Activities for Teachers and Administrators: Mathematics College and Career Readiness Standards Texas Education Agency Funding for 2010: $500,000

Jacqueline Stillisano (PI), TLAC and Hersh Waxman (Co-PI), TLAC MSTTPA Programs and CCRI Faculty Collaboratives Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Three-year project totaling $105,000 Funding for 2010: $34,422

“There are lots and lots of hackers worldwide who have programs that are bombarding the Internet with viruses and worms. VTECH is a way of protecting small businesses because they can lose everything if someone takes their accounts and records.” — Lauren Cifuentes, principal investigator of CI-TEAM Implementation Project: Virtual Tools for Expanding the Cyber Horizon (VTECH)

Arlen Strader (PI), DEAN NSBRI—Website and Special Public Outreach Project Support NSBRI Baylor College of Medicine Funding for 2010: $135,755

Laura Stough (PI), EPSY and Dalun Zhang (Co-PI), EPSY Master’s Training Program for Instructional Specialists in Low-Incidence Disabilities U.S. Department of Education Four-year project totaling $799,795 Funding for 2010: $199,953

Carol Stuessy (PI), TLAC Plant IT: Careers, Cases, and Collaboration Botanical Society of America Three-year project totaling $526,734 Funding for 2010: $175,928

Carol Stuessy (PI), TLAC Planting Science Research in Education Botanical Society of America Five-year project totaling $716,890 Funding for 2010: $142,958

Carol Stuessy (PI), TLAC and Tim Scott (Co-PI) Scott is with Texas A&M College of Science Policy Research Initiative in Science Education to Improve Teaching and Learning in High School Science National Science Foundation Five-year project totaling $2,340,677 Funding for 2010: $525,415

Xiaoxia Su (Doctoral Student Applicant), HLKN; Chaoqun Huang (Doctoral Student); and Ping Xiang (Advisor), HLKN Huang is a doctoral student at the University of Utah The Development of Pre-Service Physical Education Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs: Impact of Teacher Preparation Programs International Chinese Society for Physical Activities and Health Funding for 2010: $500

Christine Tisone (PI), HLKN Dominican Perspectives and Experiences in the U.S. Health Care System Texas A&M Mexican American/Latino Research Center Funding for 2010: $5,000

Kimberly Vannest (PI), EPSY; Richard Parker (Co-PI), EPSY; and Mack Burke (Co-PI), EPSY IHE Special Education Paperwork Reduction Texas Education Agency Funding for 2010: $700,358

Hersh Waxman (PI), TLAC Evaluation of “Gates GO Center Partnership” Program College for All Texans Foundation Three-year project totaling $30,000 Funding for 2010: $8,351

Hersh Waxman (PI), TLAC; Dennie Smith (Co-PI), TLAC; Larry Kelly (Co-PI), TLAC; and Jacqueline Stillisano (Co-PI), TLAC TAMU Educator Preparation Collaborative for Enhancing College and Career Readiness in Texas Schools Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Two-year project totaling $499,738 Funding for 2010: $330,592

Hersh Waxman (PI), TLAC and Jacqueline Stillisano (Co-PI), TLAC Evaluation of GO Centers Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Two-year project totaling $95,000 Funding for 2010: $54,976

Hersh Waxman (PI), TLAC and Jacqueline Stillisano (Co-PI), TLAC Evaluation of “Gates GO Center Partnership” Program Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Three-year project totaling $100,000 Funding for 2010: $39,549

Hersh Waxman (PI), TLAC; Jacqueline Stillisano (CoPI), TLAC; and Scott Slough (Co-PI), TLAC Pathways Development Project Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Funding for 2010: $23,000

Robert Woodward (PI), EPSY Youth Adventure Program (YAP) Participant Fees Funding for 2010: $177,320

Dalun Zhang (PI), EPSY Texas Advanced Leadership and Advocacy Conference Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities Five-year project totaling $712,500 Funding for 2010: $150,000

Dalun Zhang (PI), EPSY Brazos Valley Employment Project Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities Three-year project totaling $375,000 Funding for 2010: $125,000

Hersh Waxman (PI), TLAC; Jacqueline Stillisano (Co-PI), TLAC; Lori Taylor (Co-PI); and Anthony Rolle (Co-PI), EAHR Taylor is with the Texas A&M Bush School Evaluation of Dual Credit Programs in Texas Texas Education Agency Two-year project totaling $300,000

Dalun Zhang (PI), EPSY Youth Leadership and Advocacy Projects Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities Funding for 2010: $75,000

Funding for 2010: $100,000 29

“Project Data to Knowledge (D2K) is about assisting teachers and using data to make decisions in classroom settings. If paperwork, data collection and progress monitoring tasks consume much of their day, there is little time left to engage in actual teaching. The very best teachers aren’t as effective if they don’t have time to teach.” — Kimberly Vannest, principal investigator of Project D2K: Progress Monitoring and Behavior

Dalun Zhang (PI), EPSY Scaling Up Self-Determination University of Kansas Five-year project totaling $50,000 Funding for 2010: $10,000

Dalun Zhang (PI), EPSY; Glenda Byrns (Co-PI), EPSY; and Song Ju (Co-PI, Doctoral Student), EPSY Teaching Mathematics to Students with Significant Disabilities Region III Education Service Center Funding for 2010: $57,950

Dalun Zhang (PI), EPSY and Anne Reber (Co-PI) Reber is with Texas A&M Student Services Disability Training Network — TAMUS U.S. Department of Education Three-year project totaling $997,726 Funding for 2010: $337,400

Faculty Funding Directory Alfred, Mary.................................... 18, 25 Ash, Michael......................................... 18 Benz, Michael....................................... 18 Bergeron, Christine............................... 18 Blake, Jamilia ....................................... 18 Bloomfield, Sue .................................... 19 Bonner, Fred . ....................................... 25 Brossart, Daniel . .................................. 21 Burke, Mack ................................... 19, 28 Byrd, David........................................... 18 Byrns, Glenda ................................ 21, 30 Capraro, Mary Margaret ..................... 26 Capraro, Robert . ........................... 19, 26 Carpenter, B. Stephen . ........................ 27 Carter, Norvella ............................. 19, 27 Castillo, Linda ................................ 19, 21 Christou, Demetra ............................... 19 Christou, Evangelos.............................. 20 Cifuentes, Lauren . ......................... 18, 20 Crouse, Stephen ............................. 20, 22 Cunningham, George .......................... 20 Dooley, Larry ....................................... 20 Egan, Toby ..................................... 20, 21 Elliott, Timothy . .................................. 21 Fluckey, James ................................ 19, 25 Fournier, Constance ............................. 21 Gabbard, Carl ...................................... 21 Goddard, Roger ................................... 21 Goddard, Yvonne . ............................... 21 Grenwelge, Cheryl ............................... 18 Guidry, Jeffrey ...................................... 24 Hagan-Burke, Shanna ............. 19, 21, 26 Helfeldt, Jack . ...................................... 27 Hoyle, John .......................................... 22 Hughes, Jan .......................................... 22

Ju, Song................................................. 30 Juntune, Joyce . ..................................... 22 Kelly, Larry .......................................... 29 Kracht, James . ..................................... 22 Kreider, Richard .................................. 22 Kulm, Gerald ....................................... 22 Kwok, Oi-Man . ............................. 22, 26 Lambert, Bradley ................................. 22 Lara-Alecio, Rafael ........................ 22, 23 Larke, Patricia ...................................... 23 Lawler, John ......................................... 23 Lewis, Chance ................................ 25, 27 Liew, Jeffrey .......................................... 23 Lincoln, Yvonna ................................... 23 Lynch, Patricia ..................................... 19 Massett, Michael .................................. 23 McKenzie, Kathryn Bell....................... 23 McKyer, E. Lisako . ........................ 24, 25 McTigue, Erin ............................... 20, 23 Misra, Ranjita ................................ 24, 25 Nilsson, Mats . ...................................... 25 Ojeda, Lizette ...................................... 25 Padron, Yolanda . ........................... 23, 27 Parker, Richard .................................... 28 Pedersen, Susan ............................. 19, 25 Pollard-Durodola, Sharolyn ................. 25 Pruitt, Buster â&#x20AC;&#x153;Buzzâ&#x20AC;? ........................... 26 Rolle, Anthony ..................................... 29 Scheurich, Jim . .............................. 23, 26 Shaw-Ridley, Mary .............................. 24 Shea, Charles ....................................... 20 Simmons, Deborah ........................ 21, 26 Singer, John .......................................... 20 Skrla, Linda . .................................. 23, 27 Slattery, Patrick .................................... 27

Slough, Scott .................................. 25, 29 Smith, Ben ........................................... 27 Smith, Dennie ................................ 27, 29 Stillisano, Jacqueline ...................... 27, 29 Stough, Laura ...................................... 28 Strader, Arlen ....................................... 28 Stuessy, Carol ........................... 21, 24, 28 Su, Xiaoxia .......................................... 28 Tisone, Christine . ................................ 28 Tong, Fuhui . ........................................ 23 Vannest, Kimberly ............................... 28 Waxman, Hersh ....................... 27, 28, 29 Woodward, Robert .............................. 29 Wright, David ...................................... 20 Xiang, Ping........................................... 28 Zhang, Dalun ........................... 28, 29, 30

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