Edna Andrews (Ph.D. Indian University, 1984) has been a professor of Slavic and general linguistics at Duke University since 1984 and a member of the FOCUS faculty for two years. Currently chair of the Linguistics program at Duke, her areas of research include linguistic theory, semiotic of culture, semantic analysis in synchnomy and diachromy. She is the recipient of the 1993 R.K. Lublin Distinguished Teaching Award and in l 991 received an honorary doctorate from St. Petersburg University in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Bradford Angelini established Angelini & Associates Architects with his wife, Theresa, in 1989, specializing in civic buildings, campus design, and residential architecture. Prior to starting Angelini & Associates, Brad was an architectural designer with Cesar Pelli Associates of New Haven, CT, and Holabird and Root Architects of Chicago, IL. He received a Bachelors of Science in Architecture from Ohio State University, his Masters of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and his Masters Degree in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Notre Dame. Brad taught architectural design, architectural theory, and visual studies in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. Angelini & Associates Architects recently won an Architecture Magazine Award Citation for their research on Living/Learning Communities at the University of Michigan (April 98).

Joseph M. Austin, M.Ed., is Director of Resident Student Services at the University of Southern Maine. His research includes the design and implementation of learning communities within a variety of residential student environments.

Alison Barber is the Program Coordinator of the Weston Exploration Living Learning Program at the University of Illinois. She is new in the field of Living Learning Communities and has previous professional experience as an Academic Advisor. This will be her first time attending the LLC/RC conference.

Leslie Bentley, a doctoral student in Theatre, has spent a year teaching both of Chapman Learning Community' s core courses--a course in aesthetic appreciation titled 'Journeys of the Imagination," and a critical thinking course titled "Asking the Right Questions." Her primary research focuses on uses of critical pedagogy and Friere-influenced approaches in the classroom.

Aaron M. Brower (Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 1985) is a Harold C. Bradley Faculty Fellow and Professor in Social Work and Integrated Liberal Studies at UW-Madison. His work focuses on student success and retention; he has spent the last 5-6 years joyfully developing learning communities and other integrative learning opportunities for UW-Madison and other institutions.

Kathleen Byrnes, J.D. is a graduate of Villanova University (B.A. in Psychology and Honors in 1982) and of Duke University School of Law in 1986. She is currently the Assistant Dean of Students and has served as the primary coordinator of the Villanova Experience Program, a learning community program for first year students, since its inception. In this capacity she has worked extensively with the coordination efforts between faculty, student life facilitators, and students in the program.
Ms. Byrnes has worked in higher education since 1989, first as a Legal Writing Instructor on the faculty of the Villanova University School of Law and, since 1991, in the University's Student Life Division. Ms. Byrnes is also a part-time faculty member in the Center for Peace and Justice Education.

Patrick "PC" Call, Associate Director of Residence Life and Residential Education. B.A., Radio and Television, Southern Illinois University, 1988. M.A., Higher Education, Southern Illinois University, 1992. PC, as he is known to friends and colleagues, served as a Hall Director at UNC Charlotte and then became an Area Coordinator at the University of Arizona. Following a year as Interim Associate Director, the Interim was removed from his title in 1997. PC was deeply involved in creating the Learning Communities structure now in place at Arizona. He is a member of the Program Committee for the Association of Intermountain Housing Officers (AIMHO) and has presented at the local, regional and national level on subjects including self esteem, team building, coaching and creative programming. PC is an athlete and had the privilege of playing on the lAA championship football team while at Southern Illinois. His favorite things are sports, movies and beautiful sunsets all of which are plentiful in his hometown of Tucson.

Catherine Chen is a Sophomore double majoring in Political Theory and International Relations. She was part of the JMCSS freshman caucus last year, and will be a James Madison College Student Senator this year.

Dr. Vickie J. Claflin is the Assistant Director of the Gemstone Honors Program at the University of Maryland. She holds a masters in counseling and a doctorate in curriculum development in education. Her expertise is in the field of college student development having coordinated services for special populations: Specialized living-learning program for Honor students, providing academic accommodations to students with disabilities, and providing academic support for under-prepared students in higher education. Past research and conference presentations focus on the academic individuation of special populations.

Clark,Cynthia: My name is Cynthia Clark and I have worked for the past two years in the First-Year Program at St. Lawrence University as a Residential Coordinator and now Asst. Director. I supervise a staff of undergraduate residential college assistants and work collaboratively with faculty. My M.S. degree is in Counseling and College Student Development and I have been trained in conflict mediation and negotiation. Therefore, I am both interested and called upon in my current work to mediate and intervene in both individual and group conflicts.
In the past I have worked in several institution's living/learning programs. These include Northwestern University, Simmon's College, and now St. Lawrence University. I helped put together the proposal for the Service Learning College at Simmon's College. My interests in higher education are many and varied. I have worked in financial aid, orientation, and academic advising at Northeastern University, and of course, Residence Life, as I have already mentioned. This year I am continuing to diversify my work and am serving on an academic advising taskforce for the university and am guest lecturing in several courses in the First-Year Program and Gender Studies at St. Lawrence.

 Jerry Dieringer is the Director of Housing and Residence Life and has served at Towson University since 1997. Previously, he served at Radford University in Virginia as Director of Residential Life, and served in various administrative positions at Radford, Kent State University, and North Carolina Wesleyan College. In his sixteen years in higher education, he has worked on collaborate living and learning environments including freshman year experience programs, academic emphasis areas, as well as an honors area. His degrees are from Ohio State University and Kent State University.

John A. Doody, received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1974 in Philosophy and has been a professor in the Philosophy Department at Villanova University since 1969. Dr. Doody served as Director of the Honors program from 1977 to 1982. During that time he organized and completed a thorough revision of the Honors Program and the Honors degree which created Villanova's first interdisciplinary learning community. The fundamental changes he introduced during that five-year period continue as the structure and philosophy of the Honors Program today. From 1985 to 1992, Dr. Doody was Chair of the Department of Philosophy. Since 1992, Dr. Doody has been the Assistant Dean for Core Curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as Director of the Core Humanities Program. The Core Humanities seminar is required of all freshmen in all colleges and spans two semesters: Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Thought and Modern Thought. The seminars emphasize critical reading, intensive writing and interactive class discussions.

Mark J. Doorley, Ph.D., received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Boston College in 1994 after completing a Masters degree in Divinity from the Washington Theological Union in 1988. His specialties are Ethical Theory and the thought of Bernard Lonergan, S.J. He has taught Philosophy at St. John's University in Jarnaica, New York, at LaSalle University and St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, and at Villanova University. Currently he is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Core Humanities Program and the Core Ethics Program at Villanova University.
In 1996, Dr. Doorley had his book published, by University Press of America, entitled The Place of the Heart: The Role of Feelings in the Ethical Intentionality Analysis of Bernard Lonergan. His most recent work is an essay entitled To Thine Own Self Be True: Self-Appropriation and Authenticity to be published in a collection of essays under the title Philosophy and Everyday Life: The Quest for Meaning.

W. Keith Duffy is a doctoral student of rhetoric and composition He has been teaching in Chapman Learning Community at Bowling Green. His research interests include writing pedagogy and therapy, and connections between spirituality and personal writing His dissertation will focus on elements of addiction, 12-step recovery practices, and the role of written communication in those processes.

Virginia M. Fichera is Professor of Foreign Languages and Humanities and Director of the Linguistics Program at SUNY-Oswego. Fluent in French and German, she has lived and studied in France and had held Fulbright lectureships in Germany where she taught American literature, American studies, and linguistics. She is the founder and Director of Oswego's Languages Across the Curriculum program and originator of the Global Living and Learning Center concept at SUNY-Oswego.

Albert Gardner, an Associate Professor of Human Development at the University of Maryland, is the director of the Advocates for Children program of College Park Scholars. He received his Ph.. D. in developmental psychology from Syracuse University. His research interests include attitudinal studies and educational practices in the People's Republic of China.

Golde, Christine M. B.A. (Linguistics), Brown University,1982. M.A. (Student Personal/Administration), Columbia University, Teachers College, 1984. M.A. (Sociology) Stanford University, 1993. Ph.D. (Education), Stanford University, 1996.
Chris is an Assistant Professor of Educational Administration at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Much of her current involvement in student affairs has it's roots in her background as Director of the Campus Center and Student Activities at Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin from 1984 - 1988. After four years at Beloit, she moved to California, and was a doctoral student at Stanford from 1990 - 1996. For the last three years of that time, she had the privilege of working with Dr. James Lyons as assistant director of a master's degree program in Higher Education and Student Affairs. She came to Madison in August of 1997. Her teaching areas include student affairs administration, organization and governance of colleges and universities. Her current scholarly interests are in how to foster faculty and staff involvement in undergraduate student life and in the reshaping and improvement of graduate education, particularly at the doctoral level.

Dawn Gordon, a doctoral student in rhetoric and composition, teaches developmental writing at Chapman Learning Community using post-process pedagogy. Her research interests include the interrelationship of basic writing, critical literacy, intercultural rhetoric, and a production theory of written composition.

Doug Gruenewald, Ph.D. Doug has worked in residence life for 20 years, the past 13 at Iowa State University. In the past two years he became the Assistant Director of Residence for Academic Services following a major departmental reorganization to develop academic partnerships in the Department of Residence. Ph.D., 1993, Iowa State University, Higher Education Administration M.Ed., 1978, University of Missouri-Columbia, Counseling and Student Personnel.

Hilton Hallock is a doctoral student at Syracuse University and responsible for significant aspects of the assessment project. She has over 13 years of experience in student affairs in such areas as residential life, judicial affairs, student activities, and community service.

Jody S. Heckman received her undergraduate degree in business administration from Bloomsburg University (1992) and her Masters in college student personnel from Miami University (1995). From 1995-1997 she served as the Coordinator of the International Living/Learning Center at Miami University. Her interest in cultures and love of travel has taken her to numerous countries. Currently she is the Coordinator of Focused Learning Communities in the Office of Residence Life and New Student Programs at Miami University.

Stephanie Higdon is a senior double majoring in Social Relations and Teacher Education. Stephanie is a James Madison College Student Senator for 1998-99. Last year she was also secretary for the JMCSS.

Marylu Hill Ph.D., received her Ph.D. in British Literature from the University of Delaware in 1993. She has been a professor at Villanova University since 1995 teaching in the interdisciplinary Core Humanities program. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Hill holds an administrative role assisting the Director of the Core Humanities Program and as the academic coordinator of the Villanova Experience Program, an interdisciplinary learning community for first year students.
Dr. Hill's first book will be published this summer (1998) by Garland Press titled, Mothering Modernity: Feminism, Modernism, and the Maternal Muse. In the last year, Dr. Hill has presented several papers at various conferences, including the Modem Language Association 1997 Annual meeting and the Dickens Project conference, on the topics of Victorian photography, women's education at the last turn of the century, and Twentieth Century readings of the Victorian age.

Brett Holden came to Bowling Green State University's Chapman Learning Community in the fall of 1997 as an ABD Instructor of English, where he taught several sections of composition and research writing. He will return as a full-time instructor of English literature and aesthetics for the l 998-1999 academic year. Brett was one of the recipients of a BGSU graduate assistant teaching award this year.

Mary L. Hummel is Associate Director, Residence Education in Housing at the University of Michigan, with specific responsibilities for living/learning programs. She has served as the co-chair of the 4th International Residential Colleges and Living/Learning Centers Conference. At Michigan, she was the founding director of two of the newest living/learning programs, the 21st Century Program and the Women in Science and Engineering Residence Program. Mary has presented in the area of residentially based academic programs at numerous national conferences.

Sean Hyland is a senior in International Relations. He is a James Madison College Student Senator for 1998-99. Last year, in addition to being on JMCSS, he was the president of the Case Hall Student Senate, the residence hall in which James Madison College resides.

Cecilia Infante received her Ph.D. in English Renaissance Literature from the University of Michigan in 1994. She has since taught reading, writing and literature at a variety of community colleges, literacy organizations, and public universities; she currently serves as the Associate Director of the University of Michigan's oldest living/learning community, the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program. Cecilia is a Libra.

Adrea Jaehnig, Assistant Director of Residence is the primary senior staff person responsible for the implementation of the Community Standards model.

Tom Klein is professor of English and director of the Chapman Learning Community. After teaching high school English for five years and spitting mostly against the prevailing winds, he completed his Ph.D. in English Education and landed on the pastoral shores of BGSU. He's taught English happily here for 26 years, given mostly free reign to wander the social and curricular shores of Northwest Ohio. A year and a half ago the opportunity of a lifetime presented itself he was asked to recruit ten faculty, remodel a residence hall into a residential college, build a new curriculum, and recruit a student body. It's been his only venture into utopian studies--he recommends it highly

Steven Lance is a Faculty Associate of Hughes Residential College at the University of Central Arkansas, where he teaches regular composition and science composition classes. Actively involved in incorporating technology into the writing process, he has most recently presented on the classroom uses of both e-mail and the Internet at the 1998 Conference of the Arkansas Association of Instructional Media. He has also presented on American literature and regional identity. He holds MA's in English and history from the University of Central Arkansas and a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has taught for eleven years in the secondary school and eight years at the college level. He is currently involved in developing the writing-across-the-curriculum program at the University of Central Arkansas, and he also works toward increased freshman retention with the Department of Undergraduate Studies.

Dr. James E. Mackin received his BS and MS degrees in Oceanography at the University of Michigan in 1977 and 1979, respectively. He moved on to tho Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. in 1983. Since that time, he has held a variety of positions in the Marine Sciences Research Center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with tenure at Stony Brook in 1989. He held the post of Undergraduate Director for Marine Sciences from 1990 to 1995. He was the Faculty Director of the Environmental Studies Living Learning Center from 1995 to 1997, when he was promoted to Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. In July of 1998, Dr. Mackin moved to Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he presently holds the positions of Vice President for Academic Affairs and Full Professor of Chemistry.

Scott Markland is the Director of Student Life for the Western College Program at Miami University. His professional interests include service-learning, student activism and community development.

Seymour Mauskopf (A.B., Cornell University and Ph.D. Princeton University, 1966) has been professor of History at Duke University for 33 years and Director of FOCUS Interdisciplinary Programs for three years. His area of interest is the History of Science with research specialization in 18th and 19th century physical science. He is the recipient of the 1998 Dexter Award for outstanding achievement in the History of Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.

David Mayhew, AIA, is a Senior Project Architect in the Facilities Management Department at Towson University. He has over 15 years of comprehensive experience in architectural design, interior design, and master planning. He received his Bachelor of Architecture Degree from The University of Maryland School of Architecture and also holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Urban Studies. He is registered in the State of Maryland and is certified by the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Prior to employment at Towson University, He was in private practice in Baltimore where he has received numerous design awards.

Katherine McAdams, an Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Maryland, is the executive director of College Park Scholars. She received her Ph.D. in mass communication research from the School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests are in the area of mass media issues, especially concerning minority, gender and political matters.

Cathy McHugh Engstrom is a faculty member who teaches courses that address theories and assessment of student development. She authored the grant to secure funding for this project.

W. Robert Midden is an associate professor of chemistry. He came to BGSU in 1987 after seven years in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Over the last seven years he has gradually undergone a conversion from a lab research biochemist into an educational revolutionary. His primary research interests currently are assessing student learning, student motivation and curriculum revision and he is especially interested in learning what students want and need from a college education, how best to provide that and how to best educate students about the value of the opportunities that college provides.

Patricia Mielke, is the Director of Resident Life at the University of Maryland. She received her Ph.. D. in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University of Maryland. She was instrumental in the development of the College Park Scholars program, a residentially-based living/learning community at the University of Maryland.

Ann Minnick is the Director of Academic and Student Affairs for James Madison College at Michigan State University. She also teaches in the Madison Freshman Writing Program. Prior to coming to Madison three years ago, Ann was the senior advisor in the Honors Program of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota.

Rita Mocek is a sophomore student in the Unit One Living Learning Program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is majoring in Speech Communication and is the chair of the Unit One Freshman Orientation Program. Rita is a swim coach during the summer season and a peer advisor in Speech Communication.

Lisa Mongno is a Faculty Associate of Hughes Residential College where she teaches composition classes. Interested in incorporating computer applications into her classroom, she has presented at the 1998 Conference of College Composition and Communication on "Toward a New Rhetorical Literacy: The Peculiar Posturing of Personal Journals on the World Wide Web." Currently involved in developing the writing-across-the-curriculum program at the University of Central Arkansas, she will discuss "Writing Across Classes" at the Arkansas Joint Conference on Teaching in the fall of 1998. She has been teaching composition for eight years.

Meg Murray is a member of the Weston Exploration Program. Meg is a sophomore at the University of Illinois and is currently exploring major options. She has interests in law and foreign languages. In her first year at Weston Meg became a student leader by becoming involved in hall government and the Student Advisory Committee. Currently, Meg is a member of the Resident Advisor staff and plays on the women's softball team at the University of Illinois.

Jack Nachbar is Professor Emeritus of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University He took early retirement in 1997 after a quarter century of teaching courses in popular culture and popular film, publishing articles, books and texts in popular culture, and editing the JOURNAL OF POPULAR FILM AND TELEVISION. He is currently spending one semester a year teaching full time in Bowling Green's Chapman Learning Community.

Jillian O'Shea is a graduate student in College Student Personnel at the University of Maryland. She works as a graduate assistant with the Gemstone Honors Program and is the director of a greek housing unit. She coordinates the student-activities component of the Gemstone Program and advises the Student Advisory Counsel and Resident Assistants. Her concentration is in counseling and her research interests include living/learning communities, career counseling and the issues of women undergraduates.

Sharon Overstreet, Assistant Director Residence Life. B.A. Christian Education, MidAmerican Nazarene University, 1987. M.Ed. Higher Education Administration and Student Development, Washington State University, 1990. Sharon served as an Assistant Hall Director as an undergraduate, a Hall Director as a graduate student and was a full-time Hall Director at Northern Arizona University. She worked at the University of Denver as an Area Coordinator, and before coming to The University of Arizona was the Interim Coordinator of Student Life at Colorado Mountain College, Leadville. Sharon also served the Nazarene Bible College, Colorado Springs, as an Assistant Director of Admissions and Financial Aid. Sharon is currently responsible for supervising the operation of nine residence halls and their staffs and heads the training of the Resident Assistants. She enjoys being outdoors and gardening.

Dr. Bob Perkins is the Dean of Counseling and Student Development at Alma College, a selective, private liberal arts institution located in Michigan, and provides leadership for academic support services, counseling substance abuse prevention and intervention, internships. career services, and student development outcomes assessment. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan, an M.S.Ed. from the University of Southern Maine, and a B.S. from Nasson College. He is also a regular part-time member of the graduate faculty at Central Michigan University, and serves as a trainer for the American College Personnel Association's Mid-Level Management Program and a national consultant to the BACCHUS & GAM MA Peer Education Network.

Deborah Richie is a Student Affairs professional with over 10 years experience. She has her MA in Health Education from New York University, and is currently enrolled in a doctoral program in Educational Organization and Leadership at Illinois (while working full). Began position as Assistant Director for Housing in January 1997. Responsible for the administration of Illinois' three living/learning communities and other special options housing programs (substance free and transfer student).

Stephen J. Romanoff, Ph.D., is Assoc. Prof. of Interdisciplinary Studies and Director of the Russell Scholars Program at the University of Southern Maine. His research includes assessment of multi-year residential learning communities and the use of technology to foster long-distance learning communities via websites. His writing/performance work includes eleven recorded albums, opening the 1998 concert series with the Boston Pops Orchestra, and an August 1998 performance at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts with his folk ensemble Schooner Fare.

Dr. Mary Salotti, a licensed psychologist, has spent the last seven years working in university and college environments and twenty-eight years working in the field of mental health. After several years with Westmoreland Hospital's Community Mental Health Center, Greensburg, PA and with a history of consulting with colleges and universities as well as providing intervention services for at risk students, Dr. Salotti assumed her current faculty position at California University of PA in the Student Services Department. Here, in addition to providing psychological services, she supervises practicum students and collaboratively develops specialized programming for residential staff and students. Dr. Salotti has been published in the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology (1996), has produced three videos (topics: adolescent suicide, college counseling services and celebrating social equity) and is currently project director for an intra systems grant, "Creating a Video about Stressful Situations and Stress Protective Strategies for African American and Latino Freshman Students." Throughout her career as practitioner, she has worked as a consultant and has lectured at the graduate School of Education, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Several times each year she presents to campus groups, local community and state associations. In the past she presented at the National Conference of Community Mental Health Centers and, most recently, at the 11th International Conference on The First Year Experience, University of Warwick, Warwick, England.

Howard Schein is Director of the Unit One Living Learning Program and Assistant Professor of Educational Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is former editor of the journal of the National Advising Association (NACADA Journal) and has been attending these LLC/RC conferences since their beginnings.

Karl L. Schilling received his undergraduate degree in psychology and English from Adrian College (1971) and his Masters (1972) and Doctor of Philosophy degrees (1975) in clinical psychology from the University of Florida. He has taught at Earlham College and the Western College Program of Miami University where he also served as Associate Dean. With funding received from the state of Ohio and from FIPSE he has been able to initiative several assessment projects. From 1992-1994 he served as Director of the AAHE Assessment Forum and has consulted with numerous campus on the development of their assessment efforts. He is currently serving as Scholar in Residence in the Office of Residence Life and New Student Programs at Miami University.

Jeffery A. Schneider, an assistant professor of environmental chemistry, received his Ph.D. in 1992 from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. He is both designer and author of two websites as well as the administrator of his own webserver. He has been a member of the Oswego LAC project since January 1997.

David Schoem is Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Education at the University of Michigan. He has thirty years experience with living learning programs and learning communities, from currently coordinating seven living learning programs at Michigan to earlier directing one (the Pilot Program) to a master's degree at Harvard in Learning Environments to participating in the Residential College as an undergrad. In his current position, Schoem also has responsibility for 150 first-year seminars, various diversity initiatives, GSI training, and student government. Schoem has served as a consultant to President Clinton's Initiative on Race and his work with the Program on Intergroup Relations, Conflict, and Community has been recognized as a "Promising Practice." Schoem's Ph.D. is from UC Berkeley and he teaches in sociology.

Seyforth: Scott: B.S., University of Minnesota; Education, 1989. M.S., University of Wisconsin - Whitewater; Counseling, 1995.
Scott is the Residence Life Coordinator for the Chadbourne Residential College. This is his third year at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Scott has served previously for a number of years at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota as Hall Director and Assistant Director of Student Activities. He also worked at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater as an Assistant Hall Director.

Cherie K. Sheridan completed her Master' s degree in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at The University of Vermont where she worked in Student Life and Residential Life. Currently she is the Associate Director of College Activities at Barnard College in New York City.

Arlen P. Speights is an assistant professor of art and Native American studies. He holds advanced degrees in American Indian studies from the University of Arizona in Tucson and in art from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. His research interests are in American and European Popular discourse on Native Americans. He has been a member of the Oswego LAC project since Fall 1996.

Jerry L. Stein is currently the Director of Residential Education and Programs at the state university of New York at stony Brook and has served in this position since 1988. In this capacity, Jerry works closely with faculty and academic administrators in the development of several residentially based academic initiatives. In addition to over seeing eight Living Learning Centers, seven of which offer academic minors, he also provides support to a residential peer academic advising program and six other credit being peer education programs. Jerry received a Master of Business Administration from Long Island University in 1982 and a Master of Arts in College Student Personnel from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in 1975. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the State University of New York at Cortland in 1974. Besides serving on the faculty at Stony Brook, where he is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare, he has also taught courses at Long Island University. Among the courses he has instructed include Management, Student-Community Development and the Psycho-Social Development of College Students. Jerry also serves as the Director of the Sexual Assault Peer Education Program at Stony Brook. In l992, Jerry was awarded the President's and Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service.

Dr. Trudy Somers has been a professor in the Management Department in the School of Business and Economics at Towson University for 10 years and Director of Honors Programs since July 7, 1997. She holds a BA in English Literature from Hanover College, a Master' s in Adult Education/Human Resource Development from Indiana University, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration (Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management) from The University of Michigan. She is a member of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Prior to her academic career, she held a variety of private sector positions with IBM, Inc., Eli Lilly, Inc., and Anacomp, Inc. She holds a professional certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources.

Carrie A.R. Vinarcik studied aerospace engineering at Syracuse University. With 6 years at the University of Michigan, she is currently the Key Administrator for the Lloyd Hall Scholars Program. Carrie has been involved with the redevelopment of this living learning program and is a member of the Alice Lloyd Building Team. Since 1991, Ms. Vinarcik has been involved in various youth programs including the South Eastern Michigan Science and Engineering Fair.

Kenneth W. Wigton received his undergraduate degree in hotel management and conference/convention planning with a minor in human resource management from Western Illinois University (1993) and his Masters in counseling and student development from Mankato State University (1995). From 1995-1997 Ken served as a First Year Adviser at Miami University. His interests include interior decorating, traveling, and reading. Currently he is the Coordinator of Residential Learning Initiatives which includes coordinating the training programs for the department's student, advisory, and student staffs, coordinating the student staff training course, teaching a leadership course, human issues education, advising the Residence Hall Association and National Residence Hall Honorary, supervision of graduate students in the Center For Residential Learning Initiatives, and overseeing the programming resource center for the Office of Residence Life and New Student Programs at Miami University.

David A. Williams, Associate Professor of Communication and Acting Head, Department of Communication. B.A. University of Toledo, 1962; M.A. University of Arizona, 1965; Ph.D. University of Utah, 1971. Actor-Academic-Athlete, David has performed in a number of roles and one-man shows from coast to coast; last seen in CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD at the University of Arizona. He has directed over 40 literary performances for the campus and community. Williams has published three books: ORAL INTERPRETATION THEORY AND COMMENT, POETRY AS COMMUNICATION and FICTION AS COMMUNICATION, and a wide number of articles appear in scholarly books and journals. He has served as a Faculty Fellow since 1988. He was named as one of the ten outstanding teachers at the University of Arizona in 1985 and is the recipient of the Honors Center Five-Star Faculty Award. David has run seven marathons and is an avid board-sailor. He has been married to Gail for 37 years and has two children.

Amy White is in her first year as Resident Instructor for the Western College Program at Miami University. She received her Masters degree in Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration from the University of Vermont in 1998.

Barbara Wise (A.B., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) has been the Coordinator of FOCUS Interdisciplinary Programs for three years.

Geoff Wyatt is a senior double majoring in International Relations and Telecommunications. He was a James Madsion College Student Senator (JMCSS) last year and is the chair of JMCSS for 1998-99.

Zeller, William J. Bill's career in University Housing Administration began over twenty years ago when he served as a Residence Hall Director at Northern Illinois University. Since then he has worked at four other Universities - currently serving as Director of University Housing at the University of Michigan. Bill earned his Bachelors Degree at Northern Illinois University, Masters Degree at Western Illinois University, and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. His primary professional interest has been the development of Residential Learning Programs that create connections between academic and student affairs areas. He has authored several publications, made numerous conference presentations, and conducted workshops throughout his career. Bill has been involved with ACUHO-I in many settings, and has chaired the International Committee and the Residential Colleges Task Force. In addition, he serves as Association Liaison to the National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience.

Greg Ziebell, Assistant Director of Residence Life and the Academic Success Program. B.A., Secondary Education, University of Arizona, 1977; M.Ed., Counseling and Student Development, University of Arizona, 1982. He taught high school social studies at Buena High School, Sierra Vista, Arizona. Working in Residence Life since 1980, Greg has worked as a hall director, administrative coordinator, prograrm coordinator and assistant director. He taught a leadership development class, served as Executive Secretary and President of the Association of Intermountain Housing Officers, and is now involved with collaborative ventures with faculty. An avid golfer and outdoors man, Greg enjoys vacationing at National Parks. He has been married to Peggy for ten years and has a stepson who is 25 and recently married.

Carl Zeigler is the Director of the Collins Living Learning Center at Indiana University and is associate professor of Germanic Studies and Comparative Literature.

Regina Zmich is the Coordinator of the ROSES Program, a developmentally-based residential program for science and engineering student, and an academic advisor in the College of Engineering at Michigan State University. She received an M.A. in Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education from Western Michigan University and a B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. She is an active member of the American College Personnel Association, a member of ACPA's Professional Issues Core Council, and a recent past-president of the Michigan College Personnel Association.

Catherine Zweig is an artist and Instructor at Chapman Learning Community at Bowling Green State University. She has her BA degree from San Francisco State University, and her Master of Fine Arts Degree from Bowling Green State University. She also attended L'Accademia di Belle Arte (91-92) and Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy (94-95). She has been exploring innovative co-creative methods engaging students in forming their own learning environments.