Dr. Deborah Cook Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences Clark Atlanta University 404-880-6823 dcook@cau.edu Dr. Cook's areas of specialty include botany and plant physiology. Her primary research interests include the molecular biology of environmental stress in plants. Specifically, her research centers on the molecular biology of salt stress, adaptation, and tolerance in salt tolerant and salt sensitive plants. New and pending research includes projects on cellulose synthase genes in loblolly pine. Dr. Cook teaches General Biology I & II for majors, Plant Morphology, and Plant Physiology. She also serves as a teaching mentor for the FIRST (Fellowships in Research and Science Teaching) Program for several postdoctoral fellows at Emory University.

Dr. Collette Hopkins Associate Director Partnerships CAU Research Center for Science & Technology 404-880-6908 chopkins@cau.edu Dr. Collette Hopkins serves as Associate Director for Partnerships of the CAU Research Center for Science & Technology. In this capacity, she directs both national and international projects, including a Healthy Mother/Healthy Child Project in Cairo, Egypt; a Basic Education Project in Ethiopia; and a domestic Adult Immunization Demonstration Project. Formerly director of a five year Department of Energy funded project designed to promote environmental sustainability at 17 historically black colleges and minority institutions, Dr. Hopkins has extensive project administration, evaluation and research experience. She has recently published a study of environmental programs at the historically black colleges and universities entitled Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the Environmental Challenge (2002).

Ms. Brenda Chee Wah Research Associate Clark Atlanta University 404-880-6905 bcheewah@cau.edu Brenda Chee Wah is a research associate at Clark Atlanta University (CAU). She has coordinated NASA and NOAA education projects to strengthen interest in earth system science topics and careers among undergraduates, high and middle schools teachers and students; she works with Atlanta Public Schools (APS) on specific projects to improve the teaching of science and mathematics. Ms.Chee Wah works with Graduate Studies to centralize transportation-related research and student internship programs from high school to graduate levels. Her research interests include examining factors which will increases motivation among minority girls to pursue higher level science and mathematics courses and careers in the sciences; and the role of teachers' perception in student learning. Ms. Chee Wah has recently been recognized by the APS for her on-going efforts to improve science and mathematics education.

Dr. Josephine Bradley African-American Women Studies Clark Atlanta University 404-880-6810 jbradley@cau.edu Dr. Bradley serves as chair of the Africana Women's Studies/African-American Studies Department. Her reserach area focuses on health disparities among African-American female college students. The research, which is under the auspices of the Morehouse Public Health Institute, addresses how women students handle health related problems such as sickle cell anemia, lupus, mental depression and obesity.

Ms. Deidre McDonald Communication Arts Clark Atlanta University 404-880-6217 dmcdonal@cau.edu Deidre McDonald currently is an instructor in Clark Atlanta University's Division of Communication Arts. She teaches Writing for Radio, Television and Film, Media Seminar and manages the Internship opportunities. Formerly Senior Producer for Programs and Projects for WXIA-TV (an NBC affiliate owned by Gannett) she has produced and written documentaries/features locally, nationally and internationally (Caribbean, Africa and Europe). Selected awards include eight regional Emmy's, an Alice Award conferred by the National Commission on Working Women, and a National Accommodation from the American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT). In addition, she served as President of Women in Film/Atlanta in its formative years and currently serves on the Board.

Ms. Siracheous Fraser Graduate Student Clark Atlanta University sireefraser@hotmail.com Siracheous Fraser is a native of Nassau, Bahamas and is presently a Graduate student at Clark Atlanta University where she is a candidate for the Masters of Arts in Africana Women's Studies. Presently she is the Graduate Research assistant for the National Science Foundation Funded Advance Leadership project, in this project she is assisting in the research of Women Faculty in STEM Field and the HBCU Baseline Study.