Center Fellows
The Higher Education Center is honored to be affiliated with its Center Fellows, experts in the fields of alcohol and other drug abuse and violence (AODV) prevention. The Fellows serve both as trainers for the Center’s in-person Training Institutes and online Webinars, review Center materials, assist with responses to technical assistance requests, and contribute to Center publications. Fellows, from institutions of higher education around the country and national constituency organizations, are appointed by the U.S. Department of Education based on their achievements as researchers and/or practitioners in the AODV prevention fields.
Below is a list of approved Fellows for 2011–2012:
- Amelia ArriaDirector, Center on Young Adult Health and DevelopmentUniversity of Maryland
- Diane BertyVice PresidentTennesee Independent Colleges and Universities Association
- Anthony BrownVice Chancellor for Student AffairsElizabeth City State University
- M. Dolores CiminiAssistant Director for Prevention and Program EvaluationUniversity at Albany, State University of New York
- Laurie DavidsonManager, Provider Initiatives, Suicide Prevention Resource CenterEducation Development Center, Inc.
- Gene DeisingerDeputy Chief of Police & Director, Threat Management ServicesVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- William DeJongProfessorBoston University School of Public Health
- Gloria DiFulvioAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
- George DowdallProfessor of SociologySaint Joseph's University
- Kim DudeDirector of the Wellness Resource CenterUniversity of Missouri-Columbia
- Heather Dunn CarltonDirector, Judicial AffairsUniversity of the Pacific
- Madalyn EadlineDirector, Office of Special ProjectsLehigh University
- Marilyn FordhamFormer National Panhellenic Conference Delegate/AOD Prevention LiaisonDelta Gamma Fraternity
- Thomas GebhardtDirector of Personal Safety & Off-Campus AffairsUniversity at Albany, State University of New York
- Peggy GliderCoordinator, Evaluation and ResearchThe University of Arizona
- Linda HancockDirector, Wellness Resource CenterVirginia Commonwealth University
- Jenny HaubenreiserDirector, MSU Health PromotionMontana State University
- Eugene HerringtonAssistant ProfessorHistorically Black Colleges and Universities Center for Excellence at Morehouse University School of Medicine
- Mary HillConsultant for Higher EducationHill & Associates
- Anne HoffmannAssistant DirectorUniversity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
- Amy KigerDirector, Office of Violence and Substance Abuse PreventionUniversity of Central Missouri
- Lisa LaitmanDirector, Alcohol and Other Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
- Carla LapelleAssociate Dean, Student AffairsMarshall University
- Beverly E. LedbetterVice President & General CounselBrown University
- Kathleen LenkResearch FellowUniversity of Minnesota School of Public Health
- Patricia LeonardVice Chancellor Student AffairsUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington
- Sally LinowskiDirector, Center for Health Promotion, Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse PreventionUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
- Linda MajorAssistant to the Vice ChancellorUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Mary M. MoynihanResearch AssociateUniversity of New Hampshire
- Kimberly NovakExecutive DirectorNovakTalks Consulting
- R. Scott OldsProfessor, Social and Behavioral SciencesKent State University
- Karen L. PenningtonVP for Student Development and Campus LifeMontclair State University
- Steven SchmidtVice President of Public Policy and CommunicationsNational Alcohol Beverage Control Association
- Karen SteinDirector of Student Health ServicesFinger Lakes Community College
- John StevensonProfessor of PsychologyUniversity of Rhode Island
- Melissa VitoVice President for Student AffairsThe University of Arizona
- Nancy WahligDirector, Sexual Assault & Violence Prevention Resources CenterUniversity of California, San Diego
- Mark WolfsonProfessorWake Forest University School of Medicine
- Thomas WorkmanAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Houston Downtown and Baylor College of Medicine
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