Highligh H hted Co onference Sp peakerss Listed Alphabeticallyy
Dr. JJane W. Tu ucker, Ph.D D Jane Tucker haas over twennty‐five yearss of experien nce in higher education in n bo oth the admin nistrative andd teaching areeas. She has taught negottiation skills in n the Fuqua Scho ool of Businesss at Duke and is currentlyy a consultantt educator for CO OACh througgh the Natioonal Sciencee Foundation n. She has also taught AD DVANCE proggram seminaars in negotiations and iis adjunct faculty for the e Ce enter for Creaative Leadersship, where sshe works witth leaders fro om both non‐ prrofit organizattions and corrporations. Drr. Tucker hold ds a Ph.D. in Organizational Development from the University of No orth Carolinaa and is an alumna of W Wellesley Colllege. She h has published d paapers on learrning strateggies and orgaanizational deevelopment. Her current research intere est is focused on early ado opters in chan nge processess.
Dr. Isai Urasa,, Chairman n and Professor of Ch hemistry, Hampton Universityy Drr. Isai Urasaa, is Chairm an and Pro ofessor of Chemistry at Hampton Un niversity. He earned a BA A in Chemisttry and Math hematics in 1 1970 from Haampton Instittute. In 19722, he earned an M.A. in A Analytical Ch hemistry at the State Univversity of N ew York, Bu uffalo, and h his Ph.D. in Analytical Ch hemistry in 19 977 from Coloorado State U University. He returned to o Hampton in 1980 as an n assistant pprofessor of chemistry. He was pro omoted to essor in 19833 and also beecame the deepartment ch hairman at asssociate profe that time. He has held t hat position since then.. His interessts include An nalytical Chem mistry; Enviroonmental Cheemistry; Tracee element sp peciation in aq queous mediaa; analytical m methods deveelopment witth atomic speectroscopy; Ion Chromatoggraphy and H High Performance Liquid Chromatograaphy; Solid ph hase extractio on applied in metal speciattion. Drr. Urasa ho olds membeership in thee American Chemical So ociety, the Taanzania Chem mical Societyy, National Organization n for the Prrofessional Ad dvancement of Black Cheemists and Ch hemical Engineers, and B Beta Kappa Chi H Honor Societyy. He has servved on manyy committeess including Addvisory Comm mittee, National Science FFoundation Center for Worksshops in the Chemical Sciiences; Proje ect Advisory CCommittee, A American Waater Works A Association Research Foundation; Advisorry Board, Uniiversity of Pitttsburgh Canncer Institutee and Hampto on Universityy Research and TTraining Partn nership (an NIH supported d program); Editorial Boardd, Tanzania Jo ournal of Scieence.
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