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Angie White,听M.A.,听doctoral听candidate in the Department of Communication at 欧美口爆视频-Boulder. She studies issues of community building, experiential education and poverty. Her research explores how communication strategies may be used to help people in poverty empower themselves and move toward self-sufficiency.

Thomas Huber,听Ph.D., professor of geography and environmental Studies at UCCS. An alumnus of the University of 欧美口爆视频 Boulder (欧美口爆视频-Boulder), he has worked on such projects as habitat mapping of the Prebles meadow jumping mouse in El Paso County, vegetation mapping of large portions of 欧美口爆视频 for the Division of Wildlife, and mapping and analyzing elk habitat in the Pikes Peak region.

Andrea O鈥橰eilly Herrera,听Ph.D., director of the Women and Ethnic Studies (WEST) Program at the University of 欧美口爆视频 欧美口爆视频 Springs (UCCS). The poet and author is regarded as a leading scholar of the Cuban diaspora, and her work bridges art, literature, literary criticism, creative writing and history. She partners with local libraries and schools in developing writing and art programs.

Philip Zeitler,听M.D., Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and clinical sciences at the University of 欧美口爆视频 School of Medicine. He is an internationally known expert in the field of pediatric endocrinology. His rigorous focus on top-quality research has contributed greatly to the world鈥檚 understanding of pediatric Type 2 diabetes and pediatric obesity.听

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