HBCU Research Partnership Alliance
Aftab Ahmad is an Associate Professor in Computer Science
Department at Norfolk State University. He teaches courses in data
communications, wireless data networks, computer graphics, computer
architecture and programming. His research interests are in resource
management in wireless and sensor networks. He has authored two
books and a large number of papers in his areas of interest. Before
joining NSU, he has worked at DePaul University, Ole Miss, GwangJu
Institute of Science and Technology (gist), the Republic of Korea and National University
of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan. aahmad@nsu.edu
Lecia Barker leads the Evaluation and Research group of the Alliance for
Technology, Learning, and Society (ATLAS) Institute at the University of
Colorado, Boulder. She also holds the position of Senior Research
Scientist with the National Center for Women & IT. With many colleagues
and partners, Dr. Barker conducts research into and evaluation of underrepresentation in professional computing careers at the K-12,
undergraduate, and graduate levels. Working with the Denver Public Schools Computer
Magnet Program, she and colleagues are studying methods and messages that can lead
to greater recruitment of girls into computing. Her ethnographic work in higher education
has focused on identifying features of IT classroom environments that attract or repel
women. In addition to these projects, Dr. Barker evaluated the 2004 Grace Hopper
Celebration of Diversity in Computing, the 2001 and 2003 Richard Tapia Celebration of
Diversity in Computing Conferences, and the University of Houston-Downtown’s Visiting
Scientist Program for Minority Institutions and Small Colleges.
Lecia.j.baker@colorado.edu .
http://www.colorado.edu/ATLAS/people/staffBios/barkerBio.html
Maureen Biggers is currently Directing the Diversity Research Lab in the
School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She
has more than 30 years of experience working with college students and
professionals in the areas of leadership, teams, interpersonal
communication, career development, and diversity. Maureen initiated the
Minorities@cc and the Women@CC student organizations at GT, and has
also been involved in graduate and undergraduate TA training on the topic of Teaching
to Diversity in the College Classroom. She serves as Project Director for this Alliance.
maureen@cc.gatech.edu. http://home.cc.gatech.edu/DiversityLab.
Kelvin S. Bryant is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the
Computer Science Department at North Carolina A&T State University. He
has research experience in the areas of compiler code optimizations and
High Performance I/O systems. He also has several years of industry
experience as a software consultant and has performed collaborative
research with social scientist to apply computer technology in the area of
drug prevention science in youth. He earned his Ph.D. from North Carolina
State University and completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Maryland,
College Park. ksbryant@ncat.ed.
Gerry Dozier is the Principal Investigator for the Alliance and the Computer
Science Department Chairman at North Carolina A&T State University. He
recently moved from Auburn University where he taught and performed
research in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Computation,
Distributed Constraint Reasoning, Artificial Immune Systems, Machine
Learning and Intrusion Detection. He earned his Ph.D. from North Carolina
State University and worked in the A&T Computer Science Department from August
1995 until May 1997. gvdozier@ncat.edu. http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~gvdozier.
George C. Harrison is the Head of the Department of Computer Science
at Norfolk State University. He is a full professor and has taught at NSU for
over thirty-two years. He is closely involved in a research project designed
to retain more women and minorities in computer science programs at both
Old Dominion University and NSU. He has considerable experiences in
three-dimensional modeling and scientific visualization especially in the
theoretical aspects and practical applications of these areas and in
persuasive and affective computing. He led many thesis students in these
areas and in applications of genetic algorithms and XML databases. He is a member of
the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computer Society and the Phi
Kappa Phi Honor Society. gcharrison@ncat.edu.
Dr. C. Marlow Hinton is the Director of Support Services in the Div. of
Information at North Carolina A&T State University. He currently leads
over 30 technical professionals including the University technical support
and an innovative student technical service team of over 50 students.
He also oversees the academic and research computational laboratories
on campus as well as the Student Technical Services organization. He is an Associate
Professor in the Dept. of Computer Science where he teaches courses in ‘Software
Project Management’ and ‘Ethics for the Information Age’ in the Computer Science Dept
in the School of Engineering. He has a strong background in database systems, grid
computing, and project management and has taught courses and has published papers
in these respective areas. He has over 30 years in industry and academia and is a
PMP (Project Management Professional). He also served as the Director of Research
Computing and the leader of the team for implementing high performance and grid
computing for multidisciplinary research at the University. He has been instrumental in
the creation the high performance computing center, the visualization laboratory, the
new Computational Science/Engineering Masters degree Program. mhinton@ncat.edu.
Elizabeth (Liz) Jessup is Professor in the Department of Computer
Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB). Her research
interests are design, analysis, and implementation of algorithms and
efficient software for matrix algebra problems. Her present work focuses on
developing memory-efficient matrix algebra algorithms. Liz has also been actively
involved in undergraduate education, beginning with her role as co-developer of an
award-winning, NSF-funded undergraduate curriculum in high-performance scientific
computing. She has since created a linear algebra course with computer science
applications designed to illustrate the importance of linear algebra to math-reluctant
computer science majors. She also worked with the Anita Borg Institute for Women and
Technology to expand its Virtual Development Center to UCB through a project-based
course in which students provided computational solutions to problems confronting local
social service organizations. jessup@cs.colorado.edu. www.cs.colorado.edu/~jessup/.
Dennis Kafura is the Head of the Department of Computer Science at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He holds professional
association memberships with the Association for Computing Machinery
and the IEEE Computer Society. He has published papers in both the major
European (ECOOP) and American (OOPSLA) conferences. Dr. Kafura is
the author of Object-Oriented Software Design and Construction with C++, and ObjectOriented Software Design and Construction with Java. kafura@cs.vt.edu.
www.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/.
Sondra M. Lancaster started her tenure with UNCF Special
Programs Corporation (UNCFSP) in July 2003. She currently serves as
the Research and Technology Manager in the Science and Technology
Division where she provides management support for several federallyfunded higher-education programs. Prior to that position, she served as
the Assistant Manager for NASA Programs where she provided management support for
the three of NASA’s higher education programs – the NASA Administrator’s Fellowship
Program (NAFP), the Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) and
the Curriculum Improvement Partnership Award Program (CIPA). While in that position,
she also served as the Manager of the Integrated Communication Technology Center
(ICTC), a $1.5M facility that facilitates the telecommunication capabilities of the
corporation. From 2001-2003, Ms. Lancaster was a Manager with Marine Corps
Community Services (MCCS), a contract organization with the U.S. Marine Corps at
Camp Pendleton, CA. In this capacity, she was responsible for the operation,
management, and maintenance of a community center facility which supported more
than 1,400 military family members. Overall, Ms. Lancaster has more than 10 years
experience handling various levels of administrative and program management
responsibilities for government, private industry and military organizations. She has
received training in Executive Management, Project Management and Leadership Skills
and holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from the University of Maryland University
College. Sondra.lancaster@uncfsp.org.
Byong Lee is an associate professor in the department of mathematics
and computer science at Bennett College for Women, Greensboro NC.
She has 17 years of teaching experience in the United States, including
13 years at Bennett College for Women. Dr. Lee earned her Master’s
degree in computer science at University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and her
doctoral degree in Computer Science Education at Florida Institute of Technology. Dr.
Lee’s professional interest is in computer science undergraduate education, especially
for underrepresented group. She is a member of Associate for Computing Machinery
(ACM) and ACM Special Interests Group of Computer Science Education (SIGCSE).
She has been involved in several government funded projects. She served as the
computer science area coordinator for NSF HBCU-UP grant and the primary investigator
for a service learning project (SEAMS). At present, Dr. Lee is serving as Co-PI for NSF
CSEM grant (PASS) at Bennett College. blee@bennett.edu.
Clayton Lewis is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and
Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His
research and teaching interests are Game Design for Education, Cognitive
Assistive Technology, Human-Computer Interaction and Educational
Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the
University of Michigan. clayton@cs.colorado.edu.
http://spot.colorado.edu/~clayton/.
Mahmoud A. Manzoul is a Professor of Computer Engineering and Chair
of the Department of Computer Engineering at Jackson State University.
Dr. Manzoul was born in Sudan and received his BS degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Khartoum, Sudan. He received MSEE
and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from West Virginia
University. Dr. Manzoul is the founding Chair of the Department of
Computer Engineering at Jackson State University. Before joining Jackson State
University, Dr. Manzoul was with Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. During his
tenure at Southern Illinois University he spent two years with the United Arab Emirates
University and one year with the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab
Emirates. Dr. Manzoul has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Computer
Architecture; Logic Design; Microprocessor Based Design; Switching and Finite
Automata Theory; Fault Tolerant Digital Systems; Computer Aided Design of Digital
VLSI Systems; Testing of Digital Systems, and Electric Circuits. His research interests
include computer architecture, computer arithmetic, hardware of fuzzy systems, Field
Programmable Gate Arrays, digital VLSI, and embedded computing systems.
mmanzoul@jsums.edu.
Scott McCrickard is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Computer Science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
His research vision is to lead the emergence of the notification systems
research field to a position marked by cohesive community effort, scientific
method, and focus on relevant, real-world problems--providing improved
system interfaces and engineering processes. He co-founded and codirect the VTURCS and REU Site undergraduate research programs to encourage
undergrads to become involved in research. He actively works to promote research
within the CHI community. In 2007, He will be the ACM SIGCHI Work-in-Progress cochair with Catalina Danis. Dr. McCrickard is also actively promoting greater inclusion of
women and minorities into HCI and computer science. He is the director for the Center
for HCI's summer REU Site program, with a number of minority and women's colleges
acting as partners. mccricks@cs.vt.edu. http://www.cs.vt.edu/~mccricks/
Loretta Moore is a Professor and Chair of the Computer Science
Department at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. She previously held
positions at Auburn University, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, Army Research Laboratory, NASA Kennedy Space Center and NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center. Dr. Moore has worked in a variety of computer science
areas with an emphasis on the design of intelligent systems. Application areas have
included real-time scene analysis, image processing, hardware/software codesign,
portable data collection and interface design for the space station, and medical expert
systems. She has received over 4 million dollars in funding from agencies including the
National Science Foundation, Department of Justice, Department of Energy - Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Army Research Laboratory, NASA Kennedy Space
Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters, and Jacobs
Engineering. Her current research is in the application of intelligent techniques to
computer security and forensics, grid computing, and visualization. Dr. Moore has
served on numerous review panels and site visits for the National Science Foundation
and NASA. She provides consulting services to the IT industry and to Computer
Science Departments across the country. She serves as a program evaluator for the
Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and
Technology. Dr. Moore is a member of the board of the Association of Departments of
Computing at Minority Institutions; member of the U.S. Army Science Board; and a
member of ACM, IEEE, ADMI and AAUW organizations. She is active in the
recruitment, retention, and promotion of African-American Computer Scientists. Dr.
Moore received her B.S. degree in Computer Science from Jackson State University and
her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, on an AT&T Fellowship, from the
Illinois Institute of Technology.
Bobby Schnabel is the Dean of the Indiana University School of
Informatics. He was recently the Vice Provost for Academic and Campus
Technology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In this position, he
served as founding director of the Alliance for Technology, Learning and
Society (ATLAS), a campus-wide institute that serves as a catalyst for
multidisciplinary curricular, research and outreach activities involving the
content and tools of information technology. Dr. Schnabel was a faculty member in the
Department of Computer Science at the University of Colorado from 1977 to 2007. He
served as chair of the Department of Computer Science from 1990 to 1995 and as
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Applied Science
from 1995 to 1997. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of scientific and
parallel computation, including applications to molecular chemistry problems. He is the
founder of a campus-wide partnership with Dillard University and a co-founder of the
National Center for Women and Information Technology. Currently he serves as editorin-chief of the flagship journal of the Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics,
SIAM Review; as a member of the Board of Directors of the Computing Research
Association; and as chair of the Information Technology Deans group of CRA.
Schnabel@indiana.edu.
Michael Smith is a program advisor for the Broadening Participation in
Computing Alliance lead by North Carolina A&T State University and the
Director of Research and University Alliances at France Telecom R&D, San
Francisco. Dr. Smith is a specialist in video content analysis and the author
of numerous papers and a book on the subject. His research interests
include visualization and indexing for multimedia libraries; multimodal audio
and video processing; media interfaces between people and machines for mobile and
fixed platforms; and e-learning for disadvantaged communities. His innovations include
patented video analysis and summarization technology. Before joining France Telecom,
was a visiting professor in the Computer Vision Research Center at the University of
Texas in Austin. He has served as a visiting professor at Morehouse College in Atlanta,
the University of Campinas in Brazil, and a visiting scholar at the University of California
at Berkeley. msmithava@yahoo.com.