Gloria D. Campbell-Whatley (Facilitator, Multicultural Education in the University Setting, Developing Syllabi, Infusing Diverse Activities into Syllabi)
Dr. Campbell-Whatley is an Associate Professor and the Graduate Advisor for the Department of Special Education and Child Development at UNC Charlotte.  She has made numerous national and international presentations, workshops and strands and written several articles related to multicultural Education.  Also, she has published 2 books related to behavior.

Sherell Fuller (Instruction for All Students: Diversity Simulation)
Dr. Fuller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education. Her research interests include: teacher preparation for Urban and predominately African American settings, multicultural education, culturally responsive pedagogy, and recruitment of teachers of color and Urban teachers. Prior to coming to UNC-Charlotte, she was an elementary school teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia

Cynthia Jackson-Hammond (Conceptual Model of A Comprehensive Multicultural Curriculum)
Dr. Jackson-Hammond has taught multicultural education for over 15 years to teacher candidates and practitioners.  She was an invited presenter at the Pablo Freire Institute for Cultural Competency at the University of California Irvine and has presented at the National Association for Multicultural Education.  Cynthia has been a secondary teacher and professor of education.  She is the assistant dean for the College of Education.

Sueanne McKinney (A Star Professor:  The University’s Response to Urban Issues)
Dr. McKinney is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She received her Ph.D.  in Urban Education   from Old Dominion University.  Dr. McKinney has won several teaching awards, among which are the 2002 Teletechnet Instructor of the Year at ODU, School Bell Award, and is a former Teacher of the Year. Her research interests include the preparation of teacher candidates for high poverty schools and culturally responsive pedagogy.

Kathryn Johnson (Religious Studies)
Dr. Johnson received her Ph.D. from Harvard University and is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte.  She teaches courses on Islam and the history of the Modern Middle East.  She also teaches Social Justice and Human Rights for the University Honors Program.  She has published numerous articles on Middle East history, Arabic and Persian mystical literature, and Islam in Egypt.  She is currently participating in Harvard University’s Religious Pluralism Project which documents religious diversity acrossthe United States. She has authored the chapter on Islam in the southeastern United States for the Pluralism Project series published in January 2003.   Dr. Johnson also serves as a consultant to many community organizations, as well as the media.

Kelly Grey (Valuing Diversity Among College Students with Disabilities)
Ms. Grey has served as one of the Assistant Directors in the Office of Disability Services at UNC Charlotte since November 2003.  Her educational experience includes a Bachelor of Science in Special Education, (Learning Disabilities) from Appalachian State University; A Master of Education in Special Education, (Behavioral and Emotional Disabilities)  and A Master of Arts in Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.  Kelly has experience working through internships as a special education teacher, and has served as a mental health and addictions counselor through Piedmont Behavioral Healthcare for four years prior to her current position.

Lyndon Abrams (Conceptualizing Identity Development in Marginalized Populations)
Dr. Abram is an assistant professor in UNC Charlotte’s Department of Counseling. He earned a Ph.D. in counseling from Texas A&M University-Commerce.  He currently teaches counseling theory, multicultural counseling, and supervises students in their clinical training.  He has formerly worked as a college counselor, unit coordinator in a residential treatment center, and as a clinical counselor with emotionally and behaviorally disordered adolescents.

Bill Gay (GLBT Open Forum)
Dr. Gay has been a member of the Dept. of Philosophy at UNC Charlotte since 1980.  He is Chair of the Provost's Instructional Success in Classrooms with Diversity Committee that developed this Summer Institute and the University's Diversity Community web site.  He also is a Safe Zone Ally.  Much of his professional work concerns issues of social justice.

Ya-yu Lo  (Incorporating Multicultural Activities into Higher Education Coursework)
Dr. Lo is an assistant professor of special education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She directed an urban model school project focused on reducing disciplinary and special education referrals of African American students to complete a post doctorate at The Ohio State University in 2004. Her research interests include positive behavioral intervention and support, effective instruction, and social skill instruction for urban students at risk for or with behavioral difficulties. She has published several articles in these areas.

Cheryl Young  (Incorporating Multicultural Activities into Higher Education Coursework)
Dr. Young is a full-time faculty member in the Department of Special Education and Child Development. She teaches literacy methods and collaboration classes, and her research interests include early literacy, multicultural topics, and global education in special education.

Marian Beane  (Understanding the International Student in the Classroom Environment)
Ms. Beane is the Director International Student/Scholar Office (ISSO)
She has been associated with UNC Charlotte since 1971 and has been the lead staff person in the ISSO since 1976. The International Student/Scholar Office and staff of four are integrally involved in administrative and program activity with and for international students and visiting scholars. Marian has presented workshops and training seminars on cross-cultural communication and understanding for a variety of audiences over the past 20 years.   

Carol Gay  (Acknowledging Women Through Language and Example)
Ms. Gay has taught Women's Studies at UNC Charlotte since the late 1990s.  She teaches courses on Women and the Media, Women's Diaries and Women's Experience, and Southern Women Writers.  She recently delivered a paper in Moscow on The Portrayal of Women in the U.S. Media.  She has a Master’s degree in English from Simmons College.  Before coming to UNC Charlotte, she taught in Charlotte public schools and worked as a trainer in business.