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THE CONTRIBUTORS

MATTHEW ADEYANJU is a professor and the director of the School of Health Sciences
at the Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Prior to joining Ohio University, Adeyanju was an
associate professor and the graduate program coordinator for health education and
health promotion at the University of Kansas. Before earning his PhD degree from the
University of Illinois in 1985, Adeyanju served the World Health Organization in his
native home in Nigeria, where he was also a public health educator.

CAROLINA AGUILERA obtained her MPH degree, with an emphasis in health pro-
motion, in 2006 and her BS degree in health science, with an emphasis in community
health, in 2001 from California State University, Fresno. Her current research interest
is the effects of diabetes among Latino populations throughout the Central Valley region
in California.

KATE BRINDLE has been at Eastern Michigan University since 2003, where she is
program coordinator of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center.
She holds an MLS degree in women ’ s studies from Eastern Michigan University and
a BFA degree from New York University. While a graduate student at EMU, she was
recognized as a Woman of Excellence and was awarded the Margaret L. Rossiter Out-
standing Graduate Paper Award. She is a recipient of the Stonewall Scholarship and
has been recognized as an Outstanding Role Model and Mentor by the LGBT Resource
Center. She has also been a nominee for the Gerri Collins Medal for Exemplary Ser-
vice and the Best New Employee Gold Medallion Award.

WILLIAM H. DAILEY JR. is a lecturer in gerontology in the Health Science Depart-
ment at California State University, Fresno, and also teaches periodically at Fresno City
College in the Social Sciences Department. He works alongside Merlin, his guide dog
of ten years, who is considered an “ elder ” dog. Dailey earned his MPA degree from
California State University, Fresno, and is currently studying for his doctorate at
Fielding Graduate University, focusing on educational leadership and change in dealing
with disabilities related to aging. His doctoral dissertation will address practitioners ’
limitations, perceptions, and interactions as they work collaboratively to meet the needs
of an increasing older population. Dailey was a delegate to the White House Confer-
ence on Aging held in December of 2005 in Washington, D.C., and he continues to col-
laborate with the California delegation to advocate for key aging issues. His research
interests include the role of grandparents in raising their grandchildren, aging and dis-
ability issues facing elders, and also alternative housing and transportation issues.

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