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EVA I. DOYLE is an associate professor and the director of health education in the
Department of Health, Human Performance, and Recreation at Baylor University. She
is a certified health education specialist (CHES) with a PhD degree in health education

from the University of Maryland and an MS degree from Baylor University. She spe-
cializes in assessing health needs and providing cross - cultural health education in
medically underserved communities. She regularly involves students in community -
based health promotion projects in international and local settings.

EMOGENE JOHNSON VAUGHN is a professor in the Department of Health, Physi-
cal Education and Exercise Science at Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia. Her
teaching interests are in the areas of personal health and online instruction. Her other
responsibilities have included serving as a wellness coordinator and coordinating the
health education service course. Among her ongoing interests is the evaluation of teen
pregnancy prevention programs with the Virginia Department of Health. She received
her PhD degree from the University of Maryland.

SUZANNE KOTKIN - JASZI is an associate professor of health science in the College
of Health and Human Services, California State University, Fresno, where she also
serves as undergraduate adviser for the health administration option of the health sci-
ence major and as the adviser for graduate study in the health policy and administra-
tion option in the Master of Public Health Program. She is a Health Policy Research
Fellow at the Central Valley Health Policy Institute, and she was formerly director of
the New Mexico Health Policy Commission, where she conducted research on Medic-
aid reform, the uninsured, health professional shortages, prescription drug coverage,
pain management, and other critical health policy issues. She has taught and written

about the financing, delivery, and organization of community health services; health
policy; welfare reform and privatization; health law and legislation; and the integra-
tion of chronic care management into primary health care settings. She holds a DPH
degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

NAYAMIN MARTINEZ - COSSIO has been working with Centro Binacional para el
Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueño (CBDIO), Inc., since 2001 as the coordinator of
Proyecto de Salud (Indigenous Health Project), a role that has involved her in partner-
ships with such health promotion initiatives as the Children ’ s Health Initiative, the
Multicultural Community Alliance, the HIV Surveillance Project, and the Fresno
region Binational Health Task Force. Martinez earned her BA degree in international
relations from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, and her MA degree in
sociology from Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José Maria Luis Mora, also in Mexico
City. Her undergraduate and graduate theses addressed the sociopolitical dynamics of
Mexican migration to the United States. She is currently studying for an MPH degree at
California State University, Fresno, gaining skills and knowledge to apply to the devel-
opment of community projects targeting indigenous migrants in California. She has also
designed and implemented two health promotion programs (Comenzando Bien and

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