Brian manages SBS Tech, the colleges' technical services group. He has been with the college since 1995. Prior to working for the Dean, he worked in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, for the University of Arizona Police Department and served as a Quartermaster in the US Navy.

Brian holds a Master's Degree from the School of Information Resources and Library Sciences at the University of Arizona, where he is currently enrolled in the doctoral program. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer in the Communication Department and the School of Information Resources & Library Sciences, where he teaches Communication Technology (Comm 209), Human Centered Information Techologies (Comm311), Human Factors of Information Systems (IRLS 575), and Research Methods (IRLS 506). His areas of research interest include the interaction between Visual Literacy and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), the role of Information in society and Statistics.

Brian's personal webpage is located at http://www.u.arizona.edu/~atkinson

Ed Donnerstein's major research interests are in mass media violence, as well as mass media policy. He has published over 200 scientific articles in these areas and serves on the editorial boards of a number of academic journals in both psychology and communication. He was a member of the American Psychological Association's Commission on Violence and Youth, and the APA's Task Force on Television and Society. He recently served on a new Surgeon General's panel on youth violence. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of the American Medical Association Alliance's violence prevention program, and is President of the International Society for Research on Aggression. In addition, he was primary research site director for the National Cable Television Association's 3.5 million dollar project on TV violence.

He has testified at numerous governmental hearings both in the United States and abroad regarding the effects and policy implications surrounding mass media violence and pornography, including testimony before the United States Senate on TV violence. He has served as a member of the United States Surgeon General's Panel on Pornography and the National Academy of Sciences' Subpanel on Child Pornography and Child Abuse. He has been invited to make presentations dealing with issues of mass media violence and policy at the following: (1) International Conference on Standards in Screen Entertainment; London, England, (2) National Association of Attorneys General's Presidential Summit, (3) American Academy of Pediatrics, (4) National Association of Broadcasters, (5) Directors Guild of America Symposium on Media Violence, (6) Young Media Australia National Conference: Caring for Children in the Media Age, (7) Federal Communications Commission, (8) International Meeting on Biology and Sociology of Violence; Valencia,Spain, (9) International Society for Research on Aggression, (10) World Summit on Television and Children; Sydney, Australia.

Ginny Healy is the Director of Development for the University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), the largest academic college at UA. She is employed by both the University of Arizona Foundation and the College of SBS. She has been with the UA since May of 2001 and with the assistance of the SBS Advisory Board, volunteers, faculty and staff, she has helped to raise $2.8 million in cash for the 2000-2001 fiscal year. Prior to her position at the UA, she was the Director of Development for St. Michael's Parish Day School and Church where she assisted in raising $4.3 million for buildings and annual support. She has also worked in San Francisco, California as the Associate Director of Development for Major Gifts and Special Events for Grace Cathedral and Cathedral School for Boys. If you would like to make a gift or learn more about the College of SBS, please contact Ginny at (520) 621-3938 or ghealy@email.arizona.edu.