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Marsha Kinder is cultural theorist and prolific film scholar, whose specializations include narrative theory, digital media, children's media culture, and Spanish cinema. Since 1997 Kinder has directed the Labyrinth Project, an art collective and research initiative on interactive cinema and database narrative at USC's Annenberg Center for Communication. She has published more than 100 essays and 10 books.

David Lynch is famous for writing and directing what can only be called "David Lynch movies," features whose perplexing plots are often a surreal mix of wonder and repugnance. After his first film, *Eraserhead* (1976), became a cult hit on the midnight movie circuit, Lynch was tapped by Mel Brooks to direct *The Elephant Man* (1980). The film was a critical and box-office success and he was nominated for an Oscar. His next film was 1984's unsuccessful version of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel, *Dune*, but he bounced back with *Blue Velvet* (1986) and firmly established himself as a unique filmmaker who could appeal to more than arthouse crowds. He has ventured into television, most famously for a Calvin Klein commercial and for the series *Twin Peaks* (1990). His other feature films include *Wild at Heart* (1990), *Lost Highway* (1997), and *The Straight Story* (1999). His 2001 film *Mulholland Drive* earned him another Oscar nomination for Best Director.

John Hagelin is a world-renowned quantum physicist, educator, public policy expert, and leading proponent of peace. Hagelin received his AB summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and his MA and PhD from Harvard University, and conducted pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center). His scientific contributions in the fields of electroweak unification, grand unification, super-symmetry and cosmology include some of the most cited references in the physical sciences. He is also responsible for the development of a highly successful Grand Unified Field Theory based on the Superstring. Hagelin is therefore at the pinnacle of achievement among the elite cadre of physicists who have fulfilled Einstein's dream of a theory of everything through their mathematical formulation of the Unified Field

David Klatell is a recognized expert on the development and management of journalism education and training programs. He has advised universities and professional organizations in more than 20 nations across Europe, Africa and Asia. Until 2008 he held the positions of Vice Dean and Academic Dean at the Journalism School. Before joining Columbia University, he served as chairman of the journalism department and director of the School of Journalism at Boston University, where he taught for 17 years. He has also taught and lectured at many universities, including Harvard and MIT, where he was co-director of The News Study Group, a journalism research center. Professor Klatell was a professional broadcast journalist, winning awards as an editor and producer of news and documentary films. He is the co-author of two books about the business relationships between television and sports, and his articles about television have been published in *The New York Times*, *The Washington Post* and other major newspapers and magazines. He served for many years as chairman of the jury for the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards in broadcast journalism. He is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Boston University.

Dr. Zimmerman manages the Health Sciences office of CCNMTL, working with a dedicated Health Sciences- CCNMTL staff and faculty at all of the Health Sciences Schools to develop course Web sites and major projects. As Assistant Dean for Information Resources, Associate Professor of Clinical Dentistry at Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery and Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Informatics in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Zimmerman coordinates the clinical, research, and educational informatics initiatives at the dental school and is director of the Dental Informatics Fellowship program. He has published numerous dental informatics articles as well as the book *Dental Informatics: Integrating Technology into the Dental Environment* and the monograph *Dental Informatics: Strategic Issues for the Dental Profession*. Dr. Zimmerman has been active in the field of dental information for many years and is the founder of American Medical Informatics Association's Working Group 4 - Dental Informatics and a member of the International Medical Informatics Association, Working Group 11- Dental Informatics. He was the first dentist elected to American College of Medical Informatics.

Herbert P. Ginsburg is Jacob H. Schiff Foundation Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He holds a BA from Harvard University as well as an MS and PhD from the University of North Carolina. He is the author of selected publications, including The teacher's guide to flexible interviewing in the classroom: Learning what children know about math, Entering the child's mind: The clinical interview in psychological research and practice, Children's Arithmetic and Piaget's Theory of Intellectual Development.

Dr. Calabrese Barton is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to her start at the University of Texas in 1999, she was promoted to Associate Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University in Science Education. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching and Education Policy from Michigan State University in 1995 following work in industry as a chemist after receiving her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame in 1990 with honors. She has a book, *Feminist Science Education, published with Teachers College Press *(1998). Just recently, she received the 2000 Early Career Award for the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.

Richard Pena is an Associate Professor of Film at Columbia University, where he specializes in film theory and international cinema. He is currently the program director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the director of the New York Film Festival. Pena is the host of Conversations in World Cinema on The Sundance Channel, and, in January 2001, he was named Officier of the French Order of Arts and Letters. He is the faculty partner for The Film Language Glossary, an innovative teaching tool for the study of film, designed to enhance screenings, readings, lectures, and discussions throughout the duration of a course.