Credits & Acknowledgements

Project Staff

   Janet Akyüz Mattei      Project Co-Director
   John R. Percy           Project Co-Director
   Donna L. Young          HOA Manual Principal Author
                           Curriculum Consultant
   Michael Saladyga        Project Facilitator
                           Assistant Editor and Graphics
   Karin Hauck             Production, Design, and Layout
                           Assistant Editor
   Lynn Matthews Anderson  Production Editor
                           Covert Art and Graphics

Astrophotography

  John Chumack

Charts

Charles E. Scovil     Editor and Production
Keriann Malatesta     Coordinator, Assistant Editor
Sara J. Beck          Finder Slide Production

Manual Contributors

Grant Foster          John R. Percy
Jeffrey S. Lockwood   Sharmi Roy
Janet A. Mattei       Michael Saladyga

Slide/Print Production

Michael Saladyga    Coordinator, Editor
Sara J. Beck        Associate Editor
Alan Asadorian      Slide Production
 Dorian Color Lab, Inc., Arlington, MA
David Landry        Print Production
 

Software

Grant Foster       VSTAR
Michael Saladyga   HOAENTER,HOAFUN
 

Teacher Consultants

Kristine Larsen       Judith Stoltz
Jeffrey S. Lockwood   Donna L. Young
Sharmi Roy

Video Production

David Tucker     Executive Producer
Todd Hallam      Producer and Director
Equipment & Facilities: 
           Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
           The Edit Sweet, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Web Site Development

Scott Battaion
  The Wright Center for Innovative Science Education, 
     Tufts University, Medford, MA
Aaron Price
  AAVSO

Teacher Workshop Participants/Evaluators

Workshop I (1994)

Henry Bouchelle       Ardis Maciolek
M. Kathlees Cochrane  L. Rob Ochs
Daniel Francetic      Michael Richard
Michael Hoke          Sharmi Roy
Carl Katsu            Edward Ruszcyk
James Kernohan        Gary Sampson
Paul Lee              Judith Stoltz
Jeffrey S. Lockwood   Sallie Teames

Workshop 2 (1995)

B. Steven Albert      Kristine Larsen
Roger Bennatti        George Leonberger
Glenn F. Chaple, Jr.  Francis M. Mikan
John Clarke           Parker E. Moreland
Mary Dombrowski       S. Hughes Pack
Philip Dombrowski     Brian Rogan 
Gita Hakerem Foster   Joseph Wesney
Alan Hirshfeld        Donna L. Young

Artwork

Lynn Matthews Anderson
Lola Chaisson
Jan Derby
Miranda Read
Michael Saladyga

Proofreading

Elizabeth O. Waagen

Software Testing

David J. Sworin
Gene Hanson
Branko Miskov
John E. Isles

Special thanks to:

Gerhard L. Salinger
  Program Director, Instructional Materials Development,
  Directorate for Education and Human Resources, 
  National Science Foundation
  

Additional thanks to:

Eric Chaisson
  The Wright Center for Innovative Science Education, 
Tufts University,  Medford, MA

The Department of Astronomy, Erindale Campus, 
  University of Toronto, and their students: Winnie Au, 
  Monica Milanowski, Laura Syczak, Matt Szczesny, Sarah 
  Thompson, and Lawrence Yu


Marvin E. Baldwin
  Chair, AAVSO Eclipsing Binary Committee

Neil F. Comins
  University of Maine at Orono

John E. Isles
  Plymouth, MI

Initial AAVSO-HOA Web Site Developers
  Leora Aimee Hurwitz
  Elena Khan
  William Mackiewicz

Organizations 
  National Science Foundation
  American Association of Variable Star Observers
  University of Toronto, Erindale Campus, Ontario, Canada
  Sheridan College, Ontario, Canada
  Foundation Dudley H. Wright, Geneva, Switzerland
  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  Harvard College Observatory
  Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston
  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Space Telescope Science Institute
  Comit‚ de Liaison Enseignants Astronomes, France
  Astronomical Society of the Pacific

AAVSO Staff Contributors

  Lynn M. Anderson, Sara J. Beck, Grant Foster, 
  Tanja Foulds, Karin Hauck,
  Shawna Hutchings, Karuna Kramer, Kerriann Malatesta, 
  Janet A. Mattei, Michael Saladyga, Elizabeth O. 
  Waagen, Theodore Wales

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Education Advisory Board

Walter Bisard
  Central Michigan University, MI
W. Russell Blake
  Plymouth Carver School, MA
Brendan Curren
  Bronx High School of Science, NY
Marie East
  Sudbury, MA
Linda M. French
  Park School Corporation, MA
Christopher Harper
  Phillips Exeter Academy, NH
Jennifer Hickman
  Phillips Academy, MA
Darrel B. Hoff
  Luther College, IA
Arthur Johnson
  Harvard University, MA
Jeffrey S. Lockwood
  Tuscon, AZ
Janet A. Mattei
  Director, AAVSO
George S. Mumford
  Tufts University, MA
Jay M. Pasachoff
  Williams College, MA
John R. Percy
  Erindale Campus, University of Toronto, 
     Ontario, Canada
Robert F. Tinker 
  Technical Education Research Center, MA
Charles A. Whitney
  Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MA
Anne G. Young
  Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
  

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HANDS-ON ASTROPHYSICS VIDEOS

Writers                     Film Crew
John R. Percy               David Ticker, Executive Producer
Janet A. Mattei             Todd Hallam, Producer/Director/Editor
Michael Saladyga            Mark Dury, Camera/Lighting
Todd Hallam                 Karl Dipelino, Audio
David Tucker                Sylvie Charland, Narrator

Video Animations
Dana Berry
  The Wright Center for Innovative Science Education, 
  Tufts University, Medford, MA

Additional Photography
Terence Dickinson           Jack Newton

Featured in HOA Videos
Mary Dombrowski
  Amateur Astronomer, High School Student, Glastonbury, CT
Christopher Sousa
  Amateur Astronomer, High School Student, Townsend, MA
Glenn F. Chaple, Jr.
  Amateur Astronomer, Science Teacher, Townsend, MA
Gerald P. Dyck
  Amateur Astronomer, Music Teacher, Assonet, MA
Peter Garnavich
  Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MA
Owen Gingerich
  Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MA
Martha L. Hazen
  Astronomer and Archivist, Harvard College Observatory, MA
Imelda B. Joson
  Amateur Astronomer, Editor, Burlington, MA
Robert P. Kirschner
  Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MA
Stephen P. Knight
  Amateur Astronomer, Farmer, Waterford, ME
Brewster La Macchia
  Amateur Astronomer (photometrist), Andover, MA
David W. Latham
  Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MA
Wayne M. Lowder
  Amateur Astronomer, Physicist, Valhalla, NY
Brian G. Marsden
  Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, MA
Janet A. Mattei
  AAVSO Director, Astronomer, Cambridge, MA
E. Talmadge Mentall
  Amateur Astronomer, Editor, Lynn, MA
Mario Motta
  Amateur Astronomer, Cardiologist, Lynnfield, MA
John R. Percy
  Astronomer, Erindale Campus, University of Toronto, 
     Ontario, Canada

Additional Video Participants
Edwin Aguirre                             
Thomas Applin                             
Lee Budryk                                
Robert Collara                            
Carol Dombrowski
Philip Dombrowski
T. Helga Dyck
Scott Kenyon
David Kochuk
Michael Mattei
Scott Melanson
Andrea Motta
Joyce Motta
Justin Motta
Melissa Motta
Richard Nugent
Terri Olsen
John Reed
Robert Simmons

HOA Teachers
Kristine Larsen
Sharmi Roy
Judith Stoltz
Donna L. Young