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:

Slide/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:

Web Site Development:

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:

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

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
  

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