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About the Authors
Martha Dunn-Strohecker’s professional background includes
secondary and higher education teaching, public management practice,
and community service in nonprofi t and religious organizations.
Martha’s extensive career combines family and consumer sciences,
community nutrition, and public service focused on helping individuals
and families use their resources more effectively and effi ciently.
Martha presently serves as a consultant in management and diversity
training. Among her numerous honors, she received Ohio State University’s
highest award, the Centennial Award, and also Ohio State’s Outstanding
Leadership Recognition for services to families. Further, she has been listed
in Who’s Who of American Women, and received volunteer service awards
from Goodwill Industries and the American Red Cross. Martha is presently
a faculty member in Gerontology at North Shore Community College,
where she developed the fi rst online course in gerontology. She also does
freelance writing, consulting work in management, and diversity training.
Deborah Tunstall Tippett’s background includes 12 years as a family
and consumer sciences teacher at the middle school level and as a teacher
educator at both the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and at
Meredith College. She is currently a professor and Department Head of the
Human Environmental Sciences Department at Meredith College.
Dr. Tippett has published research and presented workshops and
courses on middle school family and consumer sciences. She has also
presented to a variety of groups both nationally and internationally on the
topic of working with the millennial generation and has been cited in over
300 newspapers on this research. She recently received her certifi cation
from Gallup as a Strengths Based Educator.
Dr. Tippett served as a national offi cer of the Family and Consumer
Sciences Education Association, the Kappa Omicron Nu Honor Society,
and the U.S./International Federation of Home Economics. She has won
such awards as honorary membership on North Carolina’s FCCLA, the
Professional of the Year of the North Carolina Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences, the Presidential Award for Outstanding Service at
Meredith College, and the Excellence in Teaching Award at Meredith
College. As a public school teacher, she was recognized as the local, county,
and regional teacher of the year. She is listed in Who’s Who in Education and
Who’s Who of American Women.