LINGUISTIC MINORITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Shawndel joined the UC LMRI staff on March 24, 2008. He has worked on the UCSB campus for 10 years, most recently for Extended Learning Service as their Accounts Payable Coordinator, and prior to that for Housing and Residential Services; first as a Lead Storekeeper and then as the Accounts Payable contact for Dining Services.

His current responsibilities include managing all of LMRI's fiscal operations, including the contracts and grants program, conference and events planning, and coordinating the daily operations of the office.

Shawndel and his family live in Lompoc. For the past seven years he has been able to fulfill his dream of working with children by coaching youth football.

Email: shawndel@lmri.ucsb.edu

Beverly has been with UC LMRI since May 2001 and is in charge of editing and designing all print and web materials, including academic, research, and technical publications, and the quarterly newsletter, annual reports and conference programs. Beverly is also the Production Designer for the affiliated California Dropout Research Project (CDRP) and, working closely with the Director, produces all of the materials, including the Policy Committee Report, Policy Briefs, Statistical Briefs and Research Reports. She is also the manager of the UC LMRI and CDRP web sites, responsible for overall design and maintenance.

Previously she spent a year working at Vandenberg Air Force Base for MCA Engineers Launch Operations & Support Contract as their Technical Services Secretary. Prior to that, she worked at The University of Texas at Austin, first for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, and then as the Senior Technical Secretary for Applied Research Labs/Signal Physics.

She was also Managing Editor and writer for several years for INsite magazine, an entertainment journal (similar to Santa Barbara's Independent). Currently she is a busy freelance writer for various online publications, and also works with graduate students, editing theses and dissertations.

Beverly is a native Californian, born in San Francisco, and has family in Santa Maria and San Diego.

Email: beverly@lmri.ucsb.edu

Jacob joined the UC LMRI staff in February 2008, providing both the essential technical support and the equally important administrative support to LMRI's hard-working office.

Jacob is currently studying Mathematics in the UCSB College of Creative Studies, and plans to graduate with a B.S. in June 2009. He has also been tutoring in math since high school, and will continue to tutor at Campus Learning Assistance Services (CLAS) while working at LMRI.

When he's not on campus, Jacob is usually playing guitar or soccer with his housemates at the Manley Co-op.

Email: lmri-tech@lmri.ucsb.edu

Kristin joined LMRI in October 2007 and is currently assisting with coordinating the 2008 annual conference, among various other tasks in LMRI's busy office.

After earning her BA in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz in March of 2007, Kristin entered the MA/PhD program in Education at UCSB. Her current research interests are adolescent sexual risk, sexual education policy and implimentation and quanitative research methodology.

In her spare time, she enjoys riding motorcycles, taking care of animals, cooking, spending time with her boyfriend, and exploring Santa Barbara.

Email: lmri-student@lmri.ucsb.edu