Biographic Sketches of Committee Members - Agriculture Forestry and Fishing Research at NIOSH - page 286

Mexican-American Concilio of Yolo County in California. Dr. Villarejo received
his PhD, MS, and BS in physics from the University of Chicago.
Susanna G. Von Essen is a professor of internal medicine in the Pulmonary, Critical
Care, Sleep and Allergy Section of the College of Medicine and a faculty member of
the Environmental, Agricultural, and Occupational Health Sciences Department of
the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health. Dr. Von Essen
works as a pulmonary and critical-care physician, does research on agricultural
health, and teaches on such topics as rural health and occupational pulmonary
disorders. Her current research interests include gene-environment interactions
associated with exposures to organic dust in production agriculture. She served on
the Institute of Medicine committee that prepared the report Damp Indoor Spaces
and Health and currently serves as a member of the Agricultural Health Study Advi-
sory Panel. Dr. Von Essen received her MD from the Washington University School
of Medicine, her MPH from the University of Michigan, and her undergraduate
degree in zoology and German from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
James J. Zuiches is the vice chancellor for extension, engagement, and economic
development at North Carolina State University. Dr. Zuiches leads and coordi-
nates far-reaching programs in those fields at the university. His efforts include
activities of the Cooperative Extension Service, the Industrial Extension Service,
the Small Business and Technology Development Center, noncredit operations of
the McKimmon Center for Extension and Continuing Education, the Economic
Development Partnership, and the H. Hugh Shelton Initiative for Leadership Devel-
opment. His research specialties include demography, rural sociology, and research
administration. He was a professor in community and rural sociology and project
leader for the National Coalition for Rural Entrepreneurship at Washington State
University, where he also served as dean of the College of Agriculture and Home
Economics for 8 years and director of Cooperative Extension and the Agricultural
Research Center for 4 years. Dr. Zuiches served at Cornell University, Michigan
State University, the National Science Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Founda-
tion. He has more than 70 publications, including journal papers, book chapters,
bulletins, and editorials. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, serves on the National Research Council Committee on the
Review of NIOSH Research Programs, and has served as a member of the Board
on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Dr. Zuiches received his PhD and MS in
sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his BA in philosophy and
sociology from the University of Portland, in Oregon.