Beth Hudnall Stamm, PhD is the director of ProQOL.org. Beth holds degrees from Appalachian State University (BS, MA) and University of Wyoming (Ph.D.). She is a Research Professor at the Institute of Rural Health at Idaho State University. Her previous positions include the VA National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Dartmouth Medical School. She was recognized by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies for “fundamental contributions to the international public understanding of trauma.” and by the American Psychological Association as one of the “outstanding psychologists of this generation.” Beth was a contributor to the development of the U.S. Army Medical Department “Provider Resiliency Training” program which uses the ProQOL as a major component of the program. She specializes in traumatic stress, cultural trauma, and secondary traumatic stress. Her work is used in over 30 countries and diverse fields including health care, bioterrorism and disaster responding, news media, and the military Beth in a traumatic brain injury survivor. She makes her home in a log cabin in Idaho with her historian-husband and her service dog, Sophie and with her newly arrived foster service dog Bella.
Susan Blampied, BA is a ProQOL.org online support staff member. Susan is a graduate student in Sustainable International Development and Women's and Gender Studies at Brandeis University focusing on gender based violence. She graduated from University of California, San Diego with her Bachelors in International Studies-Political Science. Ms. Blampied worked as an Assistant Case Manager and AmeriCorps VISTA member with the International Rescue Committee assisting people from Bhutan, Iraq and Afghanistan with refugee resettlement. During that time Ms. Blampied provided support for refugees through social services enrollment, school registration, orientation and life skills training. She also worked as an intern with Survivors of Torture International, San Diego. Immediately prior to moving to Brandeis, Ms. Blampied worked at the Idaho State University Institute of Rural Health where her work centered on suicide prevention research and on secondary traumatic stress research. Ms. Blampied provides web-based technical support for the ProQOL.
Craig Higson-Smith, MA, has a Masters Degree in Research Psychology from the University of Natal. He has worked in the fields of violence prevention, peace-making and trauma care for more than twenty years. During this time he was a founder and director of the Sinani Programme for Survivors of Violence in KwaZulu-Natal, a founder member and regular trainer for the South African Institute for Traumatic Stress (SAITS), and the chairperson of the South African Network of Trauma Service Providers: Themba Lesizwe. In addition to regular presentations at international conference, Higson-Smith has written or edited several books, book chapters and academic articles in the field of traumatic stress. Currently he provides technical and organizational support to torture prevention and rehabilitation programmes in South Africa, Namibia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Sudan, and Cambodia. His particular professional interests lie in cultural trauma, community intervention, and torture prevention and rehabilitation.
Amy C. Hudnall, MA is a Lecturer in the History and Women's Studies Departments at Appalachian State University. She teaches courses on peace and conflict. She has presented and published on captivity trauma, human rights, secondary trauma, cultural relativism, and cross-cultural conflict. She received her M.A. in history at Appalachian State University and also studied at the Bayerische Julius-Maximilian-Universität in Germany. She is the president of Horse Helpers, Inc., a regional equine rescue.
Neill F. Piland, DrPH is Research Professor and Director of the Idaho State University Institute of Rural Health. Prior to coming to ISU he was Director of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Center for Research and Director of New Mexico’s Lovelace Institute for Health and Population Research. A Health Economist and Health Services Researcher, he received his Doctorate in Health Services Administration from UCLA and also holds Masters Degrees in Public Health and in Economics from UCLA and UC Davis respectively. He has been Principal Investigator for more than thirty major research and demonstration projects including evaluation of the quality of care in Arizona’s Medicaid managed care experiment (AHCCCS); the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) site: and the Idaho Bioterrorism Awareness and Preparedness Program (IBAPP). He has authored or coauthored more than ninety articles, four books and numerous book chapters on health care delivery, health promotion and health care financing.
Henry E. Stamm, IV, PhD is an adjunct professor of history at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. He has been a research scholar at Dartmouth College and previously taught history at the University of Alaska Anchorage and SUNY--Oswego. He holds the Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming, an M.A. from Appalachian State University and a B.A. from Rice University. He is the author of People of the Wind River: The Eastern Shoshones, 1825-1900 (University of Oklahoma Press, 1999), as well as several articles and a website on Shoshone art hosted by the Wind River Historical Center of Dubois, Wyoming. He is continuing his research on the people of the Wind River with additional research on the Shoshone & Bannock people of Fort Hall. In addition to working on a sequel to his first book, another current project focuses on viewing cultural transformation of the Eastern Shoshones through the lenses of their material culture and art. Past presentations and publications have emphasized the historical context of understanding cultural and generational trauma among indigenous peoples.