Trez Buckland, Ph.D.
School of Nursing, University of Washington

Buckland is an instructor and developer of the Addiction and the Brain and Brain Research in Education certificate programs, co-director of the Addiction: Hijacking the Brain program, and director of the Health Education pathway in the Masters in Public Health extended degree at the UW. There, she is Program Coordinator for the Faculty Integrative Health Program and holds a clinical faculty appointment while pursuing her doctorate in nursing. Her 26 years of classroom experience span K–post-secondary education, focusing on middle and high school science and health. She's helped develop hands-on science curricula and in-teacher training for the Seattle Archdiocese, Washington Association for Biomedical Research, and the Washington State Science Teachers' Association. She has worked on SEPA brain and learning projects.

Akira Horita, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington

Dr. Horita is Co-Principal Investigator, instructor, and developer of the Addiction and the Brain Certificate Online. He has conducted major research studying the effect of addictive drugs on the brain; contributed significantly to the body of knowledge and scientific literature in his field; and has received numerous honors. Dr. Horita has been a volunteer speaker for the Making Connections, Making Choices and Making Connections: Expanding Our Web summer institute for teachers for over eight years. He is consistently ranked by the teachers at the summer institute as “able to explain complex concepts so they’re understood by the audience.” Dr. Horita served as Co-PI and expert resource during the creation of the “Drugs and the Brain” Brain Power middle school curriculum and was the key speaker on the brain’s reward system for the Advanced Research in Addiction and the Brain: Beyond Saying No and Addiction: Hijacking the Brain programs.

Jenny L. Williamson, M.A.
Science Educator, Extension Lecturer, School of Nursing, University of Washington

Williamson is a certified teacher with a Master's in Education and a bachelor's in zoology. She is an instructor and developer of the Addiction and the Brain and Brain Research in Education online certificate programs, and Co-Director of the Making Connections: Expanding our Web program. She has taught science education methods at Edmonds Community College; developed the middle school science program Brain Power; and spent 10 years teaching outreach science classes for Pacific Science Center in K-12 schools across Washington State. Her expertise in curriculum development earned her the Pacific Science Center's Outstanding Creativity Award in 1993. Williamson is involved with the Making Connections: Expanding Our Web program, including the creation and maintenance of its interactive website.

Instructors are subject to change.