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Mary Emery, Associate director of the North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, co-manages the Rural Community College Initiative and is working on a multi-institutional, multi disciplinary on-line masters degree in community development.

Dr. Emery also has worked on a variety of rural and community development issues. She is vitally interested in strategies that assist rural communities in transitioning into the 21st century, in implementing approaches that help communities grow their own jobs and businesses, and in helping reservation and non-reservation communities work together for sustainable regional economic development.

She also has worked with small businesses and communities on how they can benefit from new technologies. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Rutgers University.