Michael Eggleton,is an Associate Professor in the Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). He has been employed at UAPB since 2003, with his position encompassing teaching, research, administration, and service. Mike teaches undergraduate,courses in Topics in Aquaculture and Fisheries, Fisheries Techniques, Fisheries Management, and Senior Seminar, and graduate courses in Fish Population Dynamics and Stream Ecology. He also serves as the department’s Undergraduate Program Coordinator. For 10 years, Mike served as the chief administrator of the National Cooperative Fisheries Scholars program, which was a federally-funded scholarship program for students from underrepresented groups.