Robert is professor of sociology and Director of the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a Fulbright Scholar, and consultant to the Suzanne Somers Institute. He has published numerous articles and research findings, including the first book on children of alcoholics in the U.S. thirty years ago. Dr. Ackerman is program chair for the ACOA/COA conference where NACoA hosted a 25th birthday party. www.robertjackerman.com