Henry T. Frierson is the Director of the Research Education Support Program and Professor of Educational Psychology, Measurement and Evaluation at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Frierson teaches program evaluation and educational psychology. Since 1996 he has directed the Research Education Support (RES) Program, a large multi-faceted program, supported largely by the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation. RES is designed to encourage and support students of color from underrepresented groups to attain Ph.D. degrees as well as to become researchers and academicians. The program involves undergraduate and graduate students as well as medical and dental students as participants. Born in Kansas and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Frierson received his B.S. in psychology from Wayne State University and also his master's in educational psychology. He received his Ph.D. in educational psychology from Michigan State University in 1974. He has been at the University of North Carolina since 1974, were he was the Associate Dean of the Graduate School and a Professor in the School of Medicine. At the School of Medicine, he was also the founder and director of the Learning and Assessment Laboratory, an academic support unit for Medical School and other University of North Carolina students. His current interests rests in program evaluation and in increasing the number of individuals of color in doctoral programs and research careers.