Cal Poly Experts: Education

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Agricultural Education
 
William C. Kellogg, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Education
(805) 756-2973 / (805) 756-2803   e-mail: bkellogg@calpoly.edu

Consultant to local educational agencies.
Educational workshop presentations.
Areas of expertise:
* teaching methods
* agricultural mechanics
* teacher effectiveness
* racial and ethnic diversity in education
* credentials
* general agriculture
* agricultural literacy
* fairs and shows

Robert A. Flores, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Education and Communication 
(805) 756-2169 / (805) 756-2803   e-mail: rflores@calpoly.edu

Curriculum coordinator for the California Agricultural Leadership Program.
Fellow, Kellogg National Fellowship Program.
Awarded Honorary American Degree by the National FFA Organization.
Recipient, Monsanto Agricultural Teaching Award.
Member, American Association for Agricultural Education (AAAE).
Named Western Region Outstanding Young Member of AAAE.
Former chief of party, Escuela de Agricultura de la Región Tropical Húmeda, Costa Rica.
Founding board member, Vision Unida.
Member, Diversity/Recruitment Task Force of National FFA.
Areas of expertise:
* program development in agricultural education
* technical assistance to developing countries
* Latin American development
* leadership development and programming
* assessing personality in team-building
* organizing collaborative associations
* program standards and quality criteria in agricultural education
* computer applications in agricultural education

Computer Education

Robert Clover, Ph.D.
Director of Integrated Media Services (Information Technology Services division)
(805) 756-2966   e-mail: rclover@calpoly.edu

Developing a database of biology-related multimedia for World Wide Web access.
Developing World Wide Web-based interactive course materials in general ecology.
Areas of expertise:
* computer applications in higher education, especially biology
* the Internet
* the World Wide Web

Clinton Staley, Ph.D.
Professor of Computer Science
(805) 756-2158   e-mail: cstaley@calpoly.edu

Recipient, Cal Poly Distinguished Teaching Award (2000) and Computer Science Teacher of the Year Award (1993, 1998, 1999).
Engineering manager, Software Development Branch, Terran Interactive.
Software development team leader, Vizolutions, Inc.
Areas of expertise:
* software engineering and development
* computer education
* C++ and object-oriented programming
* computer vision
* educational software
* Java programming

Continuing & Distance Education

Timothy G. O'Keefe, Ph.D.
Professor of Forestry
(805) 756-2021 / (805) 756-2702   e-mail: tokeefe@calpoly.edu

Fellow, Society of American Foresters (SAF); SAF-certified forester.
Certified arborist, International Society of Arboriculture.
Researcher, U.S. Forest Service.
Special interest in distance-learning technology.
Author of several brochures about urban forestry, urban stream management, wood energy, and agroforestry.
Continued work in international forestry; presented research in Finland and Holland (1996).
Member, Eucalyptus Improvement Association, Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource Conservation District, California Urban Forestry Council, International Union of Forest Research Organizations.
Director, Agroforestry/Community Forestry Project, Forest Products Research Society.
Areas of expertise:
* international tropical hardwood management
* city tree management
* urban interface fire management
* use of wood residue as energy supplements
* "smart wood"
* wood recycling; use of green tree waste
* use of trees in agriculture and ranching to improve yields
* holistic ecosystem management, including tree harvesting and endangered species
* trees and air quality
* Christmas tree/wood-lot management
* biodiversity and ethics
* technology transfer
* extended education in forestry

Curricula, Teaching & Education Reform

Robert Inchausti, Ph.D.
Professor of English
(805) 756-2862/2596   e-mail: rinchaus@calpoly.edu

Author of Spitwad Sutras: Classroom Teaching as Sublime Vocation (1993), The Ignorant Perfection of Ordinary People (1991), and Thomas Merton's American Prophecy.
Areas of expertise:
* American literature
* Russian literature in translation
* secondary schools
* religious biography
* Thomas Merton
* Gandhi
* Mother Teresa
* Martin Luther King, Jr.
* non-violence
* the vocation of the teacher
* prayer

Michael Marlow, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
(805) 756-1764/2783   e-mail: mmarlow@calpoly.edu

Senior financial economist for the U.S. Treasury Dept. 1983-88, responsible for forecasting real output and inflation, conducting research on the economic effects of budget deficits and advising the undersecretary for monetary affairs and the assistant secretary for economic policy.
Economic consultant since 1988.
Areas of expertise:
* the state and future of the economy
* public finance
* monetary theory and policy
* economics of tax policy and federal spending policy
* economics of Social Security
* economics of education reform

Linden L. Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Psychology & Human Development
(805) 756-2320/2033   e-mail: llnelson@calpoly.edu

Past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility
Editorial board member, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.
Co-Chair of the Peace and Education Working Group, Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association.
Author of the following articles in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology: "Relationships Between Problem-Solving Competencies and Militaristic Attitudes: Implications for Peace Education" (1999), "Curricula for Teaching Adolescents about Peace and Conflict" (1999), "Teaching and Assessing Problem Solving for International Conflict Resolution" (1995), and "Peace in the Psychology Curriculum: From Assimilation to Accommodation" (1995).

Areas of expertise:
* psychology of conflict and peace
* peace education
* peace and conflict resolution programs
* assessment of programs for teaching about conflict and conflict resolution
* interpersonal to international conflict resolution
* psychology of militarism, war and peace

Johanna Rubba, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
(805) 756-2184/2596   e-mail: jrubba@calpoly.edu

Member, Linguistic Society of America and International Cognitive Linguistics Association.
Author of several articles in theoretical and descriptive linguistics.
Areas of expertise:
* linguistics and theories of language acquisition
* grammar and correct vs. incorrect English
* general facts about human language
* language and society
* standard and nonstandard dialects
* English-only laws and policies
* minority languages and dialects
* language and gender
* endangered languages and language rights
* history of language in the United States
* teaching English and other languages
* bilingualism and bilingual education
* modern Aramaic and Aramaic-speaking communities in the United States


Higher Education & Research

Warren J. Baker, Ph.D.
Cal Poly President
(805) 756-6000   e-mail: wbaker@calpoly.edu

Founding member, California Council on Science and Technology.
Co-Chairman, California Joint Policy Council on Agriculture and Higher Education.
Member, board of regents, American Architectural Foundation.
Member, board of directors, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Member, National Science Board (1986-94); member, NSB Executive Committee (1987-93); chairman, NSB Polar Research Committee (1990-94); chairman, NSB Standing Committee for Programs and Plans (1988-94); co-chairman, NSB Task Committee on the Role of the National Science Foundation in U.S. Economic Competitiveness (1986-88); member, NSB Committee on Industrial Support for Research and Development (1989-92).
Member, Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, U.S. Agency for International Development (1983-85).
Member, board of directors (1982-84), and chairman of the Science and Technology Committee (1985-87), American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
Registered civil engineer.
Areas of expertise:
* undergraduate polytechnic education
* administration of higher education
* reform of undergraduate technical education
* national funding of scientific research
* geotechnical engineering
* scientific and engineering work force problems for California

James Maraviglia, M.S.
Associate Vice Provost, Admissions, Recruitment and Financial Aid
(805) 756-2311   e-mail: jmaravig@calpoly.edu

Consultant on student tracking, recruitment, and assessment.
Author of papers on enrollment planning, admissions and registration.
Has written a number of executive briefings on enrollment planning,
admission and recruitment, and implementing and utilizing new and emerging technologies.
Developed a Web-based communication system and event scheduler to directly link prospective students to the campus.
Areas of expertise:
* enrollment planning
* admissions
* linking the campus to prospective students
* admission marketing and assessment
* developing effective admission advertising tools
* developing electronic applications and "electronic recruiters"
* using technology in admissions and recruitment

Barbara Mori, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
(805) 756-2729/2260   e-mail: bmori@calpoly.edu
 Web: www.cla.calpoly.edu/~bmori

Author of books and articles on Japanese traditional arts.
Current research on higher education for women in China, Korea and Japan, and on East Indian immigrants to the Central Coast.
Educational consultant on teaching in China.
Secretary/treasurer, Association for Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast.
Founding member, SLO White Heron Sangha.
Areas of expertise:
* Japanese traditional arts - tea ceremony
* education in Asia - China and Japan
* women in East Asia - China, Korea, Japan
* East Indian immigration to the Central Coast of California
* Buddhism

Martin Shibata, M.P.A.
Assistant Director, Career Services
(805) 756-5726/2501   e-mail: mshibata@calpoly.edu

Member, California Cooperative Education Association.
Member, Cooperative Education Association (national level).
Areas of expertise:
* Cooperative Education
* student employment
* pre-career activities to support educational career goals
* integrating classroom theory with the world of work
* assessment of student learning outcomes
* program evaluation and quality