Faculty

The faculty are graduates of major national and international universities. All faculty members have a wealth of experience which enables them to draw upon practical experiences as they integrate research into practice.

Faculty Member	College	Department
Agars, Mark	College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Psychology & Human Development
Anderson, Dennis	Mt. San Jacinto College	Dean of Instruction, Academic Programs
Arlin, Pat	College of Education	Dean
Baek, Eun-Ok	College of Education	Science, Math. & Technology Education
Bahk, Mo	College of Arts & Letters	Communication Studies
Besley, Tina	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Brunkhorst, Bonnie	College of Education	Science, Math. & Technology Education
Brunkhorst, Herb	College of Education	Science, Math. & Technology Education
Crowell, Sam	College of Education	Language, Literacy & Culture
Drost, Donald	College of Business & Public Administration	Management
Eggleston, Carolyn	College of Education	Assoc. Dean
Ferguson, Nick	College of Education	Educational Leadership & Curriculum
Fiene, Jay	College of Education	Educational Leadership & Curriculum
Fischman, Davida	College of Natural Sciences	Mathematics
Gehring, Thom	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Gilbert, Janelle	College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Psychology & Human Development
Heisterkamp, Brian	College of Arts & Letters	Communication Studies
Hill, Jim	College of Education	Educational Leadership & Curriculum
Hoffman, Charles	College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Psychology & Human Development
Hwang, Young Suk	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Jennings, Todd	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Jesunathadas, Joseph	College of Education	Science, Math. & Technology Education
Kottke, Jan	College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Psychology & Human Development
Leh, Amy	College of Education	Science, Math. & Technology Education
Loewenstein, Gaither	Riverside Community College	Faculty
Louque, Angela	College of Education	Educational Leadership & Curriculum
Mahoney, Marita	College of Education	Associate Academic Studies
Moore-Steward, Thelma	College of Education	Educational Leadership & Curriculum
Murillo, Enrique	College of Education	Language, Literacy & Culture
Nelson, Brett	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Piller, Bonnie	College of Education	Language, Literacy & Culture
Riggs, Iris	College of Education	Associate Dean
Riggs, Matt	College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Psychology & Human Development
Sandlin, Ruth	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Schnorr, Donna	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Sherwin, Gary	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Shultz, Ken	College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Psychology & Human Development
So, Hosung	College of Natural Sciences	Kinesiology
Stine, David	College of Education	Ed. Leadership
Stine, Deborah	College of Education	Office of Doctoral Studies
Sweeney, Dwight	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Tucker, Wendel	Alvord Unified School District	Superintendent
Ullman, Jodie	College of Social & Behavioral Sciences	Psychology & Human Development
Verdi, Michael	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Vollkommer, Harold	San Bernardino City Unified School District	Asst. Superintendent, Certificated Human Resources
Wilson, Doris	College of Education	Educational Leadership & Curriculum
Winslade, John	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling
Wright, Randall	College of Education	Educational Psychology & Counseling

*Other faculty to be included during the academic year

Faculty Research Interests

Mark Agars –Industrial and organizational psychology, organizational diversity, women in management, and workplace creativity

Dennis Anderson – Organizational leadership

Pat Arlin – Cognitive development and lifespan developmental psychology concepts as they relate to the study of wisdom and expertise. The study of practical wisdom in the education profession

Mo Bahk – Communication studies

Eun-Ok Baek – Exploring what technology can do for the support of learning and performance, and specifically the designing of online learning communities, technology integration in education, and the exploration of social-cultural understandings of the adoption of technology

Tina Besley – Youth studies, qualitative research methods, policy studies, globalization

Bonnie Brunkhorst – Science education policy and standards, science teaching and learning, conceptual development in geological sciences

Herb Brunkhorst – Science teacher preparation and professional development, pedagogical beliefs in science teaching and learning, and science education policy

Sam Crowell - Academic literacy and the arts, spirituality and education,
school restructuring and change, brain-based learning principles, meaning centered curriculum and collaborative action research

Donald Drost – Human resource management, psychology of human resources, strategic management, industrial relations and organizational behavior

Carolyn Eggleston – Adult education, correctional and institutional education; special education

Nick Ferguson – School business management, school finance, collective bargaining and the chief business official, strategic planning, leadership

Jay Fiene -  Program improvements, administrator preparation, educational access, women's leadership, and chaos theory

Davida Fischman – Hopf Algebras and Mathematics education

Thom Gehring – Adult education, correctional and institutional education

Janelle Gilbert –Organizational psychology, work motivation, workplace training, organizational culture and leadership development

Brian Heisterkamp – Interpersonal communication; mediation and conflict resolution; language and social interaction

Jim Hill - Accountability, both state and national, and how states and school districts have responded to demands of accountability

Young Suk Hwang - Growth and development in socio-educational contexts and educational psychology for a diverse society

Todd Jennings – Human rights education, diversity issues in education (specifically related to gender and sexual orientation)

Joseph Jesunathadas - learning assessment, and professional development in science and mathematics education

Jan Kottke – Industrial-Organizational psychology, diversity and diversity management, models of organizational change, business ethics, and measurement, including scale development and validation

Amy Leh – Distance education, web-based instruction, interaction in web-based learning environments, computer-mediated communication (CMC) and social presence, technology integration, and telecommunication technologies in foreign (second) language acquisition

Gaither Loewenstein – Community college enrollment & student learning outcomes assessment and strategic planning

Angela Louque – Diversity issues, African American recruitment and retention, program development and assessment

Marita Mahoney – Adult development psychology (examining the impact of
interpersonal and intrapersonal systems), program evaluation, outcomes
assessment, and quantitative methods and statistics

Thelma Moore-Steward – Organization and administration of the schools,
successful school practices, closing the achievement gap, urban school governance, teacher empowerment

Enrique Murillo, Jr. –   Equity in education, post critical ethnography Latinos and Education, High Stakes testing

Brett Nelson – Wellness in Children and Adolescents; academic and behavioral interventions

Brian Newberry - Use of technology to support teaching and learning with
emphasis on communication. New media tools for learning. Social Presence as
a tool for understanding interaction. Instructional design and rapid
prototyping of instructional resources.

Bonnie Piller - Curricular reform, implementing new curriculum, restructuring to create high achieving learning environments for all students,  effective teaching and learning for K-12 and adult English language learners, brain research and literacy, and comparative international education

Iris Riggs – Teacher induction/Teacher self-efficacy

Matt Riggs – Quantitative methods (design, statistics and measurement), student outcomes assessment, and program evaluation

Ruth Sandlin – Beginning teacher support and assessment, teaching portfolios

Donna Schnorr – Developing models of practice in middle and high schools that increase academic and college preparedness among those typically underrepresented in college

Gary Sherwin – Institution of higher education training for teacher education, administrators and counselors for at risk groups such as queer youth and program effectiveness for at risk groups

Ken Shultz – Human resource selection, applied measurement, testing and assessment issues, and aging workforce issues

Hosung So - Preparing physical education and sport professionals: Issues, trends, and forecasts, teaching effectiveness, curriculum innovation, and psychological assessment: Directions for the future

David Stine – Human resources policy, collective bargaining, school board governance

Deborah Stine – School law, school policies and practice, women in leadership

Dwight Sweeney – Autism and developmental disorders, developmental disabilities

Wendell Tucker – Organizational culture and behavior, leadership qualities and becoming a change agent, facility design for optimal learning, ways to overcome the disconnect between business leaders, legislators and educational professionals

Jodi Ullman – Structural equation modeling and social psychology

Michael Verdi - Learning cognition and instructional design, adolescent development, diversity in the learning environment, instructional theory assessment and classroom management, text learning using spatial displays and ed psychology

Harold Vollkommer - Personnel/Human Resources, collective bargaining, evaluation/performance appraisal, recruitment and training,  professional development; Human Dynamics, team building, motivation, communication and conflict, and diversity

Doris Wilson - Strategic Planning, Effective Schools: School Reform, role of Superintendent and District Office Staff in District/School transformation; Implementation of Professional Learning Communities: District and Sites

John Winslade – Social Constructionist social theory, mediation and conflict resolution, narrative approaches to counseling, discourse analysis, cultural forces in education social & cultural reproduction, restorative practices in schools.

Randall Wright – Teacher identity formation and the practical wisdom of teachers, communication theory (especially ethical communication), critical theory, prisons and alternative education settings and qualitative research