Community Members

CSU Stanislaus Faculty in the Educational Leadership Program

Name	Title	Email
John Borba, Ed.D.	Professor, Advanced Studies in Education	JBorba1@csustan.edu
Carl Brown, Ph.D.	Professor and Dean, College of Education, Tenured	CRBrown@csustan.edu
Elmano Costa, Ed.D.	Professor, Teacher Education	ECosta@csustan.edu
William A. Covino, Ph.D.	Professor and Provost, Tenured	WCovino@csustan.edu
Diana Demetrulias, Ed.D.	Professor and Vice Provost, Tenured	DDemetrulias@csustan.edu
J. Sue Fletcher, Ed.D.	Professor, Tenured	JSFletcher@csustan.edu
Juan Flores, Ed.D.	Professor, Teacher Education	JFlores@csustan.edu
Iris Haapanen, Ed.D	Associate Professor, Teacher Education	IHaapanen@csustan.edu
Chet Jensen, Ed.D.	Professor, Advanced Studies in Education	CJensen@csustan.edu
Mildred Murray-Ward, Ph.D.	Professor, Teacher Education	MMurray-Ward@csustan.edu
Oddmund Myhre, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, Advanced Studies in Education	OMyhre@csustan.edu
Dawn Poole, Ph.D.	Professor, Advanced Studies in Education	DPoole@csustan.edu
Pamela Russ, Ph.D.	Professor, Teacher Education	PRuss@csustan.edu
Mary Salisbury, Ph.D.	Associate Professor, Teacher Education	MSalisbury@csustan.edu
Dennis Sayers, Ed.D.	Professor, Teacher Education	DSayers@csustan.edu
Armin Schulz, Ed.D.	Professor, Teacher Education	ASchulz@csustan.edu
Nancy Jean Smith, Ed.D.	Professor, Teacher Education	NJSmith@csustan.edu
Christopher Vang, Ed.D.	Associate Professor, Teacher Education	CTVang@csustan.edu
Ramón Vega de Jesús, Ph.D.	Assistant Professor, Teacher Education	RVegadeJesus@csustan.edu
Joan Wink, Ph.D.	Professor, Teacher Education	JWink@csustan.edu

 

Community College Faculty in the Educational Leadership Program

Doctoral Faculty	Title & Organization	Areas of Expertise
Della Condon, Ed.D	Assistant Superintendent/ Vice President of Instruction, San Joaquin Delta Community College	Instruction; Collective bargaining; technology and distance education; institutional research and program evaluation
Benjamin Duran, Ed.D	President, Merced College	Policy Planning and administration; diversity and educational equity; personnel management; finance; curricular innovation; community college leadership
Bob Nadell, Ed.D	Vice President of Student Services, Modesto Junior College	Student services; human resource management; disability services; strategic planning
Jim Riggs, Ed.D	Former President, Columbia College	Curriculum and instruction; student services; faculty development; adult education; community college leadership
Richard Rose, Ed.D	President, Modesto Junior College	Student services; enrollment management; program evaluation; learning assessment; community college leadership
John Spevak, Ph.D	Vice President for Instruction, Merced College	Curriculum; shared governance; community relations; facilities planning; instructional leadership

Stanislaus Community Partners supporting the Educational Leadership Ed.D. Program

At least one educator of each school district, county office of education, and community college listed below contributed to the development of the proposed doctoral program through participation in one or more ways in focus group meetings, on the writing committee, or as a member of the Community Advisory Board.

Community College Districts

• Merced Community College District
• San Joaquin Delta College District
• Yosemite Community College District
  • Columbia College
  • Modesto Junior College

County Offices of Education

• Calaveras County Office of Education
• Merced County Office of Education
• San Joaquin County Office of Education
• Stanislaus County Office of Education

School Districts

• Calaveras County
  • Mark Twain Union Elementary School District
  • Vallecito Union School District
• Merced County
  • Dos Palos-Oro Loma Unified
  • Gustine Unified School District
  • Livingston Union Elementary School District
  • Merced City Elementary School District
  • Weaver Elementary School District
• San Joaquin County
  • Jefferson Elementary School District
  • Stockton Unified School District
• Stanislaus County
  • Ceres Unified School District
  • Denair Unified School District
  • Empire Union School District
  • Hughson Unified School District
  • Modesto City Schools
  • Oakdale Joint Unified School District
  • Patterson Joint Unified School District
  • Riverbank Unified School District
  • Salida Union School District
  • Stanislaus Union School District
  • Sylvan Union School District
  • Turlock Unified School District
  • Waterford Unified School District
• Tuolumne County
  • Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District

Community Advisory Board

Name	Title	Organization
Mr. Jose Aldaco	Principal	Waterford Middle School/Waterford Unified School District
Mr. Essa Allred	Director	Stockton Unified School District
Mr. Eric Andal	Professor, Automotive Engineering	Columbia College/Yosemite Community College District
Dr. Lee Andersen	Superintendent	Merced County Office of Education
Mr. Rick Bartkowski	Director	Stanislaus County Office of Education
Mr. Brian Beck	Superintendent	Hughson Unified School District
Ms. Annie BichLoanDuong	Program Manager	San Joaquin County Office of Education
Dr. Tony Borba	Superintendent	Salida Union School District
Dr. Terry Brace	Superintendent	Merced City School District
Mr. John Brophy	Superintendent	Office of the Calaveras County Superintendent of Schools
Mr. David Chestnut	Program Representative	Columbia College/Yosemite Community College District
Dr. Wendell Chun	Superintendent	Oakdale Joint Unified School District
Mr. Ron Costa	Assistant Superintendent	Riverbank Unified School District
Dr. Gary Dei Rossi	Assistant Superintendent	San Joaquin County Office of Education
Dr. Ben Duran	President	Merced Community College District
Dr. Dennis Gervin	Vice President for Student Learning	Columbia College/Yosemite Community College District
Ms. Cynthia Goodwin	Assistant Principal	Prescott Junior High School/Stanislaus Union School District
Dr. Walt Hanline	Superintendent	Ceres Unified School District
Dr. Kathy Hart	Acting Assistant Superintendent/ Vice President of Instruction	San Joaquin Delta College District
Dr. Mary Jones	Assistant Superintendent	Ceres Unified School District
Ms. Chris King	Assistant Superintendent	Stanislaus County Office of Education
Ms. Heidi Lawler	Principal	Turlock Junior High School/Turlock Unified School District
Ms. Claudia Lockwood	Director	San Joaquin County Office of Education
Ms. Debra Louie	Counselor	San Joaquin Delta Community College District
Ms. Adrienne Machado	Principal	Pittman Elementary School/Stockton Unified School District
Ms. Carol Minor	Teacher	Jefferson Elementary School/Jefferson Elementary School District
Ms. Michal Mitchell	Assistant Principal	Pioneer School/Weaver Union Elementary School District
Dr. Robert Nadell	Vice President of Student Services	Modesto Junior Collge/Yosemite Community College District
Dr. Robert Price	Superintendent	Empire Union School District
Mr. Ed Quinn	Superintendent	Jefferson Elementary School District
Dr. James Riggs	President	Columbia College/Yosemite Community College District
Dr. Richard Rose	President	Modesto Junior Collge/Yosemite Community College District
Mr. Robert Sahli	Administrator Instructional Technology	Stockton Unified School District
Mr. Jerry Savelson	Principal	Denair High School/Denair Unified School District
Mr. Dennis Shaw	Principal	Gustine High School/Gustine Unified School District
Dr. John Spevak	Vice President for Instruction	Merced Community College District
Ms. Connie Tate	Director of the Regional Technical Assistance Center	San Joaquin County Office of Education
Ms. Julia Tidball	Principal	Copperpolis Elementary School/ Mark Twain Elementary School District
Ms. Dana Trevethan	Principal	Turlock High School/Turlock Unified School District
Mr. Fernando Ureno	Assistant Superintendent	Livingston Union School District
Ms. Danielle Valtierra	Principal	McKinley Elementary School/Stockton Unified School District
Mr. Gene Womble	Professor, Culinary Arts	Columbia College/Yosemite Community College District
Ms. Jan Wood	Assistant Superintendent	Dos Palos-Oro Loma Unified School District

CSU Stanislaus Community Partners supporting the Educational Leadership Program

• California Foreign Language Project
• California Minicorps Program
• Central California Mathematics Project
• Great Valley Writing Project
• Paraprofessional Teacher Training Program
• Project in International & Multicultural Education
• Science Teaching Enhancement Project of Stanislaus
• Teacher Recruitment Grant
• Transitional Learning Center