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Core Faculty Research and Teaching Interests

| Susan Bernheimer  |  ReGena Booze  |  Martha Clark |    
 |  Larry Garf  |  Cheryl Greer-Jarman  
Tim Sundeen  |  Greg Tanaka  |  Olga Winbush

 



Susan Bernheimer

SUSAN BERNHEIMER, Ph.D. 
(626) 397-1366
Email
Office Location: 55 Eureka Street, Office 25 

Office Hours for Summer 2008:
Tuesdays: 2:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesdays: 3:00pm-6:00pm
and by appointment

  • Life Stories for Growth and Learning
  • Non-traditional College Student Development
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Bicultural Issues in Adult Learning
  • Empowering Communities in Poverty
  • Narrative Research Methods
  • Qualitative Research Methods


Education:
Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University, Education
M.A. California State University, Northridge, Educational Psychology/Early Childhood Education
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Social Anthropology
[research]

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ReGENA BOOZE, Ph.D.
(626) 397-1373
Email
Office Location:  55 Eureka Street, Office 3 

Office Hours for Summer 2008:
Tuesdays: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Wednesdays: 2:00pm-6:00pm
and by appointment

  • Anti-bias Curriculum/Diversity Issues
  • Communication for Empowerment/Self Esteem Issues
  • Personal Growth and Development (Early Childhood and Adult Education)
  • Resilience Skills in Children and Adults
  • African-American Culture/Family Life/Education Issues
  • Structural Inequality
  • African-American Women
  • Bicultural Issues
  • Parent Education
  • Worthy Wages/Empowering Early Childhood Professionals
  • Early Childhood Education


Education:
Ph.D. Fielding Institute, Human Development and Organizational Systems
M.A. Pacific Oaks College, Human Development
B.A. California State University, Hayward, Sociology

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Martha ClarkMARTHA CLARK, MA
(626) 583-6031 
Office Hours for Summer 2008:
Wednesdays: 10:00am-3:00pm
Thursdays: 10:00am-12:00pm
and by appointment
Email
Office Location:  55 Eureka Street, Office 5 

  • Human Development
  • Communication Dynamics, Concepts, Skills (Emphasis on Interpersonal)
  • Online Teaching Teaching
  • Communication Online


Education:

M.A. Pacific Oaks College, Human Development
B.A. Pacific Oaks College, Human Development


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LARRY GARF, MA Larry Garf
(626) 583-4630
Email
Office Location:  55 Eureka Street, Office 27 

Office Hours for Summer 2008:
Mondays: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Wednesdays: 3:00pm-5:00pm
and by appointment

  • Developmentally Appropriate Practice
  • Art for the Non-Artist (Empowering classroom teachers to break through art phobia barriers and, in turn, empower their own students)
  • Art Techniques as a Strategy for Enhancing Language Arts Skills

Education:
M.A. Pacific Oaks College, Human Development
B.A. State University of New York at New Palz

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CHERYL GREER-JARMAN, MA
(626) 397-1364
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Office Location:  55 Eureka Street, Office 2 

Office Hours for Summer 2008:
Mondays: 3:00pm-5:00pm
Wednesdays: 3:00pm-5:00pm
and by appointment
 

  • Diversity Issues (for children and adults)
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Peace Education
  • Developmental Education
  • Parent/Family Issues
  • Spiritual Development
  • Early Childhood Education Critical Thinking
  • Models Curriculum Development
  • Issues in Aging and Health Care

Education:
M.A. Pacific Oaks College, Human Development
B.A. Pacific Oaks College, Human Development

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Tim SundeenTIM SUNDEEN, Ph.D.
(626) 432-5563 
Email
Office Location:  55 Eureka Street, Office 4
Office Hours for Summer 2008:
Mondays 12:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesdays: 12:00pm-4:00pm
Fridays: 11:30am-3:00pm (held at Library)
and by appointment 

  • Pacific Rim
  • Ethnographic Methods
  • Transnationalism and Globalization
  • Critical Race Theory
  • Urban Anthropology 
  • Immigration and Identity

Education
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Anthropology
M.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Anthropology
B.A. Columbia University, History
 

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GREG TANAKA, Ph.D.
(626) 397-1354 
Email
Office Location:  55 Eureka Street, Office 38 

Office Hours for Summer 2008:
Tuesdays: 1:00pm-6:00pm
and by appointment

  • Storytelling
  • Human Development and Social Change
  • Participatory Action Research
  • Organizational Change
  • Intercultural Education
  • Democracy and Global Capitalism

Education
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Education
M.A.T. New Mexico University, Elementary Education/ESL
B.A. Williams College, Psychology/Child Development

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Olga Winbush

OLGA WINBUSH, Ph.D.
(626) 397-1307 
Email
Office Location:  55 Eureka Street, Office 26 
Office Hours for Summer 2008:
Wednesdays: 10:00pm-3:00pm
and by appointment

  • Human Development
  • Pre-school and Elementary Curriculum Development
  • Language Development-Ebonics
  • Progressive Education Theory/Practice
  • Impact of Culture in the Classroom
  • Culture and Learning Styles
  • Literacy Development
  • Curriculum Development and Practices
  • Children's Narratives and Anti-Bias
  • Participatory Action Research

Education
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Education
M.A. Pacific Oaks College, Human Development
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, Sociology

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Office Location: 55 Eureka Street, Pasadena, CA  
Directions: The Human Development faculty and staff offices are located at the 55 Eureka Street Campus. The campus is off of Fair Oaks Avenue just North of Walnut and South of Orange Grove.
Mailing Address: 5 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, CA 91103  

 

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