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Appendix D
The Willamette Human Geographic Mapping Project
Team
Resumes
Kevin Preister, Ph.D.
Luis
Ibanez Dalponte
Toby
Keys, M.A.
Megan
Gordon, M.A.
Kirsten
Saylor, M.A.
Armando
Arias, Ph.D.
James
Kent, J.D.
Curriculum
Vita
KEVIN PREISTER
544 B Street
Ashland, Oregon 97520
(541) 482-0564
kevpreis@jeffnet.org
Ph.D.....1994 University of California
at Davis, Anthropology with emphasis in economic development, Latin America,
and applied social change.
M.S.....1979......Catholic University of
America, Washington, D.C., Anthropology.
B.S.....1971......Colorado State
University, Ft. Collins, CO., with distinction, Psychology.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Managing Director, Social Ecology Associates,
P.O. Box 3493, Ashland, Oregon 97520, 1997.
Senior Associate, James Kent Associates, P.O. Box
1167, Basalt, Colorado 81621
Lecturer, Southern Oregon University, Ashland,
Oregon, 1991-98, courses in cultural and applied anthropology, and conflict
studies. University teaching assistant:
Department of Anthropology, University of California at Davis, 1985-7;
Department of Anthropology, Catholic University, Washington, D.C., 1977-8.
Instructor, National Training Center, Bureau of
Land Management, Department of Interior, Phoenix, Arizona. Workshops in
community assessment and community-based, collaborative stewardship are held
around the country.
RECENT
SELECTED PROJECTS
2002....Human Geographic Mapping in the Willamette
Province: the creation of GIS layers containing social and economic information
for forest planning, urban policy, and ongoing management. Willamette National
Forest, Eugene, Oregon.
2002....Support services to create community-based
stewardship approaches in southern Utah. Arizona Strip BLM Field Office.
2002....Community-based approach to land use
planning and the development of a new Resource Management Plan (RMP). Phoenix
BLM Field Office, Phoenix, Arizona.
2001....A Visioning Process for Grand Valley,
Colorado. 20/20 Vision Committee, City of Grand Junction, Mesa County,
Colorado.
2001....Creating Socially Responsive Watershed
Enhancement Projects. Kootenai Tribe, Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, April.
2001........
Citizen Issues and
Opportunities related to Bureau of Land Management Activities in the Farmington
District Office, Supporting Documentation for an Environmental Impact Statement
for a Revised Resource Management Plan (RMP). February.
2000...."The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker as an Asset:
Creating Community Benefits from Habitat Restoration," a report and project for
U.S. Army Environmental Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S.
Army at Fort Bragg, December, with Dave Schultz, Dick Merritt, Kris Komar,
James A. Kent.
2000....Issue Management for a proposed Multi-Use
Park along the Middle Snake River, for the National Park Service and South
Central Idaho Recreation and Tourism Development Association (SCIRTDA).
2000...."Preparing for Change in High Desert of
Central Oregon: Using Human Geographic Boundaries to Create Partnerships," A
report to the Central Oregon Initiative of the Deschutes and Ochoco National
Forests and the Prineville BLM; use of human geographic boundaries as
administrative units; July.
2000....Developing a collaborative management
process for the Southern Bradshaw Mountains, Arizona with the Bureau of Land
Management and other partners.
2000....The identification and resolution of citizen
issues related to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, southern Oregon,
Bureau of Land Management Environmental Impact Statement, Medford Field Office.
1999...."Making Connections: Research and Action
Planning for Economic Development in the Illinois River Valley." Cave Junction,
Oregon: the Illinois Valley Community Response Team with a grant from Oregon
State Lottery through the Rural Investment Fund administered by the State
Office of Economic and Community Development Department.
1999...."Building Our Communities: An Organizational
Evaluation of the Sunny Wolf Community Response Team." Wolf Creek, Oregon: The
Sunny Wolf Community Response Team, June.
1999....An Issue Management Approach to Off-Highway
Recreational Vehicle Park Development, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation
Division, California Department of Parks and Recreation, the James Kent
Associates.
1994-9 Project management services, "Ethnography as a
management tool," for federal land management agencies. -Bureau of Land Management, 1994-97; -Rogue River National Forest, 1996;
Chattahoochee National Forest, 1998; Mt. Hood National Forest, 1999; Region 6
office, 1999.
1998-9 "Human
Geographic Mapping: Tool for Integrated Resource Management"; five year
Cooperative Agreement with Bureau of Land Management, Office of Assessment,
Planning and Community Support, 1998; Applied ethnography in natural resource
management using GIS technology to map cultural dimensions of society.
1998...."A Market Study of Various Forest Products
and Fee-for-Services Opportunities for the Sunny Wolf Community Response Team,"
Social Ecology Associates.
1997....The McKenzie Discovery Process: Grounding
Forest Managers in Community Process. Willamette National Forest, Blue River
District. Social Ecology Associates.
1997....Identifying
community issues related to forest management projects, Applegate Valley, Oregon. Bureau of Land
Management, Grants Pass Resource Area, Social Ecology Associates.
1997....Outreach
and Education Project, Upper Rogue Watershed Council, Shady Cove, Oregon. The Rogue Institute.
1997...."Walking
Through a Narrow Gate: The Prospects for a Log Sort Yard in Southern Oregon," Wells Fargo
National Bank for the Rogue Institute.
RECENT
SELECTED TRAINING PROGRAMS IN SOCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Training workshops are conducted for industry and
government groups seeking to improve the social responsiveness of their
development programs. The training is
based on ethnographic fieldwork involving direct contact with affected people
in order to broaden understanding of diverse points of view. Such understanding offers the basis for
structuring management practices and for integrating community and organizational
goals. From one day to six months in
length, the training is useful for day-to-day operations, project planning and
implementation, and strategic planning.
2001-02 National Training Center Courses,
"Community-Based Partnerships" held in Winnemucca,
Nevada,
Parker, Arizona, Kanab, Utah, La Grande, Oregon; "Learning Community: Linking
People, Place and Perspective" in Socorro, New Mexico; "Community Economic
Assessment", Elko Nevada.
2000...."Building Community Partnerships: Tools for
Discovery and Action." Canon City BLM. 1999: John Day-Snake Resource Advisory
Council, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Services. 1997: Rogue River
National Forest.
2000...."Using
Social Ecology to Address NEPA's Requirement for Productive Harmony," Phoenix
Field Office of BLM, Two Day Course, February 14-19.
1997-2001."Community-Based Partnerships and Ecosystems for a Healthy Environment,"
Phoenix, Arizona; Bend, Oregon; Ely, Nevada; Elko, Nevada, Pinedale, Wyoming,
Tonopah, Nevada, Safford, Arizona, Cody, Wyoming; Bureau of Land Management
National Training Center.
1999...."Learning Community: Linking People, Place
and Perspective," a three-day course developed and implemented under the
auspices of BLM's National Training Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
1998....Jeld-Wen, Inc., Social Risk Management in
New Acquisitions.
1996...."Public Participation in Environmental
Decision-Making," program for Russian delegation sponsored by U.S. Agency for
International Development, July 26-27.
PUBLICATIONS
2001...."Using Social Ecology to Meet the Productive
Harmony Intent of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)," Hastings
West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy, Volume 7, Issue 3,
Spring, with James A. Kent. Berkeley, CA.: Hastings College of the Law.
1999...."Methods for the Development of Human
Geographic Boundaries and Their Uses", in partial completion of Cooperative
Agreement No. 1422-P850-A8-0015 between James Kent Associates and the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Task Order No.
001.
1997...."Social Ecology: A New Pathway to Watershed
Restoration." in Watershed
Restoration: Principles and Practices, by Jack E. Williams, Michael P.
Dombeck and Christopher A. Wood, Editors. Bethesda, Md.: The American Fisheries
Society (with James A. Kent).
1996...."Social Ecology in Ecosystem Restoration,"
in The Role of Restoration in Ecosystem Management,
David L. Pearson & Charles V. Klimas (eds), pp. 199-207. Madison, WI.:
Society for Ecological Restoration
(with James A. Kent).
1994....From Natural Resource Sectors to Trade
and Services Sectors Along South Oregon's Coast: A Case Study in Economic Transition. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Davis: University of California.
1992...."The Theory and Management of Tourism
Impacts," IN Tourism Environment: Nature, Culture, Economy, Tej Vir
Singh, Valene L. Smith, Mary Fish & Linda K. Richter (eds.), pp.
148-60. New Delhi: Inter-India
Publications. Also in, Tourism
Recreation Research, Vol. XIV (1): 15-22, 1989.
1987...."Issue-Centered Social Impact Assessment,"
IN Anthropological Praxis - Translating Knowledge Into Action, Robert W.
Wulff & Shirley J. Fiske (eds.), pp. 39-55. Boulder, CO.: Westview Press.
1984...."Clinical Sociological Perspectives on
Social Impacts: From Assessment to Management," Clinical Sociological
Review, Vol. 2, pp. 120-132 (with James A. Kent); also published as
"The Issue-Centered Approach to Social Impacts: From Assessment to
Management," Social Impact Assessment, No. 71/72, Nov.-Dec. 1981.
PROFESSIONAL
CONFERENCES
2002....National Association of Recreation Planners,
Boise, Idaho
2002....Regional Recreation Focus
1999....Annual
Meeting, Society for Applied Anthropology, Tucson, Arizona, April 21-25. Title:
"Human Geographic Mapping and Issue Management: Tools for Integrated Resource
Management."
1997....Sustainability: From Ethics to Action,
University of Washington Department of Landscape Architecture and the National
Park Service. May 22-23, Seattle. Title: "Community-Based Policy Development."
1997....Annual
Meeting, Oregon Society of American Foresters, May 6-8, Coos Bay, Oregon.
Title: "Demographics/Changing
Values and Needs."
1997....H.O.P.E.S. Eco Design Arts Conference, April
11-13, University of Oregon, Eugene. Title: "The Discovery of Community for
Citizen Activism in Land Use Decisions."
1997....Klamath
Basin Restoration and Management Conference, March 11-13, Yreka, California.
Title: "Social Ecology: A New
Pathway to Watershed Restoration" (with James A. Kent).
1997....Society
for Applied Anthropology, March 4-9, Seattle, Washington. Title: "Shift
Happens: Anthropological
Contributions to Paradigm Changes in Natural Resource Management and Human Service Delivery in the Pacific
Northwest."
Luis Ibanez Dalponte
P.O.Box 3501
Ashland, Oregon 97520
541 482 2547
Personal Data
Born in San Salvador, El Salvador Central America on the 21st of August of 1952. Migrated to United States of North America on 1978
Made Oregon my home in the spring of 1984.
Married Cynthia on May 19, 1984.
Our daughter Nicole is born in January 31, 1985
Our son Chato is born in May 12, 1987.
Education
Informal
Educated on the traditions, spiritual life and culture of the people of my homeland by my parents, grand parents and extended family.
Formal
High school
Externado de San Jose, San Salvador El Salvador. Graduated in 1969.
University
Universidad Nacional de El Salvador 1970-72 required basic core Studies
Universidad Jose Simeon Canas San Salvador El Salvador 1974-1978 Sociology
Experience
1995- Present....Social Ecology Associates.......Conducted social research on community assessment projects as well as socio-economic studies on different scenarios and settings.
1990-Present....Counselor in private practice.......Individual and family assessments, facilitated therapeutic groups, conducted cultural sensitivity trainings for professionals, developed cultural and language appropriate programs in Jackson County.
Community Service
1998-Present Aid to the Chair of The Rogue Valley POWWOW and Indian Cultural Center.
1997-98 Member of the State wide planning committee for HIV prevention.
1998-99 Member of the Jackson County Head Start.
Megan Gordon
2408 Seville Ave.....Anaheim, CA 92806....714/533-2704 = gordonme@mailbox.orst.edu
Education
1997 - Bachelor of
Arts degree in Cultural Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Present - Oregon State University in pursuit of a M.A. in Applied
Anthropology, minor in Marketing/Consumer
Behavior (Expected completion
06/02)
Highlights
of Qualifications
Research
Skills
....Market Research - Coordinated market research
projects and analyzed data relating to networking hardware.
....Public Opinion Research - Assisted the Oregon Health Division in a statewide
needs assessment concerning the public's opinions of genetics services;
monitored focus groups and in-depth interviews, produced comprehensive thematic
report.
....Specialty in Qualitative Methods - Trained and skilled in qualitative (ethnographic,
in-depth interviews, focus groups) research methods. Currently involved in large scale, qualitative-based research for
thesis.
Communication
and Organization Skills
....Exhibited ability to
work independently when single-handedly managed marketing department. Adapt
easily to changes in work environment.
....Demonstrated ability to
communicate with people of diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds while
employed at Odetics. Ability to write for diverse audiences.
....Exceptionally organized
and resourceful.
....MS Office 2000 savvy and
expertise in web site content and structure design. Proficient in SPSS 9.0
....Devised navigation,
content, theme and design elements for a company web site with no previous
experience.
....Skilled in
decision-making, evaluation of alternative solutions and the selection of the
optimum approach.
....
Strong ability to
conceptualize projects and accomplish them efficiently and accurately.
Employment
History
Teaching
Assistant........Winter and
Spring of 2001
Anthropology 210 - Dr. David McMurray
....Supervised large
quantities of student during video presentations.
....Devised and facilitated
in-class study sessions prior to tests.
....Held office hours and
frequently met with students to discuss class performance and study habits.
....Readily established warm
mutual rapport and respect with students.
Marketing
Coordinator........8/99-6/00
Zyfer,
Inc. - Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Odetics, Inc.
Leading
Manufacturer of GPS-Based Timing and Frequency Products for the Wireless
Communication Industry.
....Provided public
relations support; drafted news releases, corresponded with editors,
investigated editorial opportunities, monitored media lists.
....Strategically created
concepts and material for advertisements.
....Coordinated all aspects
of trade shows and provided sales support for the show's duration
Marketing
Communications Coordinator - Anaheim, California........10/98-8/99
Odetics, Inc. - Leading Supplier of Telecommunications,
Security, Broadcast and Transportation Products.
....
Provided public
relations support for five individual divisions of Odetics, Inc.
....Drafted and distributed
news releases over news wires and to customized media lists.
....Wrote and designed
Biweekly internal company newsletter.
....Oversaw all company
travel; managed corporate travel agent, created and implemented travel policy.
Affiliations
....Member of American Marketing Association.
....Member of the Society for Applied
Anthropology.
*References available upon
request.
Robert
T. Keys
1237
NW 26th Corvallis, OR 97330 (541) 752-0705 robertkeys@zipmail.com.br
EDUCATION
2002....Master of Arts: Applied Anthropology
................Oregon State
University.....Corvallis, Oregon
1997....Bachelor of Science with Honors: Anthropology/Sociology
................Eastern Oregon University.....LaGrande, Oregon
ACADEMIC PROJECTS AND RECOGNITIONS
....Thesis: "Preferred Customers? Barriers for Latino's in Oregon's Privatized Medicaid System" Conducted field research in
Latino communities in South Central Mexico and throughout Oregon. Presented design and initial finding of field
research to students, faculty and the general public in my successful thesis
defense.
....Ethnographic film: Created digital film based on themes found
in thesis field research.
....Enthnohistoric class project and presentation: Examined the propagation of
alternative medicine in Corvallis, Oregon. Included in presentation was data from nine in-depth interviews and
extensive archival research.
....Student Health Services Assessment team member: Reported to Oregon State University's administration on the accessibility
of student health services for international students from Thailand.
....Poster and power point presentation at 2001 Oregon Public Health
Graduate Student Symposium: Overviewed South Africa's
pilot HIV/ AIDS prevention campaign aimed at including local traditional
healers as primary educators.
....2000-2001 Laurel Scholarship recipient: Full
tuition scholarship based on academic achievement.
....1997 Global Graduate Scholarship recipient: Funded internship in
Brazil.
....Member of Society for Applied
Anthropology.
LANGUAGE AND
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
....Fluent
in Brazilian Portuguese; Intermediate Spanish language skills.
....Translated
Spanish in hospital for doctor-patient consultations.
....Clinic
coordinator for low-income health clinic that primarily serves Latinos.
....Commencement
speaker: Delivered speech at the 1997 Eastern Oregon University's Graduation
Ceremony.
....Forensics
team member: Won several speech and debate awards in intercollegiate
competition as an undergraduate.
RELATED
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2001....Human Geographic Mapping Research Team Member:
....Social Ecology Associates.....Ashland, Oregon
....Through participatory observation in informal
networks, identify a range of citizen issues related to natural resource
management.
....Use a variety of ethnographic methods to create
a GIS (global Information System) map which describes geographic areas in
social, economic, and cultural terms.
....Independently taught two sections of a 200 level Comparative Culture course.
2001....Research Assistant: Oregon Health Planning Research and Policy. Portland, Oregon
....Provided
a qualitive research component to a state funded study aimed at expanding and
improving Oregon's Medicaid system.
....Independently
coordinated and lead 16 focus group interviews with uninsured minorities,
physician and small business owners.
... Transcribed
tapes and analyzed data; drafted research report.
2001....Community Health Assessor: Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Prineville, Oregon
Independently
assessed health care resources and needs of Crook County, OR.
....Assessment
was integrated into a successful federal grant for a low-income health clinic.
....Used
several ethnographic and quantitative data collection methods.
....Developed
rapport and collected opinions from a variety of community subgroups.
....Effectively
promoted project to key city, county, and state officials.
1998-2000 English/Literature Teacher:
Soares University and independently. Camburi, Brazil
....Taught
English as a foreign language and college level literature.
....Developed
curriculum, organized lesson plans.
RECENT
VOLENTEER WORK
Clinic coordinator for a low-income health
clinic; Brazilian HIV/AIDS outreach and education assistant program director;
Assisted in sanitation project in a Brazilian favela (Poor neighborhood);
International
student mentor
KIRSTEN
SAYLOR
421
NW 8th Street............................541.758.1278
Corvallis,
Oregon 97330............... ..kirsay@hotmail.com
SKILLS SUMMARY
Communication
....Interviewed
20 Minneapolis city department heads to develop a report summarizing
environmental activities of the city
....Wrote
a decision case examining the use of Global Positioning System technologies
to manage field applications of manure in order to prevent phosphorus run-off
into the Minnesota River
....Interviewed
children requiring emergency shelter, their parents, and often police officers
and reported to social services on the circumstances of their intake
....Presented
papers and research findings at national anthropological and community food
security conferences
Group
Coordination
....Coordinated
and facilitated groups for the DC Food Group, a nascent collaboration of
organizations to improve food access and quality in Washington, D.C.
....Served
as Site Manager for the Albany Farmers Market managing vendor and
customer problems and collecting stall fees and senior coupons
....Facilitated
breakout sessions for Oregon Gleaners statewide meetings and Oregon Farmers
Market Association statewide meetings
Research and Data Management
....Researched and reported
how the sociopolitical environment of Corvallis and Albany, Oregon
affected the establishment of their.respective farmers' markets in the
1970s
....
Assessed
the potential of incorporating locally grown produce into school food system
and reported results to the Benton County Food Security Taskforce and the
Director of the district's school lunch program
....Created database and
provided quality assurance of the first National CSA Directory produced by
USDA-SARE
....Maintained a database
of hundreds of projects funded by the Sustainable Agriculture Research and
Education Program
Educational Outreach
....Led youth groups in
agricultural activities on a non-profit vegetable and animal farm
....Staffed informational
table for the Sustainable Agriculture Network and National Agricultural
Library at national and regional food and farming conferences
....Collaborated with
teachers in the design of a school garden curriculum for elementary students
....Coordinated farmer
participation in regional event to connect customers and farmers
Computer
and Technical
....Proficient in MS
Access, MS Excel, MS Word, Word Perfect, MS Publisher
....Experienced with Corel
Drawing, Pagemaker, Lotus SmartSuite, GIS, Unix OS
....Experienced in
videography, photography and audio-recording
....Experienced in designing and building table displays
EDUCATION
Oregon State
University; Corvallis, Oregon..............................................2000-2002
Degree: Masters in Applied Anthropology
University of
Minnesota; St. Paul, Minnesota............................................1994-1996
Graduate
level coursework in Agronomy, Agroecology, Botany, and Sustainable Development
Bryn Mawr; Bryn
Mawr, Pennsylvania...................................... ...............1986-1990
Degree: Bachelor's degree in Cultural Anthropology
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sustainable
Agriculture Network, US Department of Agriculture
Program
Associate................Beltsville,
Maryland................Dec
'98 - Apr '00
Tracked
project reports, maintained SARE research database, and created networking
database. Coordinated information
tables at food and farming conferences around the country.
Uncommon Market:
Arlington's Food Co-operative
Membership
Coordinator................Arlington,
Virginia................Dec
'98 - Apr '00
Maintained
Membership records, coordinated invoice mailings and in-store volunteers.
Wilder Forest
Farm and Natural Harvest CSA Farm
Field
Worker...............Marine-on-St. Croix
and Stillwater, Minnesota...............Aug
'98 - Oct '98
Harvested
and packed CSA boxes.
Office of
Commissioner Randy Johnson, Chair of Hennepin County Board
Office
Assistant................Minneapolis,
Minnesota................Sept
'97 - Aug '98
Provided
event-planning assistance for events related to National Association of
Counties.
Wilder Forest
Farm
Intern................Marine-on-St.
Croix, Minnesota................Apr
'97 - Oct '97
Participated
in all facets of CSA farm operation. Led youth groups in agricultural activities.
U.S. Geological
Survey
Physical
Technician................Mounds View,
Minnesota................Sept
'95 - Feb '97
Mapped
water quality data for Red River of the North Watershed Basin Project. Maintained electronic and paper file records
for ground water data. Created and
maintained project's website.
Minneapolis
Office of Environmental Management
Intern................Minneapolis,
Minnesota................Nov
'93 - May '94
Identified,
researched, and reported on environmental programs conducted by the city of
Minneapolis.
VOLUNTEER WORK
Philomath
Food Bank; Philomath, OR; 2001-2002
Benton
County Community Food Security Taskforce; Corvallis, OR; 2001-2002
DC
Good Group and contributor to the DC Good Food Celebration; Washington, DC;
1999-2000
Board
Member and Member Coordinator for Arlington Food Co-operative; Arlington, VA;
1999
Senior
Farmer Market Nutrition Program Development Taskforce; Portland, OR
Participated
in over a dozen food/farming-related conferences, including food security,
organic and biodynamic farming, farmer direct marketing
ARMANDO
A. ARIAS, JR., Ph.D.
California
State University Monterey Bay
100
Campus Center, B 17
Seaside,
CA 93955-8001
Tel:
(831) 582.3578
armando_arias@csumb.edu
CURRICULUM VITA
I. EDUCATION
A.A......1973.... San
Diego Mesa College (Liberal Arts)
B.A......1976.....University
of California, San Diego (Sociology)
M.A.....1978.....University
of California, San Diego (Sociology)
Ph.D....1981..... University
of California, San Diego (Social Psychology)
1992..... Harvard Institute for Educational
Management, Harvard University
1995... ..Institute for Service Learning, Stanford
University
2002.. ...Certificate in Geographic Information
Science, California State University Monterey Bay (forthcoming)
II. ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
III. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant:.....University of California, San Diego (1977-1979)
Instructor (pt):.....Southwestern College, (1979)
Assistant Professor:.....Metropolitan State College of Denver (1979-1981)
Instructor (pt):.....National University, San Diego, (1981-1984)
Instructor/Coordinator:.....AHEC/University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, DHHS grant (1981-1984)
Instructional Producer/Proj.Dir:.....Telecourses for the Binational English & Spanish Telecommunications Network, U.S. Dept. of Education - FIPSE Grant $723,000, Co-PI (1985-1991)
Associate Professor (Adj.):.....San Diego State University-IVC (1984-1989)
Outstanding Faculty Award at San Diego State University - IVC
Professor (Adj.):.....University of California, San Diego (1988-89)
Professor (tenured):.....Texas A&M University - Kingsville (1989-1994)
Professor (tenured):.....California State University Monterey Bay (1994-present)
IV. ACADEMIC FELLOW EXPERIENCE
San Diego Fellow:.....University of California, San Diego (1976-1977)
Ford Fellow:.....University of California, San Diego (1977-1979)
CSU Chancellor's Fellow:.....California State University (1987-1988)
Chancellor's Fellow:.....Texas A&M University Systems Office (1991-1992)
V. RECOGNITION FOR TEACHING & LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Outstanding Faculty Award at San Diego State University -
IVC
Spirit of Leadership Award - Digital Equipment Corporation
International Television Association (Medallion Award)
California State Legislature Assembly Resolution For
Excellence in Higher Education
In the 1960s, James A. Kent pioneered "The Discovery Process," a unique process which focuses and directs government and the private sector to work in harmony with the culture of the people within a naturally-defined geographic boundary.
Kent's cultural development process began when he worked with the War on Poverty under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. It was during this time while working with economically disadvantaged people that his Discovery Process was created. He found that by identifying and working with the natural communication systems within specific human geographic areas of a community, people could resolve their own issues and design effective responses to neighborhood and community concerns.
The methodology of the Discovery Process allows a community and the proponent of an action to understand the other person's position. In the more than 150 communities where his methodology has been applied, disputes have been prevented, managed and/or reconciled in a manner that has enhanced the quality of the project and the community. Projects have included environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, public involvement programs and strategic plans for proposed ski areas, resorts, airports, mines, housing projects, power generating facilities, etc. He also has experience with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Superfund and other federal compliance laws.
Kent's company, the JKA Group, trains and consults with private and public organizations in the Discovery Process and Issue Management Systems. Based on human ecology, a perspective of ecology which looks at life and its sustainability, IMS is a regional planning model for resource, social/cultural, economic and policy development. A human ecosystem is a culturally-defined geographic area within which people manage their lives and resources. His system looks at the social cost benefits that accrue to society from any given project.
Clients
The JKA Group has served over 200 clients nationally and internationally, including governments, corporations and non-profit organizations.
Through the application of the Discovery Proecess and IMS, examples of successful regional planning efforts by the JKA Group are as follows:
1. Issue Management System in Washoe County, Nevada (1991-1994). Development of this system allowed the government to identify and act upon emerging issues, thereby functioning in a preventative rather than a reactive manner.
2. Social Impact Management System (SIMS) for the City and county of Honolulu, Hawaii (1978-1981). JKA Group designed the system which became the key element in a redesigned land use plan that required increased citizen participation in land use decisions.
3. Socially Responsive Management System for the United States Forest Services (1976-1981). JKA Group implemented this system which integrated the management of the physical resources into the culture of adjacent communities.
Recognition and Awards
James Kent has received wide recognition and numerous awards for his work in culture based strategic planning and training.
From 1967 to 1989, Kent served as Executive Director of the Foundation for Urban and Neighborhood Development (FUND), a social justice organization which has developed innovative strategies to empower commuinities and individuals to become self-sustaining. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board.
In 1981, he received the 75th Anniversary Gifford Pinchot Award for introducting Socially Responsive Management into the U.S. Forest Service.
Since 1993,he has been a Senior Fellow for Culture and Ecology, Center for the New West, Denver, Colorado, an action think tank addressing the social, cultural and economic issues of the Western United States.