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Ethics	Recreation
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Discrimination

B. Christine Shea, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Speech Communication
(805) 756-2909/2553   e-mail: cshea@calpoly.edu

Author or co-author of more than 30 papers, articles, and book chapters on organizational behavior, gender issues and communication.
Reviewer for Management Communication Quarterly.
Consultant and speaker for business, education, and service organizations.
Member, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Society, National Communication Association, International Communication Association, and Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender.
Areas of expertise:
* organizational due process systems
* organizational justice/fairness
* employee participation programs
* gender issues in the workplace
* women's employment
* sexual harassment
* sex discrimination
* male-female communication
* organizational and management communication

Paul M. Wolff, M.S.
Professor Emeritus of Architecture
(805) 756-1316   e-mail: pwolff@calpoly.edu

Licensed architect.
Designer of 24-unit accessible housing complex in San Luis Obispo for elderly and disabled (1993).
Consultant and conference speaker on universal design, accessible design, and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Participant, Universal Design Education Project, strategies for teaching lifespan issues to future designers (1993-96).
Jewish refugee from Germany in 1939.
Areas of expertise:
* accessibility for people with disabilities
* attitudes toward disability
* discrimination
* disability and civil rights
* local advocacy for disability rights
* "universal" design and the Americans with Disabilities Act
* the architecture and life of Richard Neutra
* persecution of German Jews and the Holocaust

Ethics

Mary Beth Armstrong, Ph.D., CPA 
Professor of Accounting
(805) 756-2084/2704   e-mail: marmstro@calpoly.edu

Recipient, Mary Pickford Foundation Teaching Award, University of Southern California (1983-84) and California Society of Certified Public Accountants' Faculty Merit Award (1990).
Author of text Ethics & Professionalism for CPAs and numerous articles on professional ethics.
Chair, American Accounting Association's Professionalism & Ethics Conference Committee.
Member, Committee on Professional Conduct of the California Society of CPAs and American Institute of CPAs Task Force on Applicability of AICPA Code of Conduct for Educators.
Areas of expertise:
* financial accounting
* business and professional ethics in accounting

John Dalbey, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Computer Science
(805) 756-2921/2824  e-mail: jdalbey@calpoly.edu

Interest in computer impact on society.
Areas of expertise:
* software costs
* software quality
* computer risks
* ethical issues of computers and society: viruses, hacking, piracy, etc.
* certification of software professionals
* software engineering

Laurence D. Houlgate, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
(805) 756-2585/2041 / e-mail: lhoulgat@calpoly.edu

Founder and co-president, Society for Philosophy and the Family.
Author of two books on children's rights and family law.
Areas of expertise:
* ethical issues arising from medicine and health care
* ethical issues of family and family law such as divorce, child abuse, neglect, and welfare
* public policy related to family

Tal Scriven, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
(805) 756-1397/2041  e-mail: tscriven@calpoly.edu

Visiting fellow and professor, University of Colorado, Boulder (1990-91).
Author of Wrongness, Wisdom and Wilderness.
Author of several articles on environmental ethics, philosophy of economics, political philosophy and social decision theory (including game-theoretic analysis).
Areas of expertise:
* environmental ethics
* philosophy of art

James R. Vilkitis, Ph.D.
Professor of Natural Resources Management
(805) 756-1262/2702 / e-mail: jvilkiti@calpoly.edu

Director, Cal Poly Coastal Resources Institute.
Consultant.
Author of a habitat management and monitoring plan for endangered species.
Research: constructed wetlands to abate point- and non-point-source pollution.
Named among American Men & Women in Science (1997).
Author of Development in Harmony with Natural Systems, a symposium on oak woodlands.
Areas of expertise:
* environmental impact analysis
* natural resources planning and management
* National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act
* habitat and environmental audits
* environmental and social impact inventories and analysis
* policy planning
* habitat conservation plans
* endangered species and wetlands
* interpretative signage
* environmental ethics


Industrial Societies

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

Harold Kerbo, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Sciences
Chair of Cal Poly Pacific Rim Group
(805) 756-1150/2260 e-mail: hkerbo@calpoly.edu

Research on Japanese corporations in Thailand, other Southeast Asian countries, and Germany.
Co-author of Who Rules Japan? The Inner Circles of Economic and Political Power (1995).
Author of Social Stratification and Inequality: Class Conflict in Historical Perspective (3rd ed. 1996) and articles on topics including many aspects of Japan, history of social welfare, and employee relations in Japanese corporations.
Areas of expertise:
* modern Japan and Thailand
* Japanese politics and economy
* United States welfare programs
* poverty in the United States and the world
* social welfare

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

John A. McKinstry, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
(805) 756-2097/2260 / e-mail: jmckinst@calpoly.edu

Fulbright scholar, Japan (1982-83).
Visiting professor, University of Kyushu, Japan (1982-83).
Resident director, CSU International Program--Japan (1988-89).
Fulbright scholar and instructor, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan (2000-01).
Author of Jinsei Annai: Glimpses of Japan Through a Popular Advice Column (1991).
Co-author of Who Rules Japan? The Inner Circles of Economic and Political Power (1995).
Author of "Fortune telling in Japan" in Mangajin (May 1994).
Author of nine entries for The Encyclopedia of Japanese Business and Management (forthcoming).
Areas of expertise:
* Japanese culture and society
* Japanese industry and economy
* Japanese social institutions (family, education and religion)
* effects of technical innovations in modern societies
* social change and industrial society
* global ethnic and race relations and conflict (including in the states of the former Yugoslavia)

Psychology

Shawn Burn, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Child Development
(805) 756-2934/2033  e-mail: sburn@calpoly.edu

Author of Women Across Cultures: A Global Perspective (2000) and The Social Psychology of Gender (1996) and numerous articles in publications including Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Social Issues, Journal of Social Psychology, Sex Roles, and Political Psychology.
Member, American Psychological Association and Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
Areas of expertise:
* gender issues
* sex differences
* household labor
* women and work
* global women's issues
* changes in the male gender role
* limitations of traditional gender roles
* sex role socialization of children
* creating environmentally responsible behavior
* group conflict and dynamics

David Duran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
(805) 756-1572/5177  e-mail: dduran@calpoly.edu

Specialist in counseling psychology.
Research and experience with at-risk youth, personal violence and school violence.
Areas of expertise:
* school counseling
* counseling psychology
* at-risk youth
* personal and school violence
* diversity and multicultural issues

Basil Fiorito, Ph.D.
Department Chair and Professor of Pyschology
(805)756-2023

Areas of expertise:
* Individual, marital and family therapy
* Individual and family stress and coping
* Human sexuality
* Family systems theory and practice
* Psychology of religion

Daniel J. Levi, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
(805) 756-6159/2033  e-mail: dlevi@calpoly.edu

Author of more than 30 published articles on the human impact of technology, manufacturing technology, electronic mail, computer-integrated manufacturing, and concurrent engineering.
Current research on workers' responses to technology in the U.S. and Japan.
Areas of expertise:
* technology and society
* psychological impact of computers and other technology in factories and offices
* social impact of, and individuals' response to toxic contamination and technologies to clean it up
* social and environmental effects of computer use and the Internet
* relationship between Internet use and an individual's relationship to the natural environment

J. Kelly Moreno, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
(805) 756-2805  e-mail: kmoreno@calpoly.edu

Areas of expertise:
* eating disorders--anorexia and bulimia
* group psychotherapy
* mood disorders
* psychodynamic psychotherapy

Linden L. Nelson, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology & Child Development
(805) 756-5705  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


Don Ryujin, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Child Development
(805) 756-2023  e-mail: dryujin@calpoly.edu

Areas of Expertise:
* racial issues
* racial prejudice and processes to reduce it
* demographic information on counseling diverse groups
* running disorders
* eating disorders

Recreation

John H. Harris, Ph.D.
Professor of Natural Resources Management
(805) 756-2426/2702  e-mail: jhharris@calpoly.edu

Member, National Recreation and Park Association, California Park and Recreation Society, Society of American Foresters.
Federal and state expert witness for recreation resource liability cases.
Areas of expertise:
* recreation behavior
* recreation resource management
* site liability
* employee management
* communication techniques
* urban forestry

Religion

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

Faysal Kolkailah, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
(805) 756-2393/2562  e-mail: fkolkail@calpoly.edu

Recipient, Excellence in Academic & Research Achievement award from the Egyptian government.
Co-author, Numerical Analysis and Modeling of Composite Materials.
Recipient, Litton Excellence in Research Award.
Panelist, Graduate Research Fellowship Program NSF-OPAU.
External member, Foundation for Research Development, Pretoria, South Africa.
Member, society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Academic Advisory Council and the Composite Curriculum Committee.
Areas of expertise:
* theory of failure, fatigue and fracture mechanics of aircraft and aerospace structures (static and dynamic)
* SMART structures
* composite structures
* experimental and numerical analysis
* optimum design of aircraft components
* vibration analysis and control
* Islam and Muslim issues in the U.S. and Middle East

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

Judy Saltzman-Saveker, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
(805) 756-5065/2041  e-mail: jsaltzma@calpoly.edu

Author of Satchitananda in Greek and Indian Thought, The Idea of Spiritual Knowledge in the Philosophy of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Paul Natorp's Philosophy of Religion Within the Marburg Neo-Kantian Tradition (1981) and "Karma and Reincarnation in the West" in Indian Institute of World Culture (April 1994). Author of several articles on Hinduism and New Age religion.

Project: "Continuity and change in religious consciousness in the India Club of the Central Coast."
Member, American Academy of Religion, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Society for Values in Higher Education, German Studies Association, Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, Society for Women in Philosophy, and Institute of World Culture.
Fulbright scholar, Germany (1970-71).
Areas of expertise:
* sociology of religion
* churches
* New Age religions
* cults
* Asian religions
* philosophy and religions of India
* religion and wars
* women and religion
* Christian origins
* Gnosticism
* religion and science