JAMES R. VALADEZ Department of Educational Leadership School of Education California Lutheran University 60 W.Olsen Rd Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Email: valadez@clunet.edu Work: (805) 493-3986 Home: (805) 640-0520 Education Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1990. M.A., Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978. B.A., Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1974. Professional Experience Professor, Educational Leadership, California Lutheran University, 2003-present. Chair, Educational Leadership, California Lutheran University, 2009--present Director of Doctoral Studies, California Lutheran University, 2005-present Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Affiliate of the Center for Multicultural Education, University of Washington, 1996-2003. Director, Educational Leadership Institute, University of Washington, 1997-2000. Assistant Professor, Department of Adult and Community College Education, North Carolina State University, 1991-1996. Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, 1993-1995 Received $35,000 fellowship to conduct research on the impact of the institutional culture of a rural community college on the academic achievement and career aspirations of nontraditional college students. Director, Community College Leadership Institute, 1992-1996 Received grants over the a period of three years totaling $75,000 from North Carolina Department of Community Colleges to plan, implement and evaluate a leadership
development program for North Carolina Community College administrators. Minority Scholar in Residence, Department of Higher Education, Pennsylvania State University, 1994. Carolina Minority Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990-1991. Predoctoral Fellow, Educational Testing Service, Division of Research and Policy, Princeton, New Jersey. Summer, 1988. Selected as one of ten graduate students to participate in ETS predoctoral program. Conducted a study under the direction of Senior Researcher Michael Nettles on the impact of financial aid on minority graduate student persistence. 4-H Youth Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension, 1980-1989. Developed an educational program in agriculture and natural resources for youth in Ventura County, California. Trained volunteers to teach youth principles of agriculture, science, wildlife management, and fisheries. Consulting Activities Researcher, Project ACT, California Lutheran University and Moorpark School District, 2009-present. Project Evaluator, Comprehensive Teacher Education Institute Grant, Ventura County Office of Education 2005-2006 Project Evaluator, Team Science. National Science Foundation Grant. 2003-2006. Project Evaluator, Eisenhower Professional Development State Grant Program, 2001-2005 Project Evaluator, University of California at Santa Barbara South Coast Science Institute, 2001. Project Evaluator, University of California at Santa Barbara South Coast Writing Project, 2001. Project Evaluator, ENLACE and UCSB Outreach, University of California at Santa Barbara, 2000-2001. Consultant to ENLACE and UCSB Outreach. Developed evaluation plan for ENLACE project, and a conceptual framework for evaluating UCSB outreach efforts.
Project Evaluator, Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnership Grant. Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 1999-2003 Evaluation Facilitator, Center for Education Evaluation, National Center for Urban Partnerships, Arizona State University, 1994-1997. Project Evaluator, Academy for Community College Leadership Advancement, Innovation and Modeling, North Carolina State University, 1992-93. Publications Books Harvey, W. & Valadez, J.R. (1994). Recruitment and retention of minority community college faculty. New Directions for Community Colleges. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Killacky, C. J. & Valadez, J. R. (1995). Portrait of the rural community college. New Directions for Community Colleges. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Rhoads, R. A. & Valadez, J.R. (1996). Democracy, multiculturalism and the community college: A critical perspective. New York: Garland Press Shaw, K., Valadez, J.R.and Rhoads, R. (1999). Community colleges as cultural texts: Ethnographic explorations of organizational culture. State University of New York Press: Albany, NY. Articles Antony, J. & Valadez, J.R. (2002). A comparative study of two-year and four-year college faculty. Review of Higher Education, 26(1), 41-56 Baxter, G., Shavelson, R., Herman, S., Brown, K., & Valadez, J.R. (1993). Mathematics performance Assessment: Technical quality and diverse student impact. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 24 (3), 190-216. Kim, H., Rendon, L.& Valadez, J.R. (1998). School characteristics, and educational aspirations of six Asian-American ethnic groups. Journal of Multicultural Counselling and Development, 26(3):166-176. Rendon, L.I.& Valadez, J.R. (1993). Qualitative indicators of Hispanic student transfer. Community College Review 20 (4), 27-37. Valadez, J.R. (2008). Shaping the educational decisions of Mexican immigrant high school students. American Educational Research Journal, 45(4), 834-860. Valadez, J.R. (2003). Review essay of Alexander Jun s From here to university: Access,
mobility, and resilience among urban Latino youth. American Journal of Sociology, 108 (6), 1415-1417. Valadez, J.R. (2002). The influence of social capital on mathematics course selection of Latino high school students. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 24(3), 319-339. Valadez, J.R. (2002). Transformation of the community colleges for the 21 st century. Educational Researcher, 31(2), 33-36. Valadez, J.R. (2000). Searching for a path out of poverty: Exploring the achievement ideology of rural community college. Adult Education Quarterly, 50 (3), 212-229. Valadez, J.R. (1998). Applying to college: Race, class, and gender differences. Professional School Counseling 5 (1) 14-20. Valadez, J.R. (1996). Educational access and social mobility in a rural community college. Review of Higher Education, 19(4), 31-49. Valadez, J.R. (1995). Review Essay of Kevin Dougherty's Contradictory College. Thought and Action. 11 (1), 129-132. Valadez, J.R. (1993). Cultural capital and its impact on the aspirations of nontraditional community college students. Community College Review, 21 (3), 30-43. Valadez, J.R. (1993). Community College Culture and its role in minority student achievement. Community Education Journal, 20 (3) 21-23. Valadez, J.R. (1992). The path to an academic career: Implications for mentoring programs. Southeastern Association for Educational Opportunity Program Personnel Journal, 11 (2), 3-11. Valadez, J.R. & Antony, J. (2001). Job satisfaction and commitment of two-year college faculty. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 25(2), 97-108. Valadez, J.R. & Duran (2007). Redefining the digital divide: Beyond access to computers and the Internet. High School Journal. 90(3), 31-44. Valadez, J.R. & McCaul, E. (1996). The postsecondary aspirations of minority students: Findings from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988. Southeastern Association for Educational Opportunity Program Personnel Journal, 14 (2), 11-31. Valadez, J.R. & Snyder, J. (2006). Social, cultural and political influences on the development of an educational partnership. Journal of Latinos and Education, 5(1),
29-47. Technical Reports Valadez, J.R. (2006). Evaluation of Ventura County s Comprehensive Teacher Education Institute Grant. Final report submitted to the Ventura County Office of Education. Valadez, J.R. (2006). Team Science: An evaluation report. Final report submitted to the National Science Foundation. Valadez, J.R. (1996). Going to college: The influence of race, class, and gender. Final report to the American Educational Research Association Grants Program. Valadez, J.R. (1995). Searching for the good life: A case study of a rural community college. Final report to the National Academy of Education. Valadez, J. R. (1994). The impact of school knowledge and culture on minority students' postsecondary aspirations. Interim report to the American Educational Research Association Grants Program. Valadez, J. R. (1994). Class, culture, and ideology in a rural community college. Interim report to the Spencer Foundation. Valadez, J.R. (1991). Mentoring and other forms of social support in the military. (Report). Patrick Air Force Base, FL.: Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute. Valadez, J.R., Duran, R., & Casas, J.M. (2001). Examining the use of Technology in UCSB s partnership high schools: Final Report to the University of California Office of the President. Oakand, CA: UCOP Valadez, J.R. & Snyder, J. (2001). Examining the cultural and social dynamics of UCSB s outreach project: Final Report of the University of California Office of the President. Oakland, CA: UCOP. Book Chapters Rendon, L.I. and Valadez, J.R. (1993). New wave students and the community college. In G.A. Baker (Ed.), A handbook on community colleges in America: Its history, mission, and management. Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press. Shaw, K., Rhoads, & Valadez, J.R. (1999). Introduction: Community colleges as cultural texts. In Shaw, et al. (Eds.). Albany: SUNY Press. Valadez, J.R. and Killacky, J. (1995). Rural community colleges: A status report. In
Killacky, J. and Valadez, J. R., (Eds.) Portrait of the rural community college. New Directions for Community Colleges. San Francisco: Jossey Bass. Valadez, J.R. (1999). Turning their lives around: Critical perspectives on a community college work preparation program. In Shaw, et al (Eds.). Community colleges as cultural texts: Ethnographic explorations of organizational culture. Albany: SUNY Press. Valadez, J.R. (1998). Theory-based mentoring programs for the retention of minority graduate students. In H. Frierson (Ed.). Mentoring in higher education: Enhancing diversity. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Valadez, J.R. (1994). Critical perspectives of a community college: Implications for minority faculty and students. In Harvey, W. & Valadez, J.R. (Eds.). Recruitment and retention of minority community college faculty. New Directions for Community Colleges. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Valadez, J. R. (1994). Tales of ethnicity: Black and Latino undergraduate student perceptions of mentoring. In Hurtado, A. & Garcia, E.E. (Eds.). The educational achievement of Latinos: Barriers and successes. Santa Cruz: University of California at Santa Cruz Latino Eligibility Study. Presentations Duran, R., Valadez, J.R., and Matthews, L. (1989). Design of mentorship programs. Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Minorities in Higher Education, Hofstra University, New York. Rendon, L.I., and Valadez, J.R. (1991). Qualitative indicators of Hispanic student transfer. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Boston. Valadez, J.R. (2010). Estimating the influence of ecological factors on Latino student science achievement. Paper presents at the annual meeting of the California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators, UCLA. Valadez, J.R. (1996). Working class student resistance and compliance in a rural community college. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York. Valadez, J.R. (1995). The production of working class identity: A case study of vocational education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.
Valadez, J. R. (1994). The impact of social class and school knowledge on minority student postsecondary aspirations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans. Valadez, J. R. (1994). Qualitative approaches to community college research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tucson. Valadez, J.R. (1994). Knowlege distribution and power relations in a rural community college. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans. Valadez, J.R. (1993). Institutional culture: Implications for the retention of minority community college students and faculty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Pittsburgh. Valadez, J.R. (1993). Nontraditional voices in a rural community college. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Pittsburgh. Valadez, J.R. (1993). Community college culture: The impact on developmental students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta. Valadez, J. R. (1993). Faculty and African American student social interaction and its role in student development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta. Valadez, J.R. (1993). Cultural capital and its impact on the aspirations of nontraditional community college students. Paper presented at the Ethnography Forum, University of Pennsylvania. Valadez, J.R. (1992). Caste and class in a southern community college. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Minneapolis. Valadez, J.R. (1992). Tales of ethnicity: Undergraduate perspectives of mentoring. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Valadez, J.R. (1992). A Vygotskian analysis of a mentoring program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco. Valadez, J.R. (1992) A mentorship program for minority undergraduate students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association,
Hilton Head, South Carolina. Valadez, J.R. and Antony, J. (1998). An exploration of the job satisfaction of American parttime college faculty. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association for Institutional Research, Minneapolis, MN. Valadez, J.R. and Duran, R.P. (1991). Mentoring in higher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago. Valadez, J.R. & Kim, H. (1994). The postsecondary educational aspirations of minority students. Paper presented at the annual conference of the North Carolina Association for Research in Education, Greensboro, NC. Valadez, J.R. & McCaul, E. (1996). Ethnic group differences in preparing for college. Paper presented to the American Educational Research Association, New York. Valadez, J.R. & McCaul, E. (1995). Differences in plans for college for minority and nonminority students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Hilton Head, South Carolina. Valadez, J.R. & McCaul, E. (1994). Shaping the postsecondary aspirations of minority students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Tucson. Presentations (invited) Valadez, J.R. (1994). Multiculturalism and the community college. Paper presented to the Executive Management Leadership Institute, North Carolina Department of Community Colleges, Southern Pines, North Carolina. Valadez, J.R. (1994). Culture and class relations in a community college. Paper presented to the National Academy of Education, Stockholm, Sweden. Valadez, J.R. (1994). The relationship of power, culture, and ideology in a rural community college. Presentation at College of Education, Pennsylvannia State University. Valadez, J.R. (1993). Postmodern perspectives of a rural community college. Presentation at Nash Community College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Valadez, J.R. (1991). Mentoring and other forms of social support in the military. Paper presented at the Defense Equal Opportunity Institute, Patrick Air Force Base, FL. Awards and Honors
Member, Pathways to Higher Education Panel, American Council on Education, 2001 Scholar in Residence, 1994. College of Education, Pennsylvania State University. Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, 1993-1994. National Academy of Education. Received $35,000 fellowship to conduct research on rural community colleges. = American Educational Research Association Institute on Statistical Analysis for Education Policy, National Science Foundation and National Center for Education Statistics training and research program, 1993. Summer Faculty Research Program, United States Navy-American Society for Engineering Education, Washington D.C., Summer, 1991. Carolina Minority Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1990-1991. Predoctoral Fellow, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, Summer, 1989. National Hispanic Scholar, National Hispanic Scholarship Fund, 1989-90. Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1989. Graduate Research Mentorship Program Fellowship and Research Grant, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1988-89. Department of Education Title VII Fellowship for Bilingual Education, 1985-1988. Graduate Professional Opportunity Program Fellowship, University of California at Los Angeles, 1978 Funded Research Proposal to the Institute of Educational Sciences, Estimating the Influence of Ecological Factors on Science Achievement ($96,000; 2006, not funded, preparing to re-submit) Proposal to the California Postsecondary Education Commission. The influence of professional development on classroom teaching practices in low-achieving schools ($20,000, funded, 2002). Proposal to the University of California Office of the President. Social and Cultural Factors influencing the organizational dynamics of UCSB s outreach efforts ($50,000, funded, 2000-2001).
Proposal to University of California s NEXUS project. Examining the use of technology in UCSB s partnership high schools. ($30,000, funded, 2000-2001; renewed, $35,000, 2001-2002) Proposal to the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges. Learn Anywhere Anytime project. (Project evaluator, funded, $120,000 over four years, 1997-2000) Proposal to the Association for Institutional Research. Satisfaction among part-time faculty: The introduction of a satisfaction factor structure and an associated causal model. (Funded, $28, 463, 1998) Proposal to the Institute for Ethnic Studies to conduct an ethnographic study of a group of Mexican immigrant children in the Yakima Valley, Washington (funded, $8400, 1998). Proposal to the Association for Institutional Research to examine the job satisfaction of parttime postsecondary faculty, 1997-1998. (Funded, $19,900) Proposal to the American Educational Research Association for a study using the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 to examine postsecondary aspirations of minority students, 1993-95 (funded, $25,000) Proposal to the National Academy of Education to conduct a study of the organizational culture of a community college, 1993-1995. (funded, $35,000). Proposals to the North Carolina Department of Community Colleges to conduct a leadership institute for community college administrators, 1992-1995. (funded, $25,000 per year) Proposal to the Spencer Foundation for study of the impact of community college culture on the academic achievement of minority students, 1992-93. (funded, $7500). Proposal to the University Research Council, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct study on minority college students, 1990-91, (funded, $1500). Proposal to the Graduate Research Mentorship Program, University of California at Santa Barbara, to conduct research on minority college students, 1988-89, (funded, $1500). University Committees Chair, Appointment, Rank, and Tenure Committee, 2008-2010. Chair, Graduate Policy and Education Committee, California Lutheran University, 2004-2007.
Member, Committee on Student Affairs, College of Education, University of Washington. Member, Advisory Board for the Center for Instructional Development and Research. Faculty Senator, elected by the faculty of the College of Education, University of Washington, 1997-98. Faculty Chair, elected by the faculty of the College of Education and Psychology, NC State, 1993-94 Faculty Secretary, elected by the faculty of the College of Education and Psychology, NC State, 1992-93. Chair, Adult and Continuing Education specialty, Department of Adult and Community College Education, NCSU, 1993-94. Chair, NCSU Residence Life Committee, 1995-96. NCSU Library Committee, Chair for ACCE Department, 1991-1992. College of Education and Psychology Research and Computer Committee, 1991 College of Education and Psychology Model Middle School Development Committee, 1993. ACCE Community College and Higher Education Committee, 1991. ACCE Teaching and Learning Preliminary Examination Committee. 1991 Chair, ACCE Committee on Sexual Harassment, 1991. ACCE Committee on Adult Literacy and Developmental Studies, 1991. American Educational Research Association Professional Associations American Educational Research Association Hispanic Special Interest Group. American Association for the Advancement of Science Association for the Study of Higher Education Association for the Study of Higher Education Committee on Ethnic Participation.
American Sociological Association Eastern Educational Research Association Service to Professional Organizations Publications committee, Division J, American Educational Research Association, 1997-1998. Co-Chair, Division J, paper sessions, American Educational Research Association annual meeting, 1995. Reviewer, books, American Journal of Sociology Reviewer, manuscripts, Sociology of Education Reviewer, manuscripts, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Reviewer, manuscripts for the Journal of Higher Education Reviewer, manuscripts for the Review of Higher Education Reviewer, manuscripts for the Community College Review. Member, Committee on Affirmative Action, Division J, American Educational Research Association, 1993-94. Member, Newcomers committee, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1992-93 Advisory Board, ASHE Reader on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education. Proposal reviewer, research papers for the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, 1990-present. Proposal reviewer, research papers for annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 1990-present. Discussant, Symposium, "Advancing diversity: mentoring minorities at the postsecondary level", New Orleans, 1994.