Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail is currently Professor and Coordinator of the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to moving to the Baltimore Metropolitan area, she lived in Southern California where she served as President and Chief Instructional Officer for Cypress College. She is the co-author with her husband of "Transforming Classroom Practice for African American Learners: Implications for the Learning Paradigm." This article won the 2000 Research Award from the Maryland Association for Adult, Community and Continuing Education. An article focusing on the role of trustees in the Learning-Centered College was recently featured in The Community College Times (December, 2000).
Research Interests: The Sociology of CEO's and Governing Boards- An in-depth study of the social interactions of CEO's and trustees. Restructuring Community Colleges: Analysis and evaluations of missions, visions, and strategic plans. Have Community Colleges Failed The African American Learner? -- An in-depth study of the central concerns surrounding the experiences of the African American learner in community colleges.
Course(s) Taught: American Community College; Professional Development; The Community College Presidency; Community College Trustees and Governing Boards.
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Dr. James D. Ball has served as Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Carroll Community College since January 1999. Prior to that he was employed at Howard Community College for 20 years serving in faculty and administrative roles serving in his last three years at Howard as Vice President of Student Affairs.
Dr. Ball has been an avid user of computer systems and technology resources in the teaching/ learning process for a number of years. His experience spans the gamut of administrative systems, web system administration and instructional system deployment and administration. Dr. Ball was a founding member and now serves as Chair of the Board for Maryland Online, a nonprofit consortium of two-year and four-year colleges in Maryland working on the enhancement of online learning for students and colleges across the State.
Course(s) Taught: EDCL 612: Technology in the Contemporary Community College
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Dr. Ellarwee Gadsden originally an English education major, graduated with a B.A. in philosophy from Howard University, in Washington, DC. In the process of raising a child she worked in various capacities as a caseworker for the NYC Dept. of Social Services, primarily as a case manager and child welfare worker. During this time, Dr. Gadsden graduated with a Masters degree in Social Work from Columbia University. While living in CT, Dr. Gadsden practiced clinical psychotherapy and worked first, as the Supervisor of Clark Clinic, a branch of The Village for Children (formerly Child & Family Services, Inc.). She then became the Director of Social Services for the town of Bloomfield, CT, also serving on the Governor’s Committee for Voluntary Action. In Worcester, MA Dr. Gadsden served as that city’s Director of Social Services. She then was appointed as the Director of Foster Care Review Appeals, heading Massachusetts’ South and West Divisions. Dr. Gadsden left this position to become the Director of Women, Inc., one of the country’s first substance abuse treatment programs housing African American women and their children.
While directing Women, Inc., Dr. Gadsden entered Boston’s Simmons College where she was granted a Ph.D. in Social Work. Her dissertation, Searching for the Factors Contributing to the Continued AIDS Risk of Minority Women in Substance Abuse Treatment, was nominated for dissertation of the year award in 2004, by the Society for Social Work Research. While a student there she was offered a tenure-track faculty position at Wheelock College where she taught for several years until moving to Baltimore to teach, first at Coppin State University, and now at Morgan State University. In addition to these institutions of higher learning, Dr. Gadsden has taught at the University of MA-Boston, (where she taught Human Sexuality and AIDS Prevention); Regis College, Weston, MA; Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA (where she taught in the Human Development sequence); Salem State College, Salem, MA; and Smith College, Northampton, MA. Dr. Gadsden also served for several years as a Field Supervisor for Boston University, where she was awarded the Phyllis Wayne Field Supervisor of the year award.
Research Interests: Dr. Gadsden continues to conduct research in the area of AIDS prevention education for minority women in substance abuse treatment. She was recently awarded a MSU extramural faculty research development mini-grant to pursue her goal of integrating couples counseling into her AIDS prevention education intervention efforts. She also has an interest in research in the area of child welfare. She’s recently had an article, I’ve Got Them in My Blood: Reflections on Counter-transference in the Research Process, which analyzes her dissertation research, accepted for publication by the journal, Reflections. Asst. Prof. Gadsden, Chair of the Social Work Department’s Social Welfare Policy sequence, teaches in that area and those of substance abuse and child welfare. She has presented at many juried conferences, most recently, at the Mixed Methods Conference, in Cambridge, England, and the Society for Prevention Research, in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Gadsden can be reached at ellarwee@aol.com and at 443.885.3549.
Course(s) Taught: Introduction to Research in Higher Education
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Dr. Henry Linck is currently Vice Chancellor for Learning and Student Development at the Community College of Baltimore County in Baltimore County, Maryland. He is the lead system office administrator responsible for advancing CCBC in becoming a premier learning college of the 21st century. Prior to this appointment he served as the Vice President of Academic Affairs at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland, where he was instrumental in implementing the shift from a teaching centered to a learning centered environment. Henry has over 12 years of full-time teaching experience in addition to 18 years of combined management experience in higher education and private industry. He holds an Ed.D. degree from the University of Maryland; a Certificate of Advanced Study in Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University; an MA degree in English from Morgan State University; and a BA degree from Gettysburg College.
Course(s) Taught: The Learning-Centered College
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Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail is past CEO of Community College of Baltimore County Community college system, consisting of three campuses at Catonsville, Dundalk and Essex, and extension centers at Owings Mills, Hunt Valley, Towson and White Marsh. Upon assuming the chancellorship of The Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) in February of 1998, McPhail set an ambitious agenda for the College to become a premier, learning-centered, single college, multi-campus institution. In addition to being a leading advocate for the learning college, McPhail is a noted expert on literacy, urban education and test performance for African American students. He is the author of Test-Wiseness Curriculum (Kamilah Educational Enterprises), and he has published more than 25 scholarly articles, book chapters and monographs. An educator for the past quarter century, McPhail was president of St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley and LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Tenn. He was provost of Pace University and dean of Arts and Sciences at Wayne County Community College. He held faculty, administrative and research posts at Delaware State University, Morgan State University, The Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland at College Park.
The native New Yorker has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Cornell University, a master's degree in reading from Harvard, and an Ed.D. in reading/language arts from the University of Pennsylvania. He was an American Council on Education Fellow in Academic Administration, and is a graduate of Harvard's Institute for Educational Management and the Presidents Academy of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).
McPhail is a member of the American Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) Advisory Committee of Presidents, the League for Innovation in the Community College, the International Reading Association, the College Reading Association, the National Council on Black American Affairs, the National Association of Black Reading and Language Educators and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He serves on the Baltimore County Executive's Education Advisory Board and was the education industry champion for the March of Dimes' WalkAmerica 1999 campaign. McPhail is among a select group of state leaders participating in Leadership Maryland. He and his wife, Christine, reside in Owings Mills, Md.
Research Interests: Strategic and Operational Planning and Results Management; Developmental Education and Literacy Education; The Learning College; The African-American Learner in the Community College.
Course(s) Taught: Community College Planning and Management
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Dr. Barbara Murray is currently Professor of Economics at Baltimore City Community College where she has served for 35 years in both administrative and instructional positions. Her doctorate was earned at Morgan State University (Urban Educational Leadership Program); her Master’s at State University of New York at Oneonta, and her Bachelors’ at State University of New York at Geneseo. In addition to teaching at BCCC, Dr. Murray is an adjunct faculty member in Morgan’s Community College Leadership Program, Bais Yaakov School for Girls, and Baltimore Hebrew University, and has taught in the graduate business program at Loyola College. Her administrative experience at BCCC includes Chairperson of the Social & Behavioral Sciences Department, Director of Personnel, and Assistant Dean of Students. Dr. Murray has recently been invited to serve as Team Member for a Middle States Accreditation visit scheduled for March 2007.
Research Interests: Dr. Murray’s scholarly endeavors include her interest in the factors that contribute to the success of African American students who transfer from two-year to four-year institutions; integration of women’s scholarship into the economics curriculum; and the participation African Americans in the drug culture. She recently participated in a survey of black women as part of the book, Embracing Sisterhood: Class, Identity, and Contemporary Black Women, written by Dr. Katrina Bell McDonald, Sociology professor at Johns Hopkins University. She has received a Certificate of Completion from the Chair Academy (2003) and BCCC’s Certificates of Appreciation for Outstanding Service for Thirty-five and Thirty Years of Service. Dr. Murray is married with one daughter and two step daughters, 13 grandchildren, and 3 great-grand children.
Course (s) Taught: Contemporary Issues in Community Colleges, Politics in Higher Education
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Dr. Shirlene L. Snowden is currently serving as Statewide Coordinator for the Community College Leadership Doctoral Program at Morgan State University. Before this appointment, Dr Snowden served as Vice President for Administration and Finance at Baltimore City Community College. As Vice President, she frequently developed or reviewed and redefined college policies and procedures and presented recommendations to the executive team, the Board, legislators and other external constituencies. Dr. Snowden also served as the College’s Affirmative Action Officer and was responsible for issues relating to recruitment and allegations of discrimination and/or harassment. Dr. Snowden’s experience includes 12 years of administrative work at the executive level. As an educator, Dr. Snowden has ten years in the academic division as a Dean for the Business and Technology division, Chairperson and Professor at the community college level and Assistant Professor and Coordinator at a four-year university. Dr. Snowden’s quest for excellence inspired her to lead a team of business faculty through a process of improvement that focused on quality. This effort resulted in the institution becoming the first accredited business program by the ACBSP community college in the State of Maryland. Major capital projects including entrepreneurial resulting in significant returns to the institution. Dr. Snowden private sector experiences include positions in auditing and administration in the health field. Dr. Snowden earned her MBA specializing in finance and received her undergraduate preparation in business administration from Morgan State University. Dr. Snowden is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has also pursued legal studies at the University of Baltimore. Dr. Snowden has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching, as well as State accommodations for outstanding programming in technology and finance. She has also received commendations for maintaining state compliance in administrative financial systems. Dr. Snowden has served as a wage commissioner for Baltimore City. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Samuel Reading Foundation Scholarship Fund.
Research interests: Strategic Planning and the Learning College and Community College Funding
Course(s) Taught: Administration and Finance in Higher Education
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Dr. Patricia Stanley was sworn in as the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Vocational and Adult Education in mid December 2006. Selected for her comprehensive knowledge of community colleges and experience with Workforce and Adult Education, her primary responsibilities are for all initiatives and policies affecting community colleges and post-secondary education.
Dr. Stanley took office as President of Frederick Community College (FCC) in January 1998, becoming FCC's sixth and first female president. Prior to joining FCC, Dr. Stanley was executive vice president of Cypress College in Cypress, California. Her diverse background and experiences in higher education include numerous administrative and supervisory positions from chair and staff diversity/ affirmative action officer, to administrative dean. Her work on behalf of community colleges has taken her around the world on consulting assignments and to conferences in Kuwait and Thailand.
Due to her experience as dean of vocational education, and later as administrator for the economic development and vocational education division of the California Community College Chancellor's office for the 107 college system, Dr. Stanley is a strong proponent of economic development. She has been a board member of National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) since 1999, a member of the executive committee of the Presidents Academy since 2000, and is active in the National Council for Staff, Professional and Organizational Development (NCSPOD), receiving the President's Award in 2001. Pat is a newly appointed member of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Board of Directors. A lifelong learner, Dr. Stanley received her doctorate in education, majoring in curriculum and instruction, from the University of Pacific in Stockton, California. Her community activities include Rotary and board positions with the local YMCA, Advocates for Homeless Families and the community hospital.
Course(s) Taught: Contemporary Issues in Community Colleges, Leadership and Administration
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Dr. Percy Thomas has developed and implemented national training programs on leadership, success, motivation, achieving excellence, multicultural workforce practice, management principles and basic supervisory practices. He has assisted several Federal agencies in managing their human resources by conducting program evaluations and organizational climate assessments. Dr. Thomas has also conducted extensive research on inner-city juvenile gangs. He teaches in the internationally recognized Johns Hopkins University Leadership Development Institute.
Dr. Thomas holds a D.S. from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr. Thomas earned a Masters of Education from Coppin State University and the Bachelor of Science from University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Additionally, Dr. Thomas has completed the Executive Leadership Institute, Newport Beach, CA.
Dr. Thomas is currently the Director of Education and Training, Maryland State Department of Mental Health. He has also been Program Director for Training, National Institute of Mental Health, Staff College Director of Extramural Associates Program, National Institutes of Health and Provost of Continuing Education, Montgomery College. Dr. Thomas was President of the Higher College’s of Technology’s Center of Excellence for Applied Research and Training located in the United Arab Emirates and Vice President of Graduate, Professional Studies, and Applied Research at Sojourner-Douglass College.
Course(s) Taught: Leadership and Administration in Community Colleges
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