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About Dean Elias

Active Research Projects:

Research of an "exemplary" elementary school: Currently conducting research of an "exemplary" elementary school in the San Joaquin Valley.  

The Community Catalyst Corps: Active participant in an action research project exploring how to transform political culture.

Positions

August 2011 - Present Chair, Graduate and Professional Studies Educational Policies Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2007 - Present School of Education Representative, Chair, 2008-9, Institutional Human Subjects Review Board, Saint Mary's College of California
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kalmanovitz School of Education
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Ed.D in Educational Leadership
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Master of Arts in Leadership
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2008 - 2012 Co-lead, The Praxis Tank, Saint Mary's College of California
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October 2010 - May 2011 Representative for the School of Education on the College ABT, Saint Mary's College of California
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September 2009 - May 2010 School of Education Representative, Graduate and Professional Studies Educational Policies Committee:, Saint Mary's College of California
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2004 - 2009 Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kalmanovitz School of Education
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2004 - 2005 Coordinator, Fall 2004 WASC Review, Saint Mary's College of California
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2000 - 2004 Dean & Tenured Professor School of Extended Education, Saint Mary's College of California
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Professional Service and Affiliations

1999 - 2000 Special Project Coordinator, Western Association of Schools & Colleges
1992 - 1999 Dean, Division Director, Professor, California Institute of Integral Studies
1971 - 1998 Private Consultant, Management & Organizational Development
1990 - 1992 Dean, Goddard College
1988 - 1990 Provost, Antioch University, San Francisco
1976 - 1987 Provost, Antioch University, Seattle
1973 - 1976 Educational Consultant & Core Faculty, Western Washington University
1972 - 1973 Project Leader, Lummi Indian Management Program
1970 - 1971 Director of Training, Northwest Social Systems
1969 - 1970 Consultant, Organization for Social and Technical Innovation
1966 - 1969 Western Regional Training Director, US Government, Office of Economic Opportunity
1965 - 1966 Chief, Management & Job Corps Staff Training, US Government, Washington, D.C
1962 - 1964 Personnel Officer, US Government, Superior National Forest, Duluth
1960 - 1962 Community Organizer & Youth Worker, Bethany Community Church
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Honors and Awards

  • National Scholarship - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (January 1952)
  • Rockefeller Brothers Fellowship - Harvard University, Cambridge MA (January 1958)

Courses

  • EdAD 610 Values and Ethics
  • EdAD 618 Leadership Theory & Practice
  • LDSH 205 Leadership Theory

Education

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1993 Ed.D Adult Learning & Leadership Dissertation: Educating Leaders for Social Transformation, Columbia University
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1975 ABD Educational Psychology, University of Washington
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1960 STM Social Ethics Thesis: Community Conflict Resolution, Union Theological Seminary
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1958 Social Ethics Rockefeller Brothers Fellow, Harvard University
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1957 A.B. American Studies Senior Thesis: The Changing Concept of Human Nature in 17th & 18th Century America, Cornell University
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Contact Information

Office
Filippi Academic Hall - 240-1

Phone: 631-4519
Fax: 376-8379

Mail: P.O. Box 4350

Email:

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