Instructor Profile

In my 27 years at Bakersfield College, I have worked as classified staff, faculty, and administration. I started out in a technical role, managing the college's web site and supporting online teaching. Since then, I've been a professor, a department chair, a Faculty Director of Technology, Innovation and Professional Development, a Dean of Instruction, and for a brief period, the Vice President of Innovation and Development. In the Fall of 2022, I returned to a faculty position, and have been enjoying my time back in the classroom.

In addition to the time I have worked at Bakersfield College, I have spent about 20 years as an Adjunct Faculty member for Pepperdine University in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. I taught innovative classes on learning theory, action research, game theory, computational thinking, and other fun topics.

I'm also a husband, a father of seven, a tinkerer, an artist, and a pretty good cook. I love learning new things, challenging myself, and I believe that real change is possible in education. The concept of failure is an ongoing research and writing interest of mine, as it relates to learning, parenting and leadership.

I believe that learning should be:

1. Personal
2. Authentic
3. Creative
4. Active
5. Social
6. Reflective
7. Structured for Student Success

Web Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP), iOS Development, Data Science, Software Development, Python Programming

My in-person classes are usually a short-ish lecture through that day's material, with some interactive coding, followed by work time on a project.