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Sean Corcoran

• Community
• Volunteer, Christmas in April of Washington, D.C., 1998 – 2001.
• Principal Trombone, University of Maryland University Band, 2001 – 2002.

John Henry

• University
• 2003 Moderator, CSUS Gubernatorial Recall Debate: Preliminary sessions
• 2002-3 Program Review, Cooper-Woodson College
• 2003 Reviewer, Panel Chair, Research and Creative Activity Award Program
• 2002-3 CSUS/Budapest University Exchange Program Committee
• 2002 General Education Impact Study Committee
• 2002 CSUS Representative, National Conference of Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education, June
• 2000-1 International Affairs Faculty Advisory Committee
• 2001 SSIS Outstanding Teacher Award Committee
• 2000-01 General Education Program Review (Co-Chair)
• 2000 Panetta Internship Award Committee
• 2000 CSUS/Middlesex/Oxford Brookes Exchange Program Committee
• 2000 SSIS Outstanding Teacher Award Committee
• 1999/00 PBSI Committee, College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
• 1999-00 Program Review Committee, Learning Skills
• 1999 CSUS/Middlesex/Oxford Brookes Exchange Program Committee
• 1999 CSU Conference on Student Learning Outcomes in Economics, CSU Fresno
• 1998-00 University Curriculum SubCommittee
• 1998 Research and Creative Activity Subcommittee Award Programs, Review Panel
• 1998 Senate ad hoc Committee on Response to Chancellor’s Task Force on Globalization Statement
• 1998-01 Faculty Council, College of Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies
• 1998 CSUS Representative, AAHE Assessment Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio
• 1998 CSUS Representative, CSU Conference on Assessment, Long Beach
• 1998 Program Review Committee, Government Department
• 1998 CSUS/Middlesex/Oxford Brookes Exchange Program Committee
• 1997-00 Curriculum Committee, SSIS; Chair
• 1997 CSU Representative, American Association of Higher Education Fifth Conference on Faculty Roles and Rewards
• 1996 Research and Creative Activity Subcommittee Award Programs, Review Panel
• 1996-7 Faculty Council, School of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
• 1996-9 G.E. Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee
• 1996 CSUS/Middlesex/Oxford Brookes Exchange Program Committee
• 1995 Program Review Committee, Psychology Department
• 1994-5 Academic Policies Committee
• 1994-5 Academic Standards Committee
• 1994-5 Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Committee
• 1991-2 University General Education Course Review Committee
• 1990- Faculty Advisory Council, Labor Studies Program
• 1990- 2 University Mentor's Program
• 1990 Dean's Representative on Curriculum
• 1988 Arts & Sciences Ad Hoc Planning Committee
• 1987-8 Program Review: Communication Studies
• 1987 Selection Team, Arts & Sciences Associate Dean
• 1986-9 Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee, Chair 1987-89
• 1980-4 Faculty Affairs Committee, Chair, 1980-81
• 1980-1 Academic Affairs Budget Committee
• 1976-86 Faculty Advisor, Progressive Alliance
• 1979-80 General Education World Civilization Committee
• 1978-80 Library Committee
• 1977-80 Judicial Review Board
• 1979 Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on Center for Instructional Media
• 1979 Citizens Support for Higher Education
• 1975-8 Affirmative Action Committee
• 1974-6 Hornet Foundation, Board of Directors
• 1973-4 American Studies Committee
• Community Activities
• 2003 Presentation to United Universalist Church, Sacramento, October.
• 2003 Interview with Ian Forest, Radio Station WBAI, NYC on economic issues surrounding U.S.–Iraq war.
• 2003 Testimony on Economic Benefits of the Living Wage, Sacramento City Council, Jan. 9
• 2002 Participant, Speaker, United Nations Association Program, Oct./Nov.
• 2002 Presentation to Sacramento Valley Labor Committee for Peace and Justice, Sept. 18
• 2002 Presentation to CSUS Forum: September 11, 2002: A Time of Crisis and Change
• 2002 State of Missouri Louis Stokes Heartland’s Academic Competition: Wrote questions for economics section, February.
• 2002 Presentation to Honors Colloquium, UMKC, March 6.
• 2002 Presentation to UMKC Economics Club, February 13.
• 2001 Scholars Against Sweatshop Labor: Participant in letter-writing campaign (organizing).
• 2001 Presentation to UMKC Economics Club, Sept. 19.
• 2001 Presentation - Living Wage, an Economist’s View, Living Wage Forum, CSUS, May 3.
• 2000 Presentation - Racism and the Economics of Privilege, Marxist School of Sacramento, Dec.
• 1999 Panelist, CSUS Teach-In on the World Trade Organization, Oct. 14
• 1999 Panelist, Envisioning California Conference, Sept. 23-25.
• 1999-01, 2002-03 Living Wage Initiative, Sacramento City
• 1999 Guest Speaker, Phi Kappa Phi Initiation Banquet, April 16.
• 1999 Participation in Economics Alumni Association Career Planning Conference
• 1999 Presentation - Keynes, Social Institutions, and Economic Policy. SSIS/PPA Spring Colloquium Series, May 5.
• 1998 Presentation - On the History and Meaning of May Day. CSEA Sacramento Area Job Stewards Ass.
• 1997 Presentation - The Ideology of Capitalism; Reality versus Myth. Political Theory Forum, CSUS, November 21
• 1997-98 Volunteer, State Department of Parks, 150th Anniversary of Gold Rush Celebration: Preparation of presentation on property rights in the gold fields
• 1996 Presentation - Time, Property Rights, and Markets. MPPA Program, CSUS, March 6
• 1996 Presentation - On the Zapatista Intercontinental Conference, CSUS Friends of the Encuentro and Social Work Forum Series
• 1994 Presentations - On the Economic Foundations of Women's Inequality; On the Theory of Socialism. State Employee's Caucus for a Democratic Union
• 1993 Presentations - Economics and Economic Classes; Labor and Labor Movements. State Employees Caucus for a Democratic Union
• 1991 Asimakopulos Prize Committee (Cambridge University)
• 1991 Presentation - The Neoclassical Illusion. Economics Society, CSUS
• 1990 Presentation - The Economics of The Crisis in the Middle East. National Student Resistance Week Forum
• 1990 Presentation - Marxism in Decline? Economics Society of CSUS
• 1989 Presentation - Is California Burning? CSU Chico
• 1989 Presentation - Economics of Racism, U.C. Davis, School of Medicine Symposium
• 1988 Presentation - Economics of Racism, U.C. Davis, Marxist Study Series
• 1988 Presentation - Economics of Racism, U.C. Berkeley, Marxist Study Series
• 1987 Presentation - Strategies for Teaching High School Economics, Center for Economic Education
• 1986 Presentation - The Economics of Apartheid
• 1985 Presentation - Solutions: Real and Fraudulent
• 1984 Participant in CSUS Teach-in on El Salvador
• 1983 Presentation - El Salvador
• 1983 Presentation - Current Trends in the International Labor Movement, Ass. for Political Studies, CSUS
• 1981 Presentation - Unitarian School for Social Action
• 1981 Presentation - Unitarian Universalist Society
• 1980 Economic Systems and Democracy; Unitarian Conference on Social Issues
• 1980 Presentation - Capitalism: Competition and Monopoly
• 1979 Participant in KCRA-TV "Report on Sacramento Bee Strike"
• 1979 Presentation - The U.S. and Iran
• 1979 Presentation - Birth of a Nation: Racism and Reaction - An Economic Analysis
• 1978 Participant, "The Economic System and Black American," KVIE Series on "Themes in the Black World"
• 1978 Presentation - Economic Crisis
• 1978 Presentation - The Politics of Reaction
• 1977 Presentation - Lessons From Working Class History
• 1977 Participant, Race, Class and Sex in Education Symposium
• 1977 Presentation - Origin and Development of the Oppression of Women
• 1976 Presentation to Symposium on Society and Mental Health, CSUS
• 1975 Presentation on Inflation to New Careers Program, Sacramento Concilio
• 1974 Presentation to San Juan Unified School District, Symposium on Law in a Free Society
• 1972 Organizer and Discussant, CSUS Symposium on Imperialism
• 1971 Series of Radio Broadcasts on Economic Issues, KFBK

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Jonathan Kaplan

• Department, College and University Service
• Department of Economics Graduate Committee, 2003-current
• Department of Economics Appointment Committee, 2003-2004
• Research and Sponsored Programs, Research and Creative Activity
• Award Panel Reviewer, 2003-2004
• Community Service
• CREST, Center for Regional Environmental Science and Technology, California State University, Sacramento
• SERT, Sacramento Economic Roundtable

David Lang

• College Service
• Spring 2003present Member of Social Science Advisory Committee
• University Service
• Fall 2003 – present Member of University Committee on Honorary Degrees
• Fall 2003 – present Member of University Curriculum Subcommittee
• Fall 2002 – present Faculty Advisor for California Theta Chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity at California State University, Sacramento
• Community Service
• Fall 2002 – present Member of Alumni Board of Directors, California Theta Chapter, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, California State University, Sacramento
• Summer 2003 Little League Coach, Davis Little League, Davis, California

Mark Siegler

• Community Service
• Chair, Finance and Budget Commission, City of Davis, California, 2003-present
• Commissioner, Business and Economic Development Commission, City of Davis, California, 2003-present
• Business and Economic Development Workshop Subcommittee, City of Davis, California, 2003-present
• University Service
• Faculty Policies Committee, Faculty Senate, California State University, Sacramento, 2003-present
• Chair, Faculty Endowment Fund Committee, Faculty Senate, California State University, Sacramento, 2003-present
• Institutional Scholarship Committee, California State University, Sacramento, 2003-present
• Executive Committee, Department of Economics, California State University, Sacramento, 2002-present
• Assessment Committee, Department of Economics, California State University, Sacramento, 2003-present
• Chair, Appointment Committee and Applications Screening Subcommittee, Department of Economics, California State University, Sacramento, 2003-present.
• Appointment Committee and Applications Screening Subcommittee, Department of Economics, California State University, Sacramento, 2002-present.
• Faculty Sponsor, The Society for Utility Maximization, Student Economics Club, California State University, Sacramento, 2003-present
• Faculty Advisor, CSUS Omicron Delta Epsilon Chapter, International Collegiate Economics Honor Society, 2003-present
• Political Economy Advisory Committee, Williams College, 1997-2000
• Graduate School Advisor, Department of Economics, Williams College, 1997-1999
• Postgraduate Research Advisor, Department of Economics, Williams College, 1997-1999
• Senior Thesis Advisor, Department of Economics, Williams College, 1998-2000, and Department of Economics, Bates College, 1996-1997
• Computer Coordinator, Department of Economics, Williams College, 1999-2000

Kristin Van Gaasbeck

• University Service
• Member, Faculty Reading and Writing Subcommittee, Fall 2003-present
• Reviewer, 2003-2004 Research and Creative Activity (RCA) Award Program, Research and Sponsored Projects
• Reviewer, 2003-2004 Pedagogy Enhancement Award Program
• Community Service
• Reviewer, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Dept. of Education, March 2003 and March 2004.
• Communications Chair, Smith College Club of the Capitol Region, Summer 2003-present
• Board Member, Smith College Club of the Capitol Region, Fall 2002-present
• Adoption Counselor, Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary, Fall 2002-present

Rossitza Wooster

• University
• Student Academic Development Committee, Chair, Summer 2003 - present

 

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