Faculty Service
Dudley Burton
Steering Committee for State and Civilization Program, International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (1978-1980)
Steering Committee for (annual) Conference on Planning Theory (1978-1981)
Member of international, computer-based EIES (Electronic Information Exchange System) in systems theory and cybernetics (1979-1981)
Member, Planner's Network (1975-present)
Member, Public Administration Theory Network (1978-1990)
Member of American Sociological Association (1975-1985)
American Planning Association (1973-1993)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1971-present)
Member, Society for Philosophy and Technology (1982-1992)
Vice President and President-Elect, Texas On-Site Waste Water Association (1996)
President, Texas On-Site Wastewater Association (1997)
Board of Directors, National On-Site Waste Water Recycling Association (1996)
Member of American Chemical Society, 1996-present
Member, Water Environment Federation, 1994-present
merican Society of Civil Engineers, 2000-present
Edward Martinez
Chicano/a Latino/a Graduate and Professional Student Association (CAMARADAS)
Chairperson - Dolores Huerta Essay Contest
Chairperson - Mentor Protégé Program Coaching
Washington State AAU Basketball
Washington State Youth Soccer Association, Inc.
Pullman Baseball Youth Association School Activities
Volunteer—Teach science lessons in elementary school
Volunteer—Sunnyside Elementary School, K-5 Spanish Teacher
Teacher Hiring Committee Member—Pullman, WA, School District
Teacher for the education program—Students Watching Over Our Planet Earth (SWOOPE)
Member - Western Inter-state Commission of Higher Education, Compact for Faculty Diversity
Helen Elizabeth Roland
PROGRAM RESEARCH SPECIALIST I,
Environment and Natural Resources Unit, California Research Bureau, Sacramento, California, 1993-1998.
Lead analyst for issues relating to environmental quality, endangered species, wetlands, and land use planning.RESEARCH ANALYST II,
Research and Development Section, Department of Motor Vehicles, Sacramento, California, 1991-1993.
Lead analyst for the Evaluation and Monitoring System. Responsible for planning and conducting reliable and valid evaluations of the efficacy and efficiency of legislative and policy changes. Develop issue papers for departmental policy makers that identify potential long-term impacts of proposed policy changes including issues related to privatization, citizen compliance, and the use of fees and surcharges to finance government services.
Lead analyst for an evaluation of the Revenue Collection Program. Total responsibility for designing the study, collecting and analyzing the data, and presenting the results. Evaluation questions include assessing the relative cost-effectiveness of departmental and private vendor collections.
PERFORMANCE AUDITOR,
Office of the Auditor General, Sacramento, California, 1989-1991.
As a member of a research team, plan and conduct operational evaluations and performance audits. Evaluate the implementation, effectiveness, and efficiency of mandated programs. Develop policy recommendations based on research conclusions. Present research findings in reports to the Legislature.
POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHER/RESEARCH ASSISTANT,
Institute of Governmental Affairs and Department of Political Science, Project on the Contagion of Political Conflict, University of California, Davis, California, 1985-1987.
Constructed analysis files and assisted with both cross-sectional and time-series multivariate analyses of aggregate data.RESEARCH ASSISTANT,
Kellogg Program, University of California, Davis, California. Infant Mortality Program, 1983.
Assisted with log-linear data analysis.RESEARCH ASSISTANT,
Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis, California, Municipal Budgeting Project, 1982.
Organized and analyzed time series data on municipal expenditures.STAFF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE,
Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, 1978-1982.
Coordinated all facets of the second phase of a longitudinal study of undergraduate students’ attitudes, values, goals, and academic attainments. Duties included supervision of all project personnel, literature review, questionnaire construction, computing, statistical analysis, grant writing, and article writing.STAFF RESEARCH ASSISTANT,
Kellogg Program, University of California, Davis, California. Faculty Development Project, 1979.
Developed SPSS system file for data analysis; conducted data analysis, including computing and write-up; conducted literature review; and co-authored final report and journal article.
Mary Brentwood
Member of the Faculty Senate 1999-present
Member Joint Administration/Faculty Governance Committee
Member Dept. of Sociology Program Review Committee
Faculty Advisor, Environmental Studies Organization
Member Advisory Committee, Friends of Mather Park
Guest Speaker, Political Science Colloquium, “The Politics of Salmon”
Michelle Stevens
Jones and Stokes Public Service Task Force (2000, 2001)
Deans Committee on Ethnic Diversity (1994, 1995)
