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CURRICULUM VITAE

Ronald J. Hustedde

Office: Department of Community and Leadership Development (859) 257 – 3186

500 Garrigus Bldg.

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY 40546-0215

Professional Experience

July Extension Professor, Department of Community and Leadership

2003 - Present Development, University of Kentucky

2004-Present Director, Kentucky Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute

1996-2003 Associate Extension Professor, Department of Community and Leadership, University of Kentucky (note: prior to July 2002, the department was known as the Department of Sociology, College of Agriculture)

July Associate Co-Director of Research, UK Appalachian Center

2001-2003 (Approximately, 9% of DOE)

1990 - 1996 Assistant Extension Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky

1990 - 1993 Public Policy Specialist, Appalachian Center, University of Kentucky

1989-1990 Economist-Researcher, Memphis State University, Bureau of Business and Economic Research

EDUCATION

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989

(Sociology)

M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987

(Rural Sociology)

M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1985

(Agricultural and Applied Economics)

M.S. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1977

(Community Development)

B.S. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1968

(Journalism)

EXPERTISE

Rural entrepreneurship; economic development; community development; leadership

development; public conflict analysis and resolution; group process and public

deliberation.

Awards

Excellence in Extension, 2007 National Award, Cooperative Extension System, CSREES/USDA, National Association of Public Universities and Land Grant Colleges. November 2007.

Excellence in Extension and Public Service Award, Rural Sociological Society, August 2007;

Excellence in Extension and Public Service Award, 2006, Southern Rural Sociological

Association.

Recognition of Kentucky Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute as “one of the sixteen best entrepreneurial practices in the U.S.” by the Kauffman Foundation, National Lieutenant Governors’ Association and the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy, March 2006.

1994 Outstanding New Specialist Award, Association of Kentucky Extension Specialists (the association of University of Kentucky and Kentucky State University Extension faculty members).

Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Use of Community Development Principles and Practice, 1988, Wisconsin Community Development Society.

FUNDED INTIATIVES

2007- 2010

Hustedde, Ronald and Larry Jones (co-principal investigators), “Kentucky Entrepreneurial Coaches Institute: Expanding Entrepreneurship in South Central Kentucky,” Kentucky Agricultural Development Board. Amount: $883,545.

2003-2007

Hustedde, Ronald (senior principal investigator) with L. Jones and E. Scorsone (co-principle investigators), “A Leadership Program To Stimulate the Entrepreneurial Culture in the Tobacco-Dependent Counties of Northeastern Kentucky,” Kentucky Agricultural Development Board. Amount: $1.28 million.

2003

Hustedde, Ronald (principal investigator) “A Retreat About Community Development Theory,” grant awarded to Community Development Society, Ford Foundation. Amount: $8,500.

1998-2001

Hustedde, Ron and Mark E. Settle, Iowa State University Extension (co-principal investigators), “A Proposal to Strengthen the Linkages Among Community Development Scholars and Practitioners,” W. K. Kellogg Foundation to the Community Development Society. Amount: $125,000.

1997-1999

Hustedde, Ron and Jennifer Thompson (co-principal investigators), “National Issues Forums Public Policy Institute,” Kettering Foundation. Amount: $10,000.

1997

Hustedde, Ronald J. (principal investigator), “Rural Development,” was awarded by the Farm Foundation to the Community Development Society. Amount: $3,100.

1997

Hustedde, Ronald J., (principal investigator), “International Community Development,” was awarded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to the Community Development Society. Amount: $16,000.

1997

Hustedde, Ronald J. (principal investigator), “Strengthening the Linkages between Community Development Research and Practice,” awarded by the TVA Center for Rural Studies to the Kentucky Community Development Society. Amount: $5,000.

1996-1999

Hustedde, Ronald (principal investigator), "Strengthening Rural Community Leadership: An Extension Program for Public Conflict Resolution," Southern Rural Development Center. Amount: $13,700.

1997-1999

Hustedde, Ronald (co-principal investigator), "Southern Gathering on Agricultural Problem-Solving," a sustainable agricultural training project awarded by USDA SARE/ACE. Amount: $52,000.

1994

Contracted with the UK Markey Cancer to produce a "train the trainers" community organizing handbook for health organizers and discussion leaders. Amount: $3,500.

1991 - 1993

Collaborator on W.K. Kellogg Foundation educational grant. Responsible for teaching and promotion to encourage innovative public issues discussion methods and to increase the participation of Appalachians in the democratic process. Amount: $1.2 million.

1993

Hustedde, Ron (Principal investigator), Study Circles Resources Center award to develop a workshop for framing controversial public policy issues. Amount: $1,900.

Book

Hustedde, Ronald J., Ron Shaffer, and Glen C. Pulver, Community Economic Analysis: A

How to Manual, Ames, IA, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State

University, 2005.

Book Chapters/Encyclopedia Article

Hustedde, Ronald J. “Seven Theories for Seven Community Developers,” Rhonda Phillips and Robert Pittman (ed.), Introduction to Community Development, New York City: Routledge Press; In press, 2009.

Hustedde, Ronald J. "Politics in Rural America,” Gary Goreham (ed.), Encyclopedia of Rural America: The Land and the People. Millerton, NY: Grey House Publishing, pp. 766-771, 2008

Hustedde, Ronald J. “What’s Culture Got To Do With It?” in Norman Walzer (ed.),

Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, pp. 39-

58, 2007

Gruidl, John J. and Ronald J. Hustedde. “Key Practices In Creating A Learning Community,”

Chapter 12, in Norman Walzer (ed.), Managing Change During Transition: Issues Facing the

Rural Midwest, Armank, NY: M.E. Sharp, pp. 246-266. 2002

Hustedde, Ronald J. "Developing Leadership To Address Rural Problems," in Norman Walzer (ed), Rural Community Economic Development, New York, Praeger Press, pp. 111-123. 1991

Miller, Lorna Clancy and Ronald J. Hustedde. "Group Approaches," Donald E. Johnson, Larry R. Meiller, Lorna Clancy Miller and Gene F. Summers (editors), Needs Assessment: Theory and Methods, Ames, IA, Iowa State University Press, pp. 91-125, 1987

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Sakamoto, Kiyohiko and Ronald Hustedde. “Tensions and Reflections about the Domination of Technical Knowledge in Community Development,” Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 1-17, 2008.

Gruidl, John and Ronald Hustedde. “Evaluation of Capacity Building Programs: A Learning Organization Approach,” Journal of Extension, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 1-7, 2003.

Hustedde, Ronald J. and Jacek Ganowicz. “The Basics: What’s Essential about Theory for

Community Development Practice?”, Journal of the Community Development Society, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1-30, 2002.

Hustedde, Ronald J. and Betty S. King. “Rituals: Emotions, Community Faith in Soul and the

Messiness of Life,” Community Development Journal, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 338-348, 2002.

King, Betty S. and Ronald J. Hustedde. “Strengthening Civic Engagement in Decision-

Making.” The Rural South: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century, Southern Rural

Development Center, Mississippi State University, 2000.

Hustedde, Ronald J. “On the Soul of Community Development,” Journal of the Community

Development Society. Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 153-165, 1998.

Hustedde, Ronald J. “American Non-Profit Organizations and Community Development,”

Journal of Korean-International Society of Community Development, Kyongsan-City, Korea:

Taegu University, Vol. 7, pp. 95-109, 1997.

Hustedde, Ronald J. "An Evaluation of the National Issues Forum Methodology For

Stimulating Deliberation in Rural Kentucky," Journal of the Community Development Society,

Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 197 – 210, 1996.

Hustedde, Ronald J. and Michael Score. "Force-Field Analysis," CD Practice, a publication of the Community Development Society, Summer, pp. 1 - 5. 1995

Hustedde, Ron. "Community Issue Gathering: A Tool For Resolving Controversy," CD Practice, a publication of the Community Development Society, No. 1, pp. 1-7, 1994.

King, Betty S. and Ronald J. Hustedde. "Community Free Spaces: Creating and Nurturing Schools of Democracy," Journal of Extension, Vol. XXXI, Winter, pp. 10-12, 1993. .

Hustedde, Ronald J. "Festivals Can Educate," Journal of Extension, Vol. XXXI, Summer, p. 30, 1993.

Hustedde, Ronald J. and Glen C. Pulver. "Factors Affecting Equity Capital Acquisition: The Demand Side," Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 363-374, 1992.

Pulver, Glen C. and Ronald J. Hustedde. "Regional Variables That Influence the Allocation of Venture Capital: The Role of Banks." The Review of Regional Studies, Vol. 18, No.2, pp. 1-9, 1988.

Peer-Reviewed Training Manual

Hustedde, Ron, Steve Smutko and Jarad Kapsa. Addressing Public Conflict: Turning

Lemons into Lemonade, Mississippi State University, MS: Southern Rural Development

Center, 2000.

Training Manuals/Educational Monographs

Hustedde, Ron. Leading Hot Meetings About Environmental Issues Without Getting Burnt,

University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, 178 pages, 2004.

Hustedde, Ron, Christine Carlson, John-Mark Hack, Betty S. King, David Patton. Facilitating Collaborative Problem-Solving, Lexington, KY: UK Coop. Ext. Service, 102 pages, 1996.

Hickman, Peggy, Ronald J. Hustedde, Angel Rubio. Building Healthy Homeplaces, Central Highlands Appalachian Initiative On Cancer, Lexington, KY, UK Markey Cancer Center, 169 pages, 1994.

Schroder, Mark, Catherine Cotter and Ronald Hustedde. Market Information for the Personal

and Public Safety Services, Madison, WI, Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult

Education, 55 pages, 1991.

Hays, John B., Catherine M. Cotter and Ronald J. Hustedde. Labor Market Information For

Business and Marketing Occupations, Madison, WI, Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, 89 pages, 1990 .

Hustedde, Ronald J., Wm. T. Jackson, and Wm. David Bourne. An Economic Analysis of the

Mid-South Common Market Area, Memphis, TN, Memphis State University, Bureau of

Business and Economic Research, 259 pages, 1989.

Other Recent Publications

Hustedde, Ronald J., Melony Furby and Katie Ellis. “What Every Kentucky Elected Leader Needs to Know about Entrepreneurship.” UK Cooperative Extension Service, Dev-5, in press, 11 pages, January, 2009.

Furby, Melony, Katie Ellis and Ronald Hustedde. “What Every Kentucky Educator Needs to Know about Entrepreneurship” UK Cooperative Extension Service, Dev-6, in press, 9 pages, February, 2009.

Hustedde, Ronald J. “Kentucky Leadership Program Coaches Entrepreneurs,” Economic

Development America, Winter, pp. 28-29, 2006.

Hustedde, Ronald J. “News from the International Association for Community Development,” Community Development Journal, Vol. 39 (3), pp. 303-305, 2004.

Hustedde, Ron and James Calvin. “News from the International Association for Community Development: Facing the current challenge of the community development field,” Community Development Journal, Vol. 38 (2), pp. 175-179, 2003.

Hustedde, Ron and Ted Bradshaw, A Report About the July 2003 Retreat- Community Development Theory, Lexington: University of Kentucky Department of Community and Leadership Development, September, 19 pages, 2003. .

Hustedde, Ronald J., “Editorial,” Journal of the Community Development Society, Vol. 33 (1),

pp. v-vi, 2002

(In addition to the above, I have authored or co-authored over 75 newsletter articles, fact sheets,

Extension publications and newspaper articles since 1990. I have produced two instructional

videos and taught through television and radio).

Invited International Presentations

“Community Development Short Course,” Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, Indonesia,

June - July 2008.

“Group Process for Rural Development,” USDA and Serbian Ministry for Rural Development

Soko Banja, Serbia, March 2006

Dimitrovgrad, Serbia, June 2006

Banja Vrujci, Serbia, March 2007

“Entrepreneurship as a form of community development,” workshop and discussion leader, International Association for Community Development, Yaounde, Cameroon, April 2005.

“Rural Entrepreneurship in Northeastern Kentucky,’ with Eric Scorsone and Kimathia Muranthi, Babson-Kauffman Conference on Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2004.

“Rural Development and the U.S. Cooperative Extension Service,” University of Calabria, Cosenza Italy, January 2002.

“New Developments in Community Development Approaches,” presented to various Italian government agency leaders in Rome, Naples and Lametzia Terme, Italy, January and February 2002.

“Excluded Communities in the U.S.” plenary presenter at the International Association for Community Development, Rotorua, New Zealand, April 2001

“From Community Development to Community Building,” a plenary panelist at the International Association for Community Development conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, April 1999.

“Trends in U.S. Community Development Practices,” a lecture presented at Centre for Rural Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, January 1998.

“American Non-Profit Organizations and Community Development,” a plenary paper presented at the 9th International Conference of the Korean-International Association of Community Development and at the Taegu University International Graduate Seminar on Community Development, Kyungpook, Korea, November 1997.

Recent Invited National Presentations

Michigan State University, C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems; designed and led strategic planning retreat. October 2, 2007.

Savannah-Chatham Citizen Advocacy; consulted and wrote reflective piece about agency’s direction; Savannah, GA. May 2008.

Invited Public Conflict Resolution Workshops

Mississippi State University Leadership Oktibbeha County, Starkville, MS., Workshop on Public Conflict Resolution, November 2004; January 2005, September 2006; October 2007.

Mississippi State University Extension (in-service training), Biloxi, MS, May 2004.

Purdue University Extension, Spencer, IN, May 1999.

University of Arkansas Extension, Hot Springs, AR, March 1999.

Iowa State University Extension, Ames, IA, January 1998.

University of Florida Extension, Orlando, FL, April 1998; February 1999.

Iowa State University Extension, Ames, IA, January 1998.

University of Vermont Extension, Stowe, VT. November 1997.

Vermont Conservation Partnership, Stowe, VT. November 1997.

Texas A & M University Extension, Austin area, TX, July 1997.

The Pennsylvania State University Extension Service, Gettysburg, PA, June 2002.

Illinois Rural Development Institute Conference, Springfield, IL, February 2001.

Ohio State University Extension Service, Columbus, OH, November 1999.

American Farm Bureau Federation Institute, Chicago, IL, September 1999.

University of Missouri Extension, St. Louis, MO. March 1999.

Southern Rural Development Center Community Development Institute, Little Rock, AR, May 1998; Asheville, NC, May 1999.

Peace Corps Fellows Program, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, May 1998; January 1999.

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Des Moines, IA, April 1998.

Peace Corps Fellows Program, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL, November 1997.

Partners of the Americas, Lexington, KY, April 1997.

National External Evaluator

Heartland Center for Leadership Development, Southern Urban-Rural Summit for Youth Development Leaders, Eufalia, AL, November 1999. Co-authored evaluation report with James Calvin, Johns Hopkins University.

Heartland Center for Leadership Development, Urban-Rural Summit for Community Development Leaders, Nebraska City, NE., October 1998. Co-authored evaluation report with James Calvin, Johns Hopkins University.

Kettering Foundation, National Issues Forum Summer Public Policy Institute, Miami University of Ohio, Summer 1998. Part of national evaluation team. Prepared written report.

International/National Conference Presentations

“Journal of the Community Development Society: A Research Outlet for Community Development Educators,” Third International Community Development Congress, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Lucerne Switzerland, September 26-29, 2007.

“Entrepreneurship for Community Development,” International Association for Community Development Conference, Hong Kong, June 21-27, 2007.

“Leadership for Entrepreneurship in Rural Communities,” Rural Sociological Society,

Louisville, KY, August 2006.

“Entrepreneurship as an economic development strategy,” Community Development Society, Baltimore, MD, June 2005.

“A Multi-Disciplinary Retreat to Examine the Theory and Practice of Community Development,” (120 individuals were invited from various disciplines in the U.S.), Vanderbilt University, May 20-23, 2004.

“The Role of Rituals in Community Development,” Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, August 2002.

“Journaling and Other Reflective Experiences for Community Developers,” Community Development Society, Cleveland, MS, July 2002.

“Essential Theory for Community Development Practice,” Rural Sociological Society, Albuquerque, NM, August 2001.

“Basic Community Development Theories,” Community Development Society, Duluth, MN, July 2001.

Invited Mediator (Third Party Neutral) for National/Kentucky Public Disputes

Dispute among board of directors, American Association of Management Accountants, (led one-day retreat); dispute settled. Cincinnati, OH, July 2004.

Dispute among UK Extension county agents, initial settlement, March 2003.

Dispute between U.S. Forest Service and 13 state forest service units about data collection and interpretation. Conducted pre-interviews with disputants, designed and led two-day retreat. Dispute settled. Shakertown, KY, Fall 2000.

Dispute in public middle school between administration and faculty. Conducted pre-interviews with disputants, co-designed and co-led series of meetings with disputants over two-month period, dispute settled through legal process, location: Bluegrass area, Kentucky, (co-mediator, Linda Harvey, Transformation House, Inc., Lexington), Fall 1998.

Dispute among elementary school administrators, faculty, staff and parents about the role of religion and the celebration of Christmas traditions in the public school. Conducted pre-interviews with disputants, co-designed and co-led series of meetings with disputants over six-month period. Dispute settled to everyone(s satisfaction, Location: Bluegrass area, Kentucky, (co-mediator, Linda Harvey, Transformation House, Inc., Lexington), Fall 1997-Winter 1998.

Multi-issue dispute about long-standing contention among county and city elected leaders and the recruitment of a large-scale poultry processing plant and poultry grower(s facilities. Conducted pre-interviews, designed and co-led a full day retreat with local Extension agent. Aspects of the dispute were settled to everyone(s satisfaction. As a consequence of the retreat, I taught a conflict resolution workshop for the disputants in order for them to address their own issues without a mediator. Location: Western Kentucky. Fall 1996.

Multi-issue dispute among Kentucky commodity groups which also involved a dispute about the UK College of Agriculture. Conducted pre-interviews. Designed and co-led full day retreat. Conducted in Bluegrass area. Fall 1995.

Professional Service

International Association For Community Development (based in Edinburgh, Scotland). Elected as one of two North American representatives to the international Board of Directors. April 1999-April 2003 and from June 2003-June 2007.

Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society.

Acting Co-Editor, Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society, August 2006 – September 2007.

Invited Guest Editor, Journal of the Community Development Society. Focus: Theory for

Community Development Practice. Fall 2002.

Community Development Society (an international research-based professional organization

for approx. 1,100 community development researchers and practitioners). Elected to a

three-year presidential track by the membership in July 1996. Accomplishments during office:

President, Community Development Society: July 1998-1999

Accomplishments:

• Appointed over 100 individuals to serve on committees with detailed guidelines and timetables;

• Carried-out a W.K. Kellogg Grant to strengthen the diversity of community development learning networks;

• Presided over electronic and in-person Board of Directors meetings;

• Wrote president’s columns for Society newsletter;

• Initiated 5 year strategic plan for the Society;

• Forged new links with sister professional organizations such as the Society for Community Research and Action and several minority-dominated groups.

• Initiated a special issue of the Society’s Journal that focused on minority and diversity issues within the community development field.

• Received standing ovation for plenary presentation at 30th international CDS conference (July 1998).

Vice President-Operations, Community Development Society: July 1997-July 1998

Accomplishments:

• Co-Principal Investigator for a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant for

$125,000 Awarded April 1998.

• Led Board’s Organizational Development Committee and revised Society’s

committees to more accurately reflect tasks.

• Initiated collaboration with the International Association for Community Development to co-sponsor an international community development conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Vice President-Program, Community Development Society: July 1996-July 1997

Accomplishments:

• Recruited international and North American abstracts for the July 1997

international CDS Conference in Athens, Georgia;

• Raised approx. $20,000 from the Farm Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg

Foundation for international plenaries at the 1997 conference;

• Coordinated conference publicity; Designed conference program and overall

content;

• Arranged for simultaneous translation in Korean, Chinese and Spanish;

• Participation from over a dozen countries representing every continent;

• Led five day post-CDS conference tour (August 1998) of Kentucky community

development programs with delegates from Sweden, South Africa and Australia;

• Received high evaluation marks for conference from participants.

Grants Administrator 1997-2000

Co-Principal Investigator with Mark E. Settle (Iowa State University), W. K. Kellogg Foundation supported Community Development Society Diversity Initiative, Amount of Award: $125,000.

Accomplishments:

• Built a committee of former CDS presidents and other leaders to implement the grant.

• Built working relationships with new organizations that serve diverse populations. This work was initiated through a two day retreat in which we invited leaders of other national community development professional groups to discuss the present state and future of the field.

• Three annual Community Development Society conferences had special sessions that focused on approaches to working with diverse communities.

• CDS and the Southern Rural Development Center co-sponsored two community development institutes for the Mississippi Delta region. This led to revival of the Mississippi Community Development Society.

• The quarterly CDS newsletter, Vanguard, consistently highlighted issues about working with minority groups and issues.

• Provided $30,000 in mini-grants to community development professional groups in Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi and Saskatchewan in order to strengthen the diversity of their organizations.

• CDS marketing materials and web page were revised to appeal to a more diverse constituency.

• Special issue of Journal of Community Development Society published about diversity issues.

• Met with CDS Board of Directors to discuss the “lessons learned” from the process and put the annual reports and final report on the CDS webpage.

Board of Directors, Community Development Society

• Elected to the Board of Directors (1993-1995)

• Chairman, Committee on Future Financial Sustainability (1991-1993)

• Editorial Board of Journal of the Community Development Society (1992-1995;

2002-2007)

• Chair, Annual Meeting Site Selection Committee, 1994-1995

• Organizer and co-founder of the Kentucky chapter of CDS (1995)

Rural Sociological Society

Elected chair, Extension Interest Group. Organized several pre-conference sessions and produced one newsletter for Extension sociologists. 1993-1994 and 2007-2008.

National Extension Task Force On Public Conflict(May 1998 - 1999

Involved in organization of conference for Extension conflict resolution educators and in strengthening Extension(s role in public conflict education.

Manuscript Reviewer

• Growth & Change

• Journal of the Community Development Society

• Economic Development Quarterly

Grants Reviewer

• Reviewer for Southern Region SARE/ACE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education and Agriculture in Concert with the Environment)

• Reviewer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Small Business Innovation Research Competitive Grants Program. (1993 - 1995)

• Reviewer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program. (1992, 1996)

External Reviewer for Promotion and Tenure

Michael Haverkamp, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Service, 2007

Kay Haaland, Washington State University Cooperative Extension Service, 2005

Deanna Tribe, Dept. of Extension, The Ohio State University Extension, 2005

Mary Anne Albanza Akers, School of Environmental Design, Univ. of Georgia, 2002

Cynthia L. Hoover, Dept. of Extension, The Ohio State University Extension, 2001

Deanna L. Tribe, Dept. of Extension, The Ohio State University Extension, 2000

National and State Leadership Activities

• Coach for National Leaders Program: The National Youth Employment Coalition in Washington, D.C. requested that I serve as a coach for their New Leaders Academy. I coached two individuals in 2001 and two individuals in 2002.

• Board of Directors, Transformation House, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky - 1997-2004

• Kentucky Community Development Society Co-founder; elected as secretary. (1996 - 1998)

• Task Force, Kentucky Natural Resources Leadership Institute (KY NRLI)

• Appointed as one of four task force members from the University of Kentucky to prepare a curriculum on conflict resolution for a Kellogg Foundation funded institute (1995 - 1997).

• Project Management Team, Kentucky Leadership for Agricultural and Environmental Sustainability (KLAES)

• Appointed by Community Farm Alliance and the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture to serve as internal project evaluator and trainer. Cooperated with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation evaluators and project staff members to develop project evaluation tools that will benefit and empower project participants. Provided instruction in group process and conflict resolution to the project management team. (Summer 1994-Present)

• Kentucky Outlook 2000 Public Advisory Committee

• Appointed by Governor Jones to serve on this committee to improve the way Kentucky manages its natural resources through the use of scientific data and improved public participation. (1994 - 1996)

Sabbatical- Jan. - July, 2000

My six month sabbatical focused on new theoretical dimensions in community development.

Recent University of Kentucky Service

2008 Designed and led economic development retreats for UK faculty and Appalachian

regional leaders.

2008 Designed and led natural resources development visioning retreat for UK faculty and key

partners.

2005 Designed and led evaluation retreat for UK Appalachian Cancer Network.

2005 UK Appalachian Center advisory network.

2001-2002 College of Agriculture Promotion and Tenure Review Advisory Committee.

2001 Led faculty retreat for the Dept. of Kinesiology & Health Promotion regarding mission,

vision and future action and basic strategic planning.

2000 Led faculty examination of dept. issues and mission for Animal Sciences Department.

Designed dept. survey about faculty attitudes regarding their department and presented

the results.

Coursework

Designed and implemented new distance learning course, ‘Introduction to Community Development Theory and Practice’ for the new UK Master’s degree in Community and Leadership Development. Taught the course via Blackboard to 19 graduate students in 5 states. Over half of the students were Extension agents. Spring 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Graduate Students

Thesis Committees:

Michael Geneve, 2008 (Major Advisor and Chair)

Katie Ellis, 2008 (Major Advisor and Chair)

Kiyohiko Sakamoto, 2002 (Major Advisor and Chair)

Michael Score (Major Advisor and Chair) 1999

Marissa Olivares, May 1998

Dissertation Committees:

Baishakhi Banerjee (sociology), 2008

Bonnie Nicholson (education), 2007

Emilia Clements (anthropology), 2003

Yukio Yatsumoto, (sociology), 2003

Seetha Veeraghanta, (sociology), 2000

Sarah Dewees, (sociology), 1997

Launa Mallett, (sociology), 1997

Jean Reeves, (sociology), 1996

Community Development Internships Provided for

International Scholars at UK

Miodrag Kolic, Government of Macedonia; May-July, 2007

Margie Maistry, University of Fort Hare, South Africa, September, 2005

Emanuela Pascuzzi, University of Calabria, Italy, October-December, 2003

Invited International Assignment

Reader (evaluator) for Ph.D. dissertation submitted by Muktasam Abdurrahman, School of Natural and Rural Systems Management, The University of Queensland, Australia, July 2000.

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