National Center for the Study of University Engagement - People - Visiting Scholars

Scholars in Residence

• Theodore Hullar (Nov. 2006 - April 2007)
• Visiting Senior Scholar
• E-Mail: tlh@hullar.com
• Dr. Hullar has held numerous positions in executive leadership with research universities, government, and nonprofits. These include Chancellor at University of California, Davis (1987-1994), and at University of California, Riverside (1985–1987). More recently he was Director of the Higher Education Program at the Atlantic Philanthropies (2000-2004). His current academic home is Cornell University, New York.

  Dr. Hullar's scholarly interests include higher education policy, governance, programs, and societal engagement; environmental and natural resources policy and management, especially for water and land; toxic and hazardous wastes; and environmental toxicology. Another focus area includes extramurally funded biomedical research focused on carbohydrate, nucleotide, and cofactor organic and biochemistry.

  Dr. Hullar received his university education at the University of Minnesota (Ph.D., 1963; Biochemistry; B.S., 1957) and as a National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow (1963-1964). He is a Fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Engaged Scholar Speakers

• Nancy Franklin, Ed.D. (November 2008)
• Director, Strategic Initiatives for Outreach and Cooperative Extension, The Pennsylvania State University
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• Timothy V. Franklin, Ph.D. (November 2008)
• Director, Office of Economic and Workforce Development, The Pennsylvania State University
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• Dwight E. Giles, Jr., Ph.D. (April 2008)
• Professor, Higher Education Administration, University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Senior Associate, New England Resource Center for Higher Education (NERCHE)
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• S. Anne Becker, Ph.D. (November 2007)
• Professor, Management Information Systems and Computer Science
• Director, National Center for Small Business Information, Florida Institute of Technology
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• Paul Spicer, Ph.D. (April 2007)
• Associate Professor, American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry
• Director, American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Research Center, School of Medicine, University of Colorado
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• Kelly Ward, Ph.D. (March 2007)
• Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman
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• Tami Moore, Ph.D. Candidate (March 2007)
• Doctoral Student, Higher Education and Cultural Studies, College of Education, Washington State University, Pullman
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• Jeff Grabill, Ph.D. (November 2006)
• Director, Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE) Research Center
• Associate Professor, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, Michigan State University
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• Sarena Seifer, M.D. (September 2006)
• Director, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
• Professor, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington
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• Julie Ellison, Ph.D. (April 2006)
• Director, Imagining America
• Professor, American Culture, English, and Art and Design, University of Michigan
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• Theodore R. Alter, Ph.D. (April 2006)
• Professor, Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics, The Pennsylvania State University
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• Scott J. Peters, Ph.D. (April 2006)
• Assistant Professor, Education, Cornell University
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• Patricia Brantingham, Ph.D. (March 2005)
• Professor, School of Criminology
• Director, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies
• Co-Director, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies Laboratory
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• Paul Brantingham, Ph.D. (March 2005)
• Professor, School of Criminology
• Co-Director, Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies Laboratory
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