AFFILIATION
► Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, retired from Penn State University.
► Research Fellow, Ohio River Valley Institute, since September 2024.
BIO
► In brief: Was a graduate faculty member at Penn State University for 41 years, and, in sum, an instructor/professor in higher education for 51 years before retiring from Penn State in September 2020. Was a member of the graduate faculty in Workforce Education and Development. Served as the committee chair and dissertation advisor for 82 PhD recipients in Workforce Education and Development, Adult Education, and Mineral Engineering and Management. Also was the advisor for 20 theses by students earning master’s degrees in Workforce Education and Development.
Over a career at Penn State, was the University Director of Office for the Protection of Human Subjects for the Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies, Faculty Fellow and Director of Multimedia Technology Classroom Group for the Center for Academic Computing, Director of the Institute for Research in Training and Development, Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in the Department of Learning and Performance Systems, Professor of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education, Senior Scientist in the Institute for Policy Research and Evaluation, Program Coordinator for the Workforce Education and Development academic program, Professor in the Intercollege Dual–Title Degree Graduate Program in Operations Research, a researcher in the Office of Economic and Workforce Development in Penn State Outreach, Faculty Associate of the Center for the Study of Higher Education, Professor of Mineral Engineering Management in the Department of Energy and GeoEnvironmental Sciences in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and a senator serving in the Faculty Senate.
Was employed as a professor and Director of Economic and Occupational Research at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, a professor at University of Massachusetts/Amherst and University of Northern Iowa, an instructor at Bowling Green State University, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota, St. John Fisher, Westfield College, and University of Texas/Tyler. Was Academic Visitor at the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh.
During 1988-1989, was Visiting Scholar in Maternal and Child Health in residence at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health to conduct research on the epidemiology of childhood injuries and of injuries of underground coal miners with the Harvard Injury Research Center.
For six years, a monthly column, Economic & Workforce Brief, with Rose Baker was published in Pennsylvania Business Central, a business newspaper published in 19 counties in Pennsylvania. With Baker, was co– editor of the International Journal of Vocational and Technical Education. Was Editor of the Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, Statistical Editor of Human Resource Development Quarterly, Editor of the Computer Applications Section of Accident Analysis and Prevention, Member of the Board of Editors for Journal of Technology Studies, and a manuscript reviewer for Asia Pacific Education Review, Economics and Finance, American Educational Research Journal, American Journal of Public Health, Geographic Analysis, Journal of Educational Computing, Journal of Occupational Accidents, Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, Journal of Vocational Education Research, Food & Agriculture, Journal of Vocational Home Economics, Psychological Bulletin, Medicine, Volta Review, and other academic journals.
Was a charter member of the Penn State Economic Modeling and Forecasting Project, continuing with studies of the regional economic and workforce implications of public policy, economic development, and demographic changes using structural econometric and input-output models such as REMI Policy Insight and IMPLAN.
Has provided consulting services to a variety of corporate and government clients, including PECO Energy, Johns–Manville, Esso–Interamerica, Joy Manufacturing Technologies, John F. Kennedy Jr. Foundation, Lord Corporation, E–Systems, Woolrich Inc., Liquid Carbonic, CIGNA HealthCare, Kent State University Press, National Institute for Metalworking Skills, Campbell Communications, American Council on Education, Research for Better Schools, Special Olympics, and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General. Is author of over 500 publications and presentations, received 16 awards for research, writing, and service, and was project director or associate for sponsored projects totaling $7 million.
EDUCATION
► PhD in Education from the University of Minnesota, 1973.
► MEd in Industrial Education and Technology from Bowling Green State University, 1970.
► BS in Industrial Arts Education from State University College of New York at Buffalo, 1969.
► Graduate of Bishop Duffy High School,1 Niagara Falls, New York, 1965.
No longer exists. Merged with others to become Niagara Catholic High School, but that, too, no longer exists. “One by one they were all becoming shades,” says Gabriel in James Joyce’s The Dead about things known and, until some point, were taken for granted.↩︎