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Roberto J Anima |
Biography is unavailable at this time.
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Carla D C Grandy B.S. Environmental Earth Resources, Texas Christian University |
Dr. Grandy has been teaching at CCSF since 2007.
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Darrel E Hess B.A., University of California, Berkeley |
Professor Hess has been teaching Geography at City College since 1990, and has served as Chair of the Earth Sciences Department from Fall 1995 through Spring 2009.
After completing an undergraduate degree in Geography at U.C. Berkeley in 1978, Professor Hess served for two years as a teacher in the Peace Corps on the Korean island of Cheju-do. After the Peace Corps, he worked as a photographer and educational audiovisual producer. In 1990 he completed a graduate degree in the Department of Geography at UCLA.
Professor Hess is co-author of the Prentice Hall textbook, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: A LANDSCAPE APPRECIATION, now in its 9th edition. He began working with senior author Tom McKnight on the 6th edition of this textbook, and wrote the laboratory manual and study guide that accompany the book. He is also part of a geoscience author team that developed an animation series to accompany Prentice Hall geography, geology and oceanography textbooks.
In his leisure time, Professor Hess enjoys photography, hiking, camping, and scuba diving. He and his wife live in the East Bay.
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James S Kuwabara B.S. University of Hawaii, Manoa; M.S., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology |
Biography is unavailable at this time.
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Christopher J Lewis |
Biography is unavailable at this time.
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Joyce E. Lucas-Clark B.A., M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Stanford University |
Biography is unavailable at this time.
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Elizabeth J Proctor B.A., University of California, Los Angeles |
Professor Proctor has been teaching at CCSF since 2006.
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Wanda M Simpson-Baczek |
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Katryn P. Wiese Chair, Earth Sciences Department B.S. Geology, Caltech |
Professor Wiese started at City College in 1995 after 2 years working as a geologist at U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park and while working 5 years as an educator and programmer for a software company. She has also taught classes at Stanford, Oregon State University, High School (Physics and Calculus), and a variety of workshops and/or field trips for groups such as San Francisco Unified School District, the national Science Education Resource Center (SERC), and Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
She is a teacher and a student. She loves to learn ("and everyone has something to teach!" she says). She loves to help others with their own studies.
Professor Wiese really has fun teaching, and hopes her students feel that same way in her classes. She has a lot of passion for what she teaches, and believes that comes across. To keep her classes dynamic and fun and interactive, she insists on students reading material prior to coming to class. "We're all adults, in college," she says, "and if we can't read material and teach ourselves basics, we're in the wrong place! By reading ahead, it means that we can use class time to really probe our understanding of the material -- kicking the tires, inspecting the engine, and advancing the basics beyond what all of us can teach ourselves. In this way, the basics become stronger, and the classroom is more active and fun. I have high expectations, but I also provide a number of resources to help students achieve those expectations."
Other projects Professor Wiese is involved in include managing the Science Building exhibit -- the Story of Time and Life, which describes the formation of the universe, our solar system, our planet, and the evolution of life on Earth. Find out more at http://www.ccsf.edu/TimeLife.