Resume and Vita of Jackie Alan Giuliano, Ph.D.

Education (back to top)
Ph.D., The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio:
Environmental Studies, May 1998
Dissertation: Teaching As If Your Life Depends On It: Environmental Studies as a Vehicle for Societal and Educational Transformation

B.A. University of Southern California:
Astronomy, August 1977.

Experience (back to top)

Details of Professional Experience (back to top)

For The Evelyn Wood Reading Dynamics Program:
Taught state-of-the-art programs in reading and learning dynamics to corporate and general audiences, increasing participants reading speeds from the hundreds of words per minute to the thousands with a commensurate increase in comprehension.

For the Union Institute:
As Adjunct Professor, taught courses in environmental studies, physical sciences, and astronomy. As Member of the Faculty, advised students on the development of the plan for their degree completion programs which included: analysis of transcripted learning for credit determination; analysis of prior learning and life experience and determination of applicability for academic credit; the development of prior learning portfolios and career and academic counseling.

For the Nature Conservancy:
Developed a program for monitoring preserves that were acquired by The Nature Conservancy and were deeded to federal, state, or local agencies. Coordinated a network of volunteer preserve "monitors" throughout Southern California. Authored a newsletter to keep the monitors informed and educated about environmental issues.

For the National Park Service:
Organized the results of a study to determine the level and types of use of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area by the scientific community. Designed and implemented computer software to automate property and landowner information system in support of the land protection plan. Worked for the lands acquisition office, utilizing GIS systems, updating maps and tracking ownership of parcels that the park desired to acquire.

For the Griffith Observatory:
Authored a three-year plan for exhibit development, crowd control procedures, and educational programs. Compiled and edited a "Handbook for Observatory Guides" describing the exhibits and presenting content and formats for talks and public tours. Conducted tours of the Halls of Science and managed forty employees comprising the Museum Guide Staff.

For the University of Southern California :
Taught students in lower and upper division astronomy classes, conducted research projects, and maintained equipment.

Curriculum Design Activities (back to top)
Designed a 2-year Master of Science program for Antioch University, Los Angeles in 1991.

Designed a series of curriculum guides for K-12 and university educators to assist them in teaching space and Earth science with active, kinesthetic and experiential learning experiences as part of the educational outreach program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Courses Designed and Taught (back to top)

Environmental Studies
Environmental Science: The Human Impact
Environmental Science: An Experience in the Field
Oases in the Urban Desert - The Importance of Natural Areas
Ecopsychology: The Environment and Mental Health
Environmental Ethics
Environmental Action and Social Responsibility
Community Action and Social Responsibility
The Environment and Human Health
Environmental Values and Resources
Despair and Empowerment in the Nuclear Age
Island Ecology
The Great Northridge Earthquake of 1994

Science and Society
The Universe Story: Toward A Council of All Beings
The Earth’s Moon in Science, Culture, and Literature
Astronomy of the Solar System: the Technology, Philosophy and Ethics of Space Exploration
The History of Science

Educational Strategies and Learning Theory
Critical Thinking and Decision Making
Science Education and Multiple Intelligence Theory
Kinesthetic Activities for Science Teachers
Advanced Study and Learning Methods

Created an environmental education partnership between the City of Seattle at Discovery Park and the King County West Point Wastewater Treatment Plant for the first time in park history. Cooperative public environmental education programs are now underway that begin with nature experiences following the human impact on water and ending with a tour and discussion at the wastewater treatment plan. Because of my efforts a complete program for elementary school children is now being designed that will continue this program.

Secured the donation of a complete website design from a company in Seattle

Developed volunteer recruitment, training, and retention programs for the Nature Conservancy, Seattle Parks Department, EarthWays Foundation and others

Secured a $60,000 partnership between Caltech and the Art Center College of Design for a student project. See the results of this partnership at the JPL Pluto Express website.

Read about some of the student involvement projects I initiated at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

A creative partnership I initiated with the Griffith Observatory and Planetarium and the Pluto Express project resulted in the development of a planetarium show and the creation of a 360-degree panorama of the Pluto surface - all at no cost to the project.

Managed all education and groundskeeping operations at the 534 acre Discovery Park in Seattle with a budget of over $1 million.

Managed educational outreach activities for spacecraft missions for the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Designed and gave teacher training workshops in Earth and space science education, teaching innovative learning and teaching techniques while serving as Educational Outreach Manager.

Managed projects ranging from educational outreach program with a budget of a $3.5 million to a $6 million technical project.

• Began the process of significantly changing the way the City of Seattle manages its forest resources by altering the way the forest management planning process worked. Because of my efforts, the Forest Management Plan for Discovery Park will consider all ecosystems and habitats, not just forested acres as had been previously planned.
  
  
• Developed innovative techniques for managing invasive plants in Discovery Park.
  Created environmental education partnerships between the Native American community and the Discovery Park Visitor Center for the first time in park history.
  
  
• Worked with Lois Arkin and Ecovillage, Los Angeles to preserve a state of the art attempt at building a sustainable community.
  
  
• Managed the press and media outreach for a major national humane campaign supporting state and federal legislation.
  
  
• Developed a program for monitoring preserves that were acquired by The Nature Conservancy and were deeded to federal, state, or local agencies. Coordinated a network of volunteer preserve "monitors" throughout Southern California. Authored a newsletter to keep the monitors informed and educated about environmental issues.
  
  
• Was actively involved with citizen groups to save the 1,000 acre Ballona Wetlands in Southern California, the last remaining significant wetland in Los Angeles. Organized demonstrations, participated in public hearings, presented testimony.
  
  
• My weekly Healing Our World columns have inspired people in communities all over the world to become activists. I have many emails from people around the globe who have used my commentaries to motivate substantial change in their communities.

Ecological Accomplishments (back to top)

• Developing a groundskeeping plan for Discovery Park that embraced environmentally sound practices, limited machine use in the park, and phased out all 2-cycle engines immediately.

  
  
• Creating a plan that significantly changed the way the City of Seattle manages its forest and habitat resources

Examples of Graphic Designs and Documents (back to top)
follow the links below

See the complete web site I designed and implemented for the EarthWays Foundation part in the World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles (1999).

Take a look at the brochures I designed for the Pluto Express, Europa Orbiter and Solar Probe Missions at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

See the K-12 Curriculum Guides I led the design of for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

See the details of one of the Curriculum Guides.

For Discovery Park, I created a dramatically new tabloid format for their quarterly program guide.

See the Deep Teaching Process chart describing the teaching principles I developed during my doctoral program.

At my website, see the design I created for exploring the courses I teach.

Doctoral Committee Participation (back to top)
Served as doctoral committee member for Kim Kleineman for his program in the History of Science for the Union Institute College of Graduate Studies, 1993 - 1995.

Served as doctoral committee member for Jerry Waxman for his program in Environmental Studies Curriculum Development for the Union Institute College of Graduate Studies, 1994 - 1997.

Served as doctoral committee member for Lorraine Fish for her program in Ecopsychology for the Union Institute College of Graduate Studies, 2002 - 2003

Teaching and Research Interests (back to top)
Science and Society
Environmental Education
Ecopsychology
Innovative Teaching Strategies
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills
Deep and Spiritual Ecology
Gender Studies / Ecofeminist Studies
Social Responsibility and Activism

Honors and Awards (back to top)
Union Institute Graduate College Scholarship towards Ph.D. work (January through May 1998)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
**Certificate of Appreciation for Project TOPEX Operations (1991)
**Team Excellence for Quality and Productivity at JPL (1988)
**Group Achievement Award for Galileo launch flight operations (1987)
**Group Achievement Award for Voyager flight operations (1982)
Public Speakers Award, Institute of Environmental Sciences (1985)
California Nature Conservancy Service Award (1983)
Charles Lick Fellowship Recipient, USC Department of Astronomy (1973)
Honors at Entrance, USC (1972)
College Opportunity Grant Recipient for full tuition at USC (1972)
First Place Award, International Script Writing Contest, Literary Cavalcade Magazine (1972)

Publications Activity (back to top)

"Healing Our World, A Journey from the Darkness into the Light," Xlibris Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA. 2001.

"Of This Earth, Reflections on Connections," Xlibris Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA. 2002.

"Doctor, Doctor," Adbusters: Journal of the Mental Environment, The Media Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Winter 1999, p. 14.

"What Color is Suffering," one of my "Healing Our World" articles reprinted in The Piracy of America, Clarity Press, Inc. Soon to be available.

Teaching as if Your Life Depends On It: Environmental Studies as a Vehicle for Societal and Educational Transformation, Doctoral Dissertation, The Union Institute College of Graduate Studies, May 1998.

In Progress: two book proposals - 1) for a book called Healing Our World, based on the 60 articles I have written for the Internet Environment News Service and 2) for a book based on my doctoral dissertation.

"The Development of Social Responsibility and Environmental Awareness Through Community Involvement and Activism," Proceedings of the North American Association for Environmental Education Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C., October 1997.

Course Workbooks for all the classes taught at Antioch University. 1989-1998.

"Turning Despair Into Empowerment: A Process For Personal and Planetary Rejuvenation", Earthyear Journal, Cameron Design, South Africa, July 1996.

"Ecopsychology: The Environment and Mental Health", Earthyear Journal, Cameron Design, South Africa, November 1995.

Planetary Report, Journal of the Planetary Society, "The New Pluto Express," September, 1995.

"Gender and Science: The Impact of the Absence of a Feminist Voice - Putting the Human Spirit Back Into Science and Science Education," Proceedings of the National University Research Center Conference on Lifelong Learning, February 16-18, 1994 and Proceedings of the Reconciling Gender Issues in Higher Education Conference, October 1993, University of Vermont.

"Toward a Global Environmental and Societal Ethic: The Introduction of Ecological Feminist Philosophies, Inclusive Values, and Spirituality Into The Classroom Through Environmental Studies Curriculum," Proceedings of the Reconciling Gender Issues in Higher Education Conference, October 1993, University of Vermont and Proceedings of the North American Association for Environmental Education 1993 Conference, October 1993.

Guidelines for the Development of the Senior Project Proposal, The Union Institute College of Undergraduate Studies, Los Angeles, California, June 1992.

Planetary Society's Planetary Report at

Handbook For Tour Guides: A Basic Set of Portable Notes for Garden Docents, The Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, October 1991.

Project TOPEX (Ocean Topography Experiment) Functional Requirements Document for the Mission Planning, Sequencing, and Scheduling Subsystem, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, May 1988.

Mars Observer Mission Sequencing Workstation Prototype Study, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, Dec. 1987.

Guide To The Utilization of the United States Space Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, September 1987.

Conference/Workshop Activity (back to top)
1999 Activity
Presented two workshops entitled "The Deep Teaching Process" and "Teaching Critical Thinking Skills" at the 1999 conference of the Greater Los Angeles Teachers of Science Association, February 13, 1999.

1998 Activity
Guest on KPFK Pacifica Radio's The Wee Hours program. Discussed education and ecopsychology. April 18, 1998.

1997 Activity
Presented a workshop in "Social Responsibility and Activism: Community Involvement Projects in Environmental Studies" at the annual meeting of the North American Association for Environmental Education Conference in Vancouver, B.C., August, 1997.

Presented an in-service workshop in Ecopsychology: The Environment and its Affect on Mental Health, to mental health professionals at the Antioch University Counseling Center, May 6, 1997.

Presented three science teacher training workshops at the National Science Teachers Association National Convention, New Orleans, March 1997.

Guest on KPFK Pacifica Radio's The Wee Hours program. Discussed environmental studies, ecofeminism, and ecopsychology. June and September, 1997.

1996 Activity
Presented a three-day workshop in Ecopsychology and Ecofeminism to 25 teachers from the Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program from Santa Rosa Junior College, California at the Shenoa Retreat Center, Santa Rosa, California, September, 1996.

Presented a two-day series of workshops in environmental activism to community leaders and members of the community at the EarthTrust Activist Rejuvenation Retreat, Malibu, California, March 1996.

1994 Activity
Conference Planning Committee Member for Earth Trust Foundation Ecopsychology Conference: Inventing a Psychology of Our Relationship to Earth - Creating a Dynamic Vision of an Ecological World. November 11-13, 1994, Malibu, California.

Presented three workshops and papers at the California Science Teachers Association Convention, October 14-16, 1994, Palm Springs, California: 1) "Teaching That is Out of This World: Student Involvement in the NASA Pluto Fast Flyby Preproject," 2) "Critical Textbook Selection," and 3) "The Development of Social Responsibility and Environmental Awareness Through Techniques in Critical Teaching - A Community Involvement Approach."

Presented a Paper entitled "Gender and Science: The Impact of the Absence of a Feminist Voice - Putting the Human Spirit Back Into Science and Science Education" at the 3rd Annual National University Research Center Conference on Lifelong Learning, February 16-18, 1994, San Diego, California.

1993 Activity
Presented a Paper entitled "The Development of Social Responsibility and Environmental Awareness Through Techniques in Critical Teaching - A Community Involvement Approach" to the International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, California, August 1-4, 1993.

Presented a Paper entitled "Gender and Science: The Impact of the Absence of a Feminist Voice - Putting the Human Spirit Back Into Science and Science Education" to the International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 1-4, 1993

Presented a Paper entitled "Toward a Global Environmental and Societal Ethic: The Introduction of Feminist Philosophies and Spirituality Into The Classroom Through Environmental Studies Curriculum." at the North American Association for Environmental Education Conference, Bozeman, Montana, September 24-29, 1993, the International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 1-4, 1993.

Invited to present a Paper entitled "Toward a Global Environmental and Societal Ethic: The Introduction of Feminist Philosophies and Spirituality Into The Classroom Through Environmental Studies Curriculum" at the National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 16-20, 1993 (unable to attend the NWSA meeting due to lack of funds).

Presented a Paper entitled "Critical Textbook Selection - A Fundamental Pre-Requisite For Teaching: Watching Out For Subtle and Pervasive Gender Bias, Over-Objectification, and Language of Domination" at the International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 1-4, 1993.

Attended a workshop with Charlene Spretnak, EarthTrust Foundation, Malibu, California, March 1993

Attended a workshop with Matthew Fox, EarthTrust Foundation, Malibu, California, February 1993

1992 Activity
Presented a Paper entitled "Toward a Global Environmental and Societal Ethic: The Introduction of Ecofeminist Philosophies and Spirituality Into the Classroom Through Environmental Studies Curricula," to the World Congress for Education and Communication on Environment and Development, Toronto Canada, October 1992, the International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 6-12, 1992, and the 2nd Annual Southwest Women's Studies Conference, University of California, Irvine, May 1992.

Presented two workshops (invited) at the International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August 6-12, 1992: The Development Of Social Responsibility and Environmental Awareness Through Student Developed Action Campaigns - An Experiential Community Involvement Approach To Learning and Critical Textbook Selection: A Necessary Prerequisite to Critical Teaching

Participated in a workshop by Joanna Macy on "Despair and Empowerment in the Nuclear Age," May 1992.

Guest on KPFK Pacifica Radio's The Wizard Show program about space science education, February 2, 1992.

Other Professional Activities and Community Service (back to top)
Member of:
National Parks and Recreation Association
North American Association of Environmental Education
National Adjunct Faculty Guild

Technical Review Panel Member for the Charles A. Lindbergh Fund (since 1990): Review and make recommendations for support of projects in the fields of environmental studies, conservation, and the preservation of national resources.

Conducted day, evening, and weekend programs in ecology and astronomy to participants in the 4760 Club day treatment program at the Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center, Culver City, California, September 1994 to December 1995.

Community Partner for the EarthTrust Foundation, a non-profit organization in Malibu, California with ecology and community activism programs throughout the world. Planned three international conferences in ecopsychology and community activist training.

Volunteer Tour Guide for the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanic Gardens in San Marino, California.

Jackie is also a ceramic artist, a photographer, a painter, a jewelry maker, and a weaver of dream catchers.

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