PROFESSIONAL VITA
JAY CASBON___________________________________________________________
Oregon State University-Cascades’ Regional Campus
2600 NW College
Bend, Oregon 97701
(541) 322-3107
EDUCATION___________________________________________________________
1981 Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership and Law
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1969 Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and School Counseling
West Georgia University, Carrollton, Georgia
1966 Bachelor of Science Degree, Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE__________________________________________
2007 -2012 Professor of Education and Counseling, OSU-Cascades, Bend,
Oregon.
2002-2007 Chief Executive Officer of the OSU-Cascades, Vice-Provost of Oregon
State University, and Professor of Education and Counseling
(Corvallis Campus) Bend, Oregon. Serve as administrative and
academic officer of OSU-Cascades Campus; responsible for all
elements of undergraduate and graduate programs; established an
affiliate foundation with Oregon State University.
1997-2002 Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Education,
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon.
1994-1997 Associate Dean and Associate Professor, Graduate School of
Professional Studies, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon.
1992-1994 Associate Professor of Educational Administration and
CORE, Graduate School for Professional Studies, Lewis & Clark
College, Portland, Oregon.
1990-1992 Post-doctoral student, Institute for Executive Leadership Program
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon.
1985-90 Director/Principal of International Independent School (K-12),
Nevada City, California.
1981-85 Principal of Duncan Chapel Demonstration School and Assistant Professor of Furman University, Greenville School District, Greenville, South Carolina.
1979-81 Doctoral Graduate Assistant,
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
1977-79 Executive Director of Staff Development,
Greenville School District, Greenville, South Carolina.
1971-77 Principal/Program Manager,
Piedmont Schools Project, Greer, South Carolina.
1966-71 Counselor/Teacher,
Atlanta Public Schools, Atlanta, Georgia.
AFFILIATIONS_________________________________________
Board member of the Oregon Council for the Humanities (appointed by Governor Kulongoski, 2008).
Founding Board Chair of the National Center for Courage & Renewal, Seattle, Washington.
Grants 2012
Pathways Project: American History Curriculum Development Grant with Central Oregon Educational Service District, $20,000.
RECENT SCHOLARLY PROJECT
Books
Contributor: Teaching with Heart (pending 2014 publication), Jossey-Bass, San
Francisco, winter, 2014
Co-author: Living the Question, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, March, 2009.
Contributor: Teaching with Fire, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, October, 2006.
Articles
Casbon, Jay (Co-Author), 2013. Imagine a Place Where Teaching and Learning are
Inspirational: A Decade of Collected Wisdom from the Field. Middle Grades
Research Journal, April Issue.
Casbon, Jay (Co-Author), 2010. Common Ground or Subtle Divide: Comparing the
Beliefs of Practitioners and University Faculty about Effective Middle Grades
Teachers. KEDI Journal of Educational Policy, South Korea.
Casbon, Jay (Co-Author), 2009. Caught in the Middle Again: Accountability &
Changing Practices of Middle School Teachers. Middle Grades Research Journal,
Vol. (4).
Casbon, Jay, 2005 “It takes a Lifetime of Courage: Oregon Teachers at the
Crossroad”, Oregon’s Future, Vol.8.
Recent Presentations
University – Curiosity and Learning: Implications for Rural Development in China. University of Chongqing, April, 2013.
University - Reimagining Higher Education in Rural China. University of Chongqing, Chongqing, China, July, 2012.
University – Digital Manufacturing: Implications for Global Rural Education. University of Barcelona, Spain, April, 2012
University – School Partnerships: We are here to Help, Really? American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, San Diego, February, 2011.
Creating and Sustaining change with Boyer’s Scholarship Application. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Atlanta, February, 2010.
Common Ground or Subtle Divide: Middles Grades Education at the Crossroads. American Educational Research Association, Denver, May, 2010