EDUCATION
1996,
Ph.D. in Political Science:
Professor
Harry Eckstein, Chair
Field of Study: International
Relations Theory
Dissertation:
Crisis-Driven Evolutionary
Learning: Conceptual
Foundations
and Systemic Modeling
1991,
MA, Political Science:
1983,
BA, Political Science; Paralegal Certificate:
EMPLOYMENT
EXPERIENCE
2001 –
to present Adjunct Professor,
2001 –
2003 Adjunct Professor,
CSU
2001
2000 –
2003 Saddleback Community
College: Associate Faculty
Revision
of interdisciplinary Peace Studies Curriculum
2000-2001
Adjunct Professor,
2000 –
to present Adjunct Professor,
1998
to present: Adjunct Professor,
1995-97 General Manager,
International Telepresence,
1994
& 95 (Summer)
Research Assistant, Center for
1992-96 Teaching
Assistant, Department of Politics and Society
1984-88
1975-78
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Books
The Performance of Social Systems, Francisco Parra-Luna,
Editor;
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers,
Infinity’s Rainbow: The
Politics of Energy, Climate and Globalization
Algora Press
ISBN: 0875865097
Peer-Reviewed Professional Journals
Systemic
Learning and the Trajectory of the World System: An Inquiry,
Journal
of Social and Evolutionary Systems, Vol. 20, No. 3
Modeling the
Logical Consistency with Theory, Internal
Self-Consistency, and Empirical
Falsifiability
Journal of Systems and Sociocybernetics, Volume 2, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2001
Crisis-Driven
Evolutionary Learning:
A
Procedural Mechanism for Systemic Learning,
Journal
of Social and Evolutionary Systems, Vol. 20, No. 2
Crisis-Driven
Evolutionary Learning:
Conceptual
Foundations and Systemic Modeling,
Kybernetes, Vol.
26, No. 6-7
Systemic Learning in the Context of
Observation,
Systemica, Vol. 12, Nos. 1-6
Newspaper Editorials
A
nation built on the idea of tolerance,
Bush’s Second Term Bodes Ill for North County
Miscellaneous
The Calling
Iliad Press,
A Die Is Cast – Let It
American Poetry Annual, 1998
The
Movie extra in “Jesus—The Man You Thought You Knew.”
Warner Brothers 1978, Filmed in
(Yes I’m very clearly visible in several scenes.) Often called “The Jesus Film.”
PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
PRESENTED
“Trade and War in the Context of a
Power-Driven
International Learning System”
Western
States Political Science Association Conference
(1) “Modeling the
Logical
Consistency With Theory,
Internal
Self-Consistency, and Empirical Falsifiability”
And
(2)
“Characteristics of Social Learning Systems”
14th
World Congress of Sociology
“Trade and War Evaluated in the Context
of a
Power-Driven International System”
International
Studies Association West, 1997 Conference
“Systemic Learning in the Context of Observation”
Conference
on Problems of Action and Observation
“The Relationship Between International Trade and International
War”
Western
States Political Science Association Conference
“Crisis-Driven Evolutionary Learning:
Conceptual Foundations and Systemic
Modeling” (IR
theory emphasis)
International
Studies Association West
1996, Conference,
“Crisis-Driven
Evolutionary Learning:
Conceptual Foundations and Systemic Modeling” (formal modeling
emphasis)
10th
World Conference of Systems and Cybernetics,
Ecological
University,
PROFESSIONAL OR
DIRECTORSHIPS AND
MEMBERSHIPS
Adjunct Faculty Representative,
Member, Executive Board, Palomar Faculty
Federation 2001-2004
Associate Editor, Journal of Sociocybernetics, at present.
(Note: Sociocybernetics
is an emerging academic discipline dealing with computer simulations of social
phenomena.)
Planning
and Abstracts Committee, Research Committee 51 (RC 51),
International
Sociological Association (ISA), Interim Conference,
Kolumbari,
Crete (
Theme: Sociocybernetic Bridges Between the Past,
Present, and Future:
Problems
of Emergence and Complexity in Sustainable Systems
Abstracts Committee
Second International Conference on Sociocybernetics
Presented by
International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociocybernetics, Panticosa , Spain July 1, 2000 .
Theme: Sociocybernetic Designs for
Subtheme: Self-organization and Management of Complex Evolving
Systems
Abstracts Committee
World Congress of Systems Sciences
Held in conjunction with the
44th annual meeting of the
International Society
for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)
Theme:
Understanding Complexity: The Systems Sciences in the New Millennium
Membership
and Conferences Secretary,
RC 51
(ISA Research Committee on Sociocybernetics and
Social Systems) Board Member 1998-20002
American
Political Science Association (APSA)
Western
Political Science Association (WPSA)
International
Sociological Association (ISA)
RC51
(ISA Research Committee on Sociocybernetics and
Social Systems)
American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Association
for Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS)
AWARDS
UC Regents Dissertation Fellowship Award, 1996
POLITICAL
OFFICES SOUGHT
Democratic Party Write-in candidate 49th Congressional
District, 2002.
Candidate for Democratic Party nomination, 49th
Congressional District, 2004
Democratic Party nominee for US Congress, CA District 49, 2004.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
President, Democratic Club of Carlsbad/Oceanside
Jan. 2003 to Jan. 2005.
Professional Society
Judge
46th Annual
Assistant Program Chair,
Science/Science Fiction
Programming
American Mensa
National Annual
Logistics Chair,
Space Frontier Foundation Conference V
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,
Congressional Citizen Lobbyist,
Space Frontier Foundation
Program Chair,
Orange
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Jogging, gardening, chess, computers, reading, poetry, raising
tortoises, learning
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born,
Married to Ramona Byron
