Michael Sabath - NAU News - Northern Arizona University

April 6, 2015
Search Committee
Associate Vice President/ Campus Executive Officer
Northern Arizona University - Yuma
Dear Search Committee,
I wish to be considered for the position of Associate Vice President/ Campus Executive Officer on
the Northern Arizona University –Yuma campus. Accordingly, I have enclosed my vitae and
references for your review and consideration. Should my background and experience be
compatible with your needs, I look forward to discussing the position with you in the near future.
I am confident that my collegiality, resourcefulness and administrative experience fit this
appointment well. I’ve served as the Associate Dean for the San Diego State University’s Imperial
Valley campus for the past five years and, prior to this, Chair of the Division of Professional
Studies for about seven years. In the context of these roles, I have worked closely with faculty,
staff, and administrators on the Imperial and San Diego campuses, colleagues at the community
college, and members of the community on a wide range of issues including academic program
development, transfer articulation, accreditation, workforce and economic development,
enrollment management, implementation of budget reductions, and development of revenue
enhancement strategies. Among the accomplishments on this campus that I am most proud of
having been a part are: (1) establishment of a unique integrated four- year educational program in
collaboration with the local community college that leads to completion of bachelor’s degrees in
four years (known as the Imperial Valley University Partnership), (2) the creation of an Energy
Sustainability Center and an accompanying 6 megawatt, 37 acre, revenue-producing solar field on
our 200 acre campus in Brawley, and (3) development of a working relationship with the economic
and workforce development interests in the region that brings the resources of the university to
bear on the economic, educational, and social needs of the community. The SDSU-IV campus is a
stand-alone branch campus of SDSU, an Hispanic Serving Institution, with a full range of student
affairs, academic affairs and campus operations functions including maintenance, grounds and
custodial services. There are about 40 staff persons supporting campus operations at two sites.
Student headcount is just over 900 (about 690 FTES) with undergraduate or graduate majors in
Psychology, Criminal Justice, History, International Business, Mathematics, Social Work (MSW),
Public Administration (BA and MPA), Spanish, English Literature, Liberal Studies, Nursing (RN
to BSN), Latin American Studies, and Teacher Education credential and degree programs.
Enrollment has been growing steadily over the past five years, particularly in professional studies
programs. There are nearly 100 faculty members supporting academic programming on the
Imperial Valley campus including 17 tenured/ tenure track faculty assigned full-time to the
Imperial Valley campus. Of the remainder, a small number of faculty are drawn from
tenure/tenure track faculty on the San Diego campus and the rest are part-time / full-time lecturers.
All SDSU-IV tenure, tenure track faculty members have joint appointments to their respective
departments on the San Diego campus. Most courses are offered face-to-face with more being
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offered using a hybrid format involving on-line or videoconferencing technology. Increasingly,
courses are being offered completely on-line. I suspect there are many similarities in the
circumstances and challenges faced by the NAU Yuma campus and the SDSU-Imperial Valley
campus, particularly with respect to coordinating the relationship with a geographically distant
mother campus, and creating campus life for a relatively isolated and disadvantaged population in
an educationally underserved border region.
On a personal level, I have a strong work ethic, am enthusiastic, and like to work collaboratively
and inclusively with other administrators, faculty, staff, students and members of the community.
I have enjoyed a great working relationship with external constituent groups and community
leaders, often serving on boards, task forces, and working groups such as the Imperial County
Workforce Development Board, Brawley Chamber of Commerce, and Community Corrections
Partnership.
Again, it would be a pleasure to discuss the position in more detail with you and to learn more
about your vision for the future of the NAU-Yuma campus. Thank you for your time and
consideration.
Sincerely,
Michael J. Sabath
San Diego State University
Imperial Valley Campus
720 Heber Avenue
Calexico, CA 92231
msabath@mail.sdsu.edu
760-768-5615 (office)/ 760-455-1078 (cell)
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Michael J. Sabath
San Diego State University
Imperial Valley Campus
720 Heber Avenue
Calexico, CA 92231
msabath@mail.sdsu.edu
760-768-5615 (office)/ 760-455-1078 (cell)
1. EDUCATION
Ph.D. Public and International Affairs, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of
Pittsburgh; 1985
MPA
Public Administration, Department of Political Science, California State
University-Chico; 1976
BS
Business Administration, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; 1971
2. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
a. University Administrative and Teaching Positions
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs , San Diego State University, Imperial Valley Campus. Responsible for a
variety of academic affairs and campus management functions including: overseeing faculty Review, Tenure, and
Promotion (RTP) process; overseeing tenure-track faculty hiring process; hiring, orienting and evaluating part-time
faculty; reviewing academic contracts; program planning and course scheduling; curricular changes (CurricUNET);
supporting management of campus budget (instructional, staff, operations) with Dean and Director of Business and
Financial Services; coordinating student learning outcomes (SLOs) process; serving as Campus Security Authority,
overseeing emergency preparedness, crisis management (e.g., disruptive individuals, fire) and crime prevention. Also
responsible for overseeing some aspects of Student Affairs (e.g., student complaints, student government support,
community college transfer coordination); supervising library staff, university-community college partnership program
staff, and Dean’s office staff. Support initiatives related to the development of a 200 acre campus focused on
sustainability and renewable energy projects in the north end of the county. Serve as acting Dean in the absence of the
Dean; completed SDSU President’s Management Development Program. October, 2010 - present.
Chair, Division of Professional Studies and Associate Professor of Public Affairs (Criminal Justice), San Diego State
University, Imperial Valley campus. As Chair, responsible for representing division with six programs including
Criminal Justice, International Business (BA and MS), Public Administration (BA and MPA), and Nursing (RN to
BSN). Responsibilities include course scheduling, working with faculty to develop two-year course plans, hiring and
conducting periodic reviews of adjunct faculty, working with advisers, student advising and orientation, approving
student master plans, and chairing campus faculty council meetings. January, 2000 - May, 2004; June, 2007 October, 2010. Graduate courses taught: research methods for public affairs, criminal justice as a social institution;
Undergraduate courses taught: introduction to criminal justice administration; crime and behavior, correctional
administration; probation and parole; community resources in criminal justice administration; microcomputer
applications in public administration and criminal justice; drugs crime and public policy; research methods; public
policy analysis; introduction to public administration; fiscal and budgetary policy; statistics and probability; systems
analysis; masters thesis; senior thesis; and internships. Tenured 1998; 1993 - 2010.
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Assistant Professor of Public Administration, University Missouri-Columbia, Department of Public Administration;
Graduate courses taught: quantitative methods, research methods, policy analysis, statistics, program review and
evaluation, public financial administration, and productivity improvement; Undergraduate courses taught: managing
the public sector. September, 1981 - December, 1985.
b. Part-Time University Teaching Positions
Assistant Professor , in the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University-Bloomington, Department of Criminal
Justice. Courses: drugs, crime, and public policy, 1991-1993.
Adjunct Faculty University of Indianapolis, School of Behavioral Sciences. Courses: custody and treatment in
corrections, trends in corrections, legal aspects of corrections, 1988-93.
Adjunct Faculty Indiana State University - Terre Haute, Department of Criminology. Course: research methods in
criminology, 1989.
Adjunct Assistant Professor University of Missouri - Columbia, Department of Public Administration. Courses:
public policy analysis, public financial administration, 1986-87.
Lecturer - part time University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public & International Affairs: statistics;
School of General Studies: financial management; School of External Studies: public policy analysis; Institute of
Training and Organizational Development: policy analytic techniques, 1978-1979.
Lecturer - part time California State University-Chico, Department of Political Science. Courses: group dynamics,
simulation in budgeting 1975-76.
c. Other Full-Time Professional Positions
Director, Criminal Justice Research Center, Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, Indianapolis, IN. Responsible for (1)
directing research staff, obtaining grant funding, and conducting policy research for State of Indiana, and (2) as
Director of the Indiana Research Consortium coordinating research efforts between Indiana State justice agencies and
faculty from approximately 30 universities in Indiana. June, 1988 - July, 1993.
Manager, Missouri Department of Corrections. Conducted a two year study of strategies for addressing the needs of
long-term inmates; study supported by the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Dept. of Justice. January, 1986 - June,
1988.
3. PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, GOVERNMENT
RESEARCH REPORTS AND CONFERENCE PAPERS)
a. Refereed Journal Articles, Book Chapters, Government Research Reports
Victoria Carrillo, Marina Felix and M. J. Sabath (2015) Assessing the Validity of the Static Risk and
Offender Needs Assessment (STRONG) Implemented by Imperial County Probation. Final Report to
Imperial County Probation Department, San Diego State University – Imperial, Valley October. pp. 1-30.
Marina Felix and M. J. Sabath (2014) Evaluation of Imperial County Probation Department’s Cognitive
Behavioral Therapy Program, . Final Report to Imperial County Probation Department, San Diego State
University – Imperial Valley, July. pp. 1-50.
Sabath, M. and P. Lopez, C. Contreras, R. Martin (2013) Business Services Contract Final Report, Final
report to the Imperial County Workforce Development Board for marketing study of business needs and
curriculum development efforts for the energy industry workforce in Imperial County, September, pp. 1-66.
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M. Sabath and W. Payne (2012). Providing Inmate Access to the Courts: U.S. Prison Strategies for
Complying with Constitutional Rights, Prison Journal Vol. 92 No. 1 pp. 45-62.
Payne, W. and M. Sabath (2007). Trends in the Use of Information Management Technology in Prison
Libraries, Behavioral and Social Science Librarian Vol. 26 No. 2 pp. 1-10.
Sabath, M. and G. Rios (2004) A Community-Based Assessment of the Calexico Housing Authorty’s Drug
Elimination Program: A Final Report , Final project report to the National Institute of Justice on grant # 87538-CA-IJ November. pp. 1-98.
Sabath, M. (2003) Results Of Annual Survey Of Resident Perceptions Of Crime And Safety In Calexico
Public Housing Developments. January, pp. 1-24.
Sabath, M. (2002) Results Of Annual Survey Of Resident Perceptions Of Crime And Safety In Calexico
Public Housing Developments. January, Pp. 1-33.
Sabath, M. (2000) Results Of Annual Survey Of Resident Perceptions Of Crime And Safety In Imperial
Valley Housing Authority Public Housing Developments. February, Pp. 1-47.
Sabath, M. and H. Carter (1998) An Evaluation of Efforts to Strengthen Police-Resident Relations in El
Centro, California: A Final Report, Final project report to the National Institute of Justice on grant # 95-IJCX-0049, September. Pp. 1-118.
Cowles, E., Gransky, L., Patterson, M., Hager, P., LeBeau, J., and M. Sabath (1998) An Evaluation of
Illinois’ Cash Transaction Reporting Unit and Drug Conspiracy Task Force. Final project report to the State
of Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, December. pp. 1-189.
Cowles, E. and M. Sabath (1996). Changes in the Nature and Perception of the Long-Term Inmate
Population: Some Implications for Prison Management and Research. Criminal Justice Review Vol. 21
No. 1, pp. 44-61.
Sabath, M. and E. Cowles (1995). Using Multiple Perspectives to Develop Strategies for Managing
Long-Term Inmates. in Long-Term Imprisonment. In Issues of Policy, Science and Correctional Practice,
edited by Timothy Flanagan, Sage Publications, pp. 197-209.
Cowles, E. and M. Sabath (1995). Addressing the Program Needs of Long-Term Inmates.
in Long-Term Imprisonment. In Issues of Policy, Science and Correctional Practice, edited
by Timothy Flanagan, Sage Publications, pp. 210-219.
McGarrell, E. and M. Sabath (1994) "Stakeholder Conflict in an Alternative Sentencing Program:
Implications for Evaluation and Implementation," Evaluation and Program Planning Vol. 17 No. 2 pp.
179-186.
Sabath, M. (1994) "Characteristics of Research Capacity in State Statistical Analysis Centers:
Implications for Building Criminal Justice Research and Analytic Capabilities in State Government,"
in Proceedings of the 1993 National Conference of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice
Research and Statistics Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of
Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, August, pp. 100-102.
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Coldren, J., McGarrell, E., Sabath, M., Schlegel, K., and L. Stolzenberg (1993). Multijurisdictional Drug
Task Force Operations: Results of a Nationwide Survey of Task Force Commanders, Final project report to
National Institute of Justice, July. pp. 1-35.
McGarrell, E. and M. Sabath (1993). An Evaluation of the Indiana Sentencing Resource Center's Sentence
Planning Program, Final report, Indianapolis: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, December.
Coldren, J., and M. Sabath (1992). Multijurisdictional Drug Control Task Forces 1988-1990: Critical
Components of State Drug Control Strategies, BJA Special Report, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of
Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, April. pp. 1-48.
Sabath, M., Ransburg, J. and S. Sidebottom (1992) Indiana Boys' School Tracking Study: Recidivism
Among Boys Released from 1984-85 through 1988-89., Indianapolis: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute,
June. pp. 1-120.
Sabath, M J. and E. Cowles (1992). Problems Associated with Long-Term Incarceration. Forum on
Corrections Research. Correctional Service of Canada, 4(2), 9-11
Sabath, M., Ransburg, J., Doyle, J., and D. Holmes (1991). A Compendium of Data Pertaining to Drugs
and Drug Activity in Indiana, Indianapolis: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute. July pp. 1-185.
Sabath, M. and E. Cowles (1990). Using Multiple Perspectives to Develop Strategies for Managing
Long-Term Inmates. The Prison Journal : Long-Term Incarceration and Long-Term
Inmates. Spring - Summer Vol. LXXX No. 1 pp. 58-72.
Cowles, E. and M. Sabath (1990). Addressing the Program Needs of Long-Term Inmates. The Prison
Journal Special Issue: Long- Term Incarceration and Long-Term Inmates. Spring - Summer Vol.
LXXX No. 1 p.73-82.
Sabath, M., Doyle, J. and Ransburg, J. (1990). Multijurisdictional Drug Task Forces in Indiana: The First
Two Years of Operations, Indianapolis: Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, September. pp. 1-23.
Cowles, E.L., Sabath, M., Putnam, S., Strecker, A., Crumes, K. and Riley, D. (1989). Handling
Long-Term Offenders: The Missouri Project. Final Report on the National Institute of Justice Grant 84-IJCX-OO-43. pp. 1-116.
Sabath, M., Doyle, J. and J. Ransburg, (1989). Computer Systems in Indiana Law Enforcement Agencies,
Indianapolis: Criminal Justice Institute, Indianapolis: pp. 1-222.
Sabath, M. and E. Cowles (1988). Factors Affecting the Adjustment of Elderly Inmates to Prison. In
Older Offenders: Perspectives in Criminology and Criminal Justice, edited by B. McCarthy and R.
Langworthy. New York: Praeger Publishers pp.178-195.
b. Unpublished, Refereed Papers Before Professional Conferences
Factors Affecting the Cross-Border Cooperation Among Police on the United States – Mexico Border,
paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association. Las Vegas, April 912, 2003.
The Impact of Tenant Patrols on Crime in Public Housing, paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology. Atlanta, Georgia, November 7 -10, 2001
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Integrating Community Oriented Policing Into the Larger Initiatives of the Community, paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Washington, DC, April 3-7, 2001
Impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on Crime and Cross-Border Cooperation Among
Police on the United States - Mexico Border, paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences. Albuquerque, March, 1998.
Seizing and Forfeiting Drug Offender Assets: Assessing the Performance of Multijurisdictional Drug
Task Forces, (with Edmund McGarrell) paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences. Las Vegas, March, 1996.
Seizure - Forfeiture Performance of Multijurisdictional Drug Task Forces in Illinois, (with Edmund
McGarrell) paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Boston,
March, 1995.
Strategies and Programs for Long-Term Confinement: The Missouri Project. (with E. Cowles) Paper
presented at the Indiana Correctional Association Meetings. Indianapolis, IN. (1990, October).
Perspectives on Long-Term Confinement: Problems and Potential Management Strategies, (with E.
Cowles) paper presented at Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Denver, CO,
March, 1990.
Looking for Long-Term Inmates in All the Wrong Places, (with E. Cowles) paper presented at the
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 17-21, 1986.
The Use of Performance Information Reported by State Agencies in the Budget Appropriations
Process: The Views of Legislators, Executive Office Analysts and Agency Budget Officers, paper
presented at the 46th National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration,
Indianapolis, IN, March 23-27, 1985.
Responding to Fiscal Stress: The Experience of Missouri Local Jurisdictions, paper presented at the
45th National Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Denver, CO, April,
1984.
Decision Styles, Decision Environment and Performance: An Examination of the Congruency
Hypothesis, paper based on dissertation presented at the Joint Conference of the Evaluation Network
and the Evaluation Research Society, Chicago, IL, October, 1983.
The Role of the Finance Officer Under Conditions of Municipal Fiscal Stress, (with T. Pavlak) paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Flint, MI, November, 1983.
4. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
“The Impact of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Probationer Recidivism in Imperial County,” presentation
to 40 Imperial County probation officers and counselling staff. El Centro. October 8, 2014.
“Dance Programming in Philippine Correctional Facilities,” presentation to officials of the Philippine
Bureau of Prison Management and Penology. Makati and Cebu, Philippines. August 2009.
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“The Influence of Structured Sentencing Guidelines on U.S. Prison Populations,” presentation to students
at law school, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. March, 2007.
"Preliminary Findings on Tenant Patrols in Calexico Public Housing,” panel participant at Cluster
Conference on the Locally Initiated Partnership Program, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of
Justice and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. August 14-15,
2000.
“Assessing Community Policing Projects: Evaluating Community Policing Efforts in Calexico and El
Centro, California,” workshop session presented to state and local law enforcement agencies; sponsored by
The Regional Institute for Policing at the University of Illinois, Springfield. October 25-26, 1999.
"A Community Based Assessment of the PHDEP program in Calexico Public Housing," panel participant
at Cluster Conference on the Locally Initiated Partnership Program, sponsored by the National Institute of
Justice and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C. August 2-3, 1999.
"Community-Government Collaboration to Reduce Crime," panel moderator and panelist at the 1998
National Conference of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice Research and Statistics
Association: Information for Informed Policies: State Justice Initiatives at Work, San Diego, California.
September 17-18, 1998.
"Establishing Research partnerships Between Universities and State and local Government Criminal Justice
Agencies," panel Participant at Cluster Conference on the Locally Initiated Partnership Program, sponsored
by the National Institute of Justice and the Institute for Law and Justice, Washington, D.C. January 23,
1997
"Impact of 'get tough on criminals' policies," panel moderator at the 1994 National Conference of the U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice Research and Statistics Association: Myths and reality in
Criminal Justice, Atlanta, Georgia October 20-21, 1994
"State and local programs workshop: Treatment, Rehabilitation, and education," workshop facilitator for
Bureau of Justice Assistance state reporting and evaluation program. San Francisco, CA. April 7-9, 1994.
"State and local programs workshop: Understanding and Combating Violence," workshop facilitator for
Bureau of Justice Assistance state reporting and evaluation program. Seattle, WA. May 12-14, 1994.
"Building Criminal Justice Research Capacity in State Government," Chair of roundtable at the 1994
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, March 8-12, 1994.
"Organizational Studies in Corrections," panel participant at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the Academy of
Criminal Justice Sciences, Chicago, March 8-12, 1994.
"Multijurisdictional Task Forces: Future Research Efforts," workshop facilitator at the U.S. Bureau of
Justice Assistance National Conference, "Responding to Change and Meeting Future Needs". Philadelphia,
PA, November 3-6, 1993.
State and Local Conference "Assessing Research Capacities in the States," panelist at the 1993 National
Conference of the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice Research and Statistics Association:
Enhancing Capacities and Confronting Controversies in Criminal Justice. Albuquerque, NM, October 1415, 1993
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"Evaluation of Multijurisdictional Drug Enforcement Task Forces," panelist at the Forth Annual
Conference of the National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Assistance on Evaluating Crime and
Drug Control Initiatives. Washington, D.C. June 29-30, 1993.
"Program Evaluation and Client Advocacy," workshop panelist at the Annual Conference of the National
Association of Sentencing Advocates - Innovation in Client Advocacy and Defense-Based Sentencing.
Indianapolis, June 18-19, 1993.
"Factors Affecting the Establishment of Criminal Justice Research Cultures in States," participant in
roundtable on Criminal Justice Research and Public Policy: Bridging the Gap - American Society of
Criminology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Nov. 4-7, 1992.
"Research and Policy Issues in Corrections," panel moderator at the 1992 National Conference of the U.S.
Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Justice Research and Statistics Association: Federal and State
Information Sharing to Combat Crime and Ensure Justice, New Orleans, September 23-26, 1992.
"Perceptions and Uses of Data by Government Policy Makers - Data Quality Issues," roundtable participant
at the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Criminal Justice Association, Chicago, October 2-4, 1991.
"Recidivism Among Boys Released from Indiana Boys' School Between 1984 and 1989," paper presented
at the 1991 Annual Conference of the Indiana Correctional Association. Fort Wayne, October, 1991.
"Implementing the National Incident-Based Reporting System," moderator for roundtable session at the
annual conference of the Criminal Justice Statistics Association: Spanning Boundaries: Forging
Partnerships to Improve Criminal Justice, Chicago, IL, September 26-28, 1991.
"Task Forces Crossing Geographic and Component Jurisdictions," panel moderator at the 2nd Annual
Conference of the National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice Assistance on Evaluating Crime and
Drug Control Initiatives. Washington, D.C. July 8-10. 1991.
"Multijurisdictional Drug Task Force Operations in Indiana" panel presentation for the Midyear Meeting of
the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police. Indianapolis, February, 1991.
"Determinate Sentencing and Managing the Long-Term Offender," Workshop presented at the 1990
Regional Training Conference of the Indiana Correctional Association. Indianapolis, October, 1990.
"Drug Control: Funding Enforcement Efforts With Asset Forfeitures," panel moderator at annual
conference of Criminal Justice Statistics Association: Criminal Justice Policy in the 1990's; Key West, FL,
September 19-21, 1989.
"Applying Evaluation Methods to Drug Control Programs," panel moderator at National Workshop on
Drug Control Strategy Evaluation; Austin, TX, July 30 - August 1, 1989.
"Evaluating Drug Control Strategies from a Comprehensive Perspective," panel participant at National
Workshop on Drug Control Strategy Evaluation; Austin, TX, July 30 - August 1, 1989.
"Barriers to Evaluating the Impact of the Federal Anti-Drug Abuse Program," plenary session speaker,
Criminal Justice Statistics Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, August 23-26, 1988.
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"Defining the Long-Term Inmate Problem: A Multiple Perspectives Approach," poster session for the
Annual Meeting of the American Correctional Association. (with E. Cowles) New Orleans, LA, August 26, 1987.
"Long-Term Offenders: A Look at the Missouri Project," panel moderator at the Midwest Corrections
Conference: "Solutions for the Nineties," St. Louis, MO, April 15-18, 1987.
"From Here to Eternity - Life Plus 50," panel participant for the 14th Annual National Conference of the
National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice. St. Louis, MO, March 16-18, 1987.
5. FUNDED RESEARCH, PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND TRAINING GRANTS
High Demand, Competitive and Emergent Industries in Imperial County: Assessing Industrial Trends, Needs
And Futures funded under Workforce Investment Act by Imperial County Board of Supervisors to assist the
Imperial County Workforce Development Office with strategic planning. $20,000. 2015. Principal
Investigator
SDSU-IV Host Services for the Imperial Valley Small Business Development Center. Contract with US
Small Business Administration / Southwestern Community College SBDC Network to host Regional SBDC
for Imperial County. $134,000. 2015. Principal Investigator.
Assessing Imperial County’s Response to California’s Community Corrections Performance Incentive Act
SB 678 for Imperial County Probation Department. $18,000. 2013-14. Principal Investigator
Workforce Development Office Business Services funded by Imperial County Board of Supervisors to assist
the Imperial County Workforce Development Office with strategic planning, renewable energy workforce
curriculum development, and the establishment of a computer-based employer-employee services database;
12 month project $135,000. 2012-13. Principal Investigator
A Community-Based Assessment of the Calexico Housing Authority’s Drug Elimination Program: Using
Multiple Perspectives to Find Sensible Solutions; National Institute of Justice, U.S. Dept. of Justice.
$131,375. 1998-2001. Principal Investigator
SDSU Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RASCA) award to support a national survey of
correctional facilities - $900. 2006. Principal Investigator.
Community Policing in El Centro, California: Strengthening Police-Citizen Cooperation in a Bilingual,
Multi-cultural Community; funded (October, 1995) by National Institute of Justice, U.S. Dept. of Justice.
$42,119. 1995-98. Co-Principal Investigator
National Enhanced Uniform Crime Reporting Program funded proposal to develop a uniform crime
incident based reporting (IBR) system in Indiana over a two year period; funded by the Bureau of
Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice (89-BJ-CX-K032); $500,888. 1989-93. Principal Investigator /
Project Director.
Data Development for Improving the Management of Indigent Defense Services in Indiana; funded by the
Indiana Criminal Justice Institute; proposal to develop an indigent defense service information system that
would improve the capacity of the courts and related agencies to manage indigent caseload for the Indiana
Defending Attorneys' Council. $134,000. 1991-93.
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National Consortium for Assessment of Drug Control Strategies; series of three grants (cooperative
agreements) from the Criminal Justice Statistics Association and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance to
gather nationally comparable data from Indiana to assess the performance of drug control interventions
being implemented in the states; $65,000. 1989-92. Principal Investigator.
Establishment of Indiana Statistical Analysis Center; grants (86-BJ-CX-0004) over four years from the
Bureau of Justice Statistics to develop a statistical analysis function in criminal justice for the State of
Indiana; $467,970. 1986-1990. Principal Investigator / Project Director.
State Intergovernmental Transfers in Local Government Finance; Weldon Springs Fund Intercampus
Proposal focusing on the fiscal crisis in Missouri; $5,500. 1983. Co-Principal Investigator
Development and Testing of an Instrument for Monitoring the Curricula and Career Patterns of
Engineering Graduates in the U.S.; Exxon Education Foundation; $27,000 1979-80. Co-Principal
Investigator
Develop and Demonstrate Technical Assistance Networks; project funded by U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD); program designed to provide financial management assistance to small
local governments in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio; $40,000. 1979-80. Co-author of proposal.
6. SERVICE
a. University
San Diego State University committees/ other assignments:
Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification Committee (2013-14)
SDSU-IV Campus Task Force (university wide task force, 2008-09)
University Senator - San Diego State University Senate (1997-2003)
University Senate Committee on Committees and Elections (1996-2000)
University Research Council (1996 – 98; 2010)
SDSU-IV Labor-Management Committee (2011- present)
SDSU-IV College Academic Policy and Planning Committee (2012 – present)
Chair, Division of Professional Studies (January 2000-May 2004; June 2007 – December, 2010)
Dean’s Advisory Board (2010-present)
Executive Council, Imperial Valley Campus (2007-present)
Doctoral Thesis Committee (Doctoral Faculty Status; G. Finnell 2013-15)
Master’s Thesis Committees (chair, seven MPA thesis committees between 1996 to present; currently
chairing thesis for MPA student, Michael McClure, “ Attitudes of Native Peoples Toward
Renewable Energy Technology Development in Southeastern California”)
Imperial Valley Campus Personnel Committee (2005-06, 2007-08)
Dean’s Search Committee, Imperial Valley Campus (chair, 2009-2010)
Faculty Search Committees:
criminal justice (chair, 1997-98, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2010-11, 2013-14)
agribusiness (member, 2000-01; chair, 2001-02, 2002-03)
library director (chair, 2000-01, 2003-04)
reference librarian (chair, 2000-01)
marketing (member, 2000-01)
management (member, 2000-01; chair, 2008)
public administration (member, 2000-01; chair, 2008, 2010-11)
Staff Search Committees:
Development Director (2011-12; 2013-14)
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Director of Finance (2014-15)
Instructional Technology Specialist (2014-15)
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus / Imperial Valley Community College Liaison
Committee (1993-present)
Coordinator – Faculty-Student Mentoring Program (1993-2000)
Student as a Customer Committee (Chairman 1994-95); a strategic planning committee
for the SDSU-Imperial Valley campus, (1994- 97)
Advisor – Criminal Justice Student Association, Imperial Valley Campus (1994-2000; 2002-04; 2005- 08)
Faculty Adviser – Criminal Justice program (1993- 2010)
International Business program (2007- 2010)
Member – Title V Computer Science Community Leaders Advisory Board (2009-10)
University of Missouri-College of Business & Public Administration:
Research Advisory Committee 1981-84
Computer Advisory Committee 1982-84
Scholarship Committee 1981-82
Placement Advisory Committee 1982-83
b. Community
Board Member, Imperial County Workforce Development Board (2013- present; planning / business committees, 2011present)
Board Member, Brawley Chamber of Commerce (vice-president/treasurer, executive committee 2012 - present)
Board Member, Imperial Valley Telecommunications Authority (2010 – present)
Board Member, Project Puente (2008-10)
Board Member, Imperial County Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC), largest charitable organization in
Imperial County (1997-2003) Vice-President (1999-2003)
Imperial Valley Community College Blue Ribbon Educational Task Force (2012-13)
Imperial County Superior Court, Civil Grand Jury (2006-08)
City of Calexico Police Commission (2000-01); Police Advisory Board (2000)
Hiring Panel Reviewer: City of Brawley - police chief (2013); City of Calexico police officers (2000); Imperial
County Sheriff’s Department officers (1999-2000); City of El Centro Recreation Department (1994)
City of El Centro Police Department: Command College panel participant (1995-2004)
Marion County (Indianapolis, IN) Prosecutor's Task Force on Racial Disparities in the Justice System (1992-93).
City of Indianapolis Challenge: Justice/Law Enforcement Committee (1991) (local coordinating council
for alcohol and other drug abuse reduction efforts)
The Governor's Commission for a Drug Free Indiana: Research, Data and Evaluation Committee - Chairman (1989-1991).
National Incident-Based Reporting Advisory Board, State of Indiana Uniform Crime Reporting program (1989-92).
National Drug Consortium Advisory Board (1988-90) Member and chairman of advisory board for
U.S.
Department of Justice project to assess state drug control strategies; a Bureau of Justice
Assistance supported project with $1.25 million in grants during this time. Co-chair of
subcommittee to monitor and evaluate multijurisdictional drug task force operations (1991-92).
Archive Structure Planning Committee -Indiana Center for Education Policy Studies. Indiana
University - Purdue University at Indianapolis (1990).
Missouri Crime Prevention Network Research Steering Committee (1986-87) - Chairman
Missouri Department of Corrections & Human Resources (1986-87):
Planning, Research and EDP Task Force
Prison Industries Task Force
Offender Management Committee
EDP Director Search Committee, Chairman
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c. Consulting and Other Community Service Activities
Imperial County Community Corrections Partnership. Member of Imperial County advisory committee to assist in
implementation of California Department of Corrections Realignment Program for AB 109 offenders in Imperial
County. 2012 – present.
Housing Authority of the City of Calexico. Conducted annual surveys of resident attitudes toward crime in
Calexico housing projects in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requirements.
2001- 2003.
Imperial Valley Housing Authority. Conducted survey of resident attitudes toward crime in Imperial Valley
housing projects in accordance with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development requirements. 19992000.
San Diego Police Department, San Diego, California. Consultant for National Institute of Justice funded study of
community policing in San Diego. 1998-2000
Regional Institute of Policing, University of Illinois-Springfield. Conducted workshop for state and local law
enforcement agencies on methodologies for evaluating community policing programs. October 25-26, 1999
Legal Studies Center, University of Illinois - Springfield Consultant for an evaluation of Illinois State law
enforcement efforts to identify and prosecute organizations and individuals involved in money laundering and drug
trafficking operations. 1996-1997
International Association of Chiefs of Police Consultant for study concerning gun and other violence reduction in
schools. 1995.
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority Grant advisory board for grant awarded to the Center for the Study
of Crime, Delinquency and Corrections - Southern Illinois University-Carbondale to evaluate multijurisdictional
drug task force operations in the State of Illinois; 1994-95.
National Institute of Justice / Koba Associates peer review consultant for National Institute of Justice and NIJ's
Technical Assistance and Support (TAS) Program, 1994.
Justice Research and Statistics Association/National Institute of Justice consultant for national study of
multijurisdictional drug task force operations; 1992-93.
Missouri State Highway Patrol, State of Missouri provided research and program evaluation services; projects
included Neighborhood Watch Program, Missouri statewide traffic enforcement program, juvenile jail removal,
crime and traffic forecasting, field-testing alcohol detection devices, and tracking DWI offenders; 1983-1985.
Missouri Division of Community and Economic Development, State of Missouri provided technical assistance in
the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program; revised financial management system
and handbook; conducted training sessions for CDBG recipients; conducted needs assessment to identify
community development needs and problems in the State; 1982-1984.
Housing and Urban Development Grant (RFGA H-5064) awarded to the Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh; provided financial management technical assistance to small local
governments using university interns; 1979-80.
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Consortium For Public Administration Field Services, Pittsburgh, PA: a HUD funded consortium of three
universities (University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, West Virginia University); provided technical assistance to
small local governments in the region; 1979.
7. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
a. Memberships
National Association of Branch Campus Administrators (2012 – present)
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (1994-2003, 2009)
American Correctional Association (1986-88, 1991)
American Society of Criminology (1992-93, 2001-2002)
American Society for Public Administration (1983-1985)
Indiana Correctional Association (1990-1993)
National Justice Research and Statistics Association (formerly the National Criminal Justice Statistics Association
– based in Washington, D.C. ; executive committee 1987-1994; president 1990-92; appointed delegate
1993-94) Received President's Award – 1995.
Midwestern Criminal Justice Association (1988-1993; membership committee 1991-1992)
Missouri Correctional Association (1986-1988)
Missouri Crime Prevention Network (chairman of research steering committee 1986-1987)
Society for Interdisciplinary Research on Elderly Offenders (1986-1988)
Western and Pacific Association of Criminal Justice Educators (1994-96)
Western Social Science Association (2003-2007, 2009)
Alumni Association - University of California, Berkeley
Beta Alpha Psi - Lambda Chapter, UC Berkeley
b. Publication/ Proposal Reviewer
Associate Editor - Criminal Justice Policy Review (1992-94)
Reviewer: Wadsworth Publishing (1995-96, 1998, 2005, 2012)
National Institute of Justice (proposal reviewer 1995-97)
Criminal Justice Policy Review (1997)
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (1996)
Police Studies: The International Journal of Police Development (1996)
Anderson Press (1994)
8. MILITARY SERVICE
U.S. Coast Guard (Vietnam Era Veteran) Port Security
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References for Michael J. Sabath
David E. Pearson
Dean
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus
720 Heber Ave.
Calexico, CA 92231
Phone: 760-768-5520
Email: dpearson@mail.sdsu.edu
Anne J. Mallory
Chair, Dean’s Advisory Board
Former Imperial County Superintendent of Schools
P.O. Box 21
Westmorland, CA 93381
Phone: (760) 455-4791
Email: remom1006@gmail.com
Victor Jaime
Superintendent/President
Imperial Valley College
380 East Aten Road
Imperial, CA 92251
Phone: 760-355-6218
Email: victor.jaime@imperial.edu
Irma Martinez
Director of Financial and Business Services
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus
720 Heber Ave.
Calexico, CA 92231
Phone: 760-768-5515
Email: imartinez@mail.sdsu.edu
Miriam Castanon
Director of Student Affairs
San Diego State University Imperial Valley Campus
720 Heber Ave.
Calexico, CA 92231
Phone: 760-768-5502
Email: castanon@mail.sdsu.edu
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