DANIEL RAY SEWELL

PhD, Cognitive Psychology

Emory University, 1986

dsewell@fielding.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Current Professional Appointment:

 

Faculty (unranked)

School of Psychology &

Associate Provost for Research & Learning

Chief Learning Officer

Fielding Graduate University

 

Areas of Instruction:

 

Statistics

Research Methods

Cognitive Psychology

 

Research Interests:

 

Scholar Practitioner Models

Nature of Scholarship for Distributed, Distance, or Online Graduate Education

 

Practice Interests:

 

Higher Education Administration

 

Professional Memberships:

 

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

American Psychological Association (24)

American Psychological Society (APS)

Association for Institutional Research (AIR)

Cognitive Science Society

National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)

Society of Research Administrators (SRA)

 

 

Professional Activities in Last Seven Years

 

Publications:

 

Sewell, D. R. (2004). Defusing power struggles. NCURA Newsletter (National Council of University Research Administrators), 36(3), 18-20.

 

 

Presentations:

 

Sewell, D. R., & DiStefano, A. (2002, June). Scholarship in the 21^st Century: The growth of distance-free, student-centered, adult learning institutions and the changing context of scholarship in higher education. Paper presented at the Association for Institutional Research, Toronto, Canada.

 

Sewell, D. R. (2004, March). Defusing power struggles. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Council of University Research Administrators Financial Research Administration, San Diego, CA.

 

Sewell, D. R., & Winn, R. (2004, April). The WASC website: A dynamic, interactive portal for the region. Paper presented at the 80^th annual meeting of the Western Association of Schools & Colleges, San Jose, CA.

 

Brown, W. A., & Sewell, D. R. (2004, November). Managing personnel is a dynamic experience. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of University Research Administrators, Washington, DC.

 

Sewell, D. R. (2005, May). The scholar-practitioner model as a basis for promoting researcher, practitioner, and educator collaboration in physical science and information technology graduate education. Paper presented at the Pan American Advanced Studies Institute, Mendoza, Argentina.

 

 

Funded Grants/Contracts:

 

1998-2000: Co-Investigator, Clinical Trial Grant, Oncology Trials, Novartis Pharmaceutical, $80,000.

 

1998-2000: Co-Investigator, Clinical Trial Grant, Hepatitis Treatment Trial, Schering-Plough Pharmaceutical, $30,000.

 

 

Other Professional Activities:

 

1982-2000: Consultant, Computer software/systems design, systems analysis, and organizational development for individuals and companies; Atlanta, GA & New Orleans, LA & Lafayette, LA.

 

2000-2001: Co-Chair, Web-based Enterprise Resources (WEBER) Implementation Planning Committee, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2000-2001: Member, FELIX2 Development Committee, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2000-2002: Chair, Faculty Research Leave Planning Committee, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2000-2002: Ex-Officio Member, Research Ethics Committee, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2000-2003: Chair, Committee for Institutional Research on Educational Effectiveness, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2000-2004: Director, Research Development, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2000-2004: Member, Fielding Leadership Team, Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2000-present: Member, Research & Scholarship Committee, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2002-2003: Team Member & Co-Author, Special Report for November 2003 Site Visit of the Senior Commission of the Western Association of Schools & Colleges to Fielding Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2002-2005: Advisor, Fielding Focus magazine, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2002-present: Chair, Institutional Review Board, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2005-present: Member, WASC Steering Committee, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2005-present: Management Liaison to Board of Trustees Technology Committee, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.

 

2005-present: Member, President's Leadership Team, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA.