Counseling Department 14304 Dickens Street, Apt. 4

CV Esau Tovar 1 of 9 CURRICULUM VITAE

Esau Tovar

Office: Home: Counseling Department 14304 Dickens Street, Apt. 4 Santa Monica College Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 1900 Pico Blvd. (818) 990-4571 Santa Monica, CA 90405 310-434-4012 [email protected]

EDUCATION 1999 Master of Science, Counseling Specialty in Marriage, Family, Child Therapy California State University, Northridge, CA Thesis: Use of predictive modeling in the identification of dropout-prone community college students. Under the supervision of Prof. Charnofsky

1996 Bachelor of Arts, Psychology California State University, Northridge, CA

1993 Associate in Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA

HONORS & AWARDS  Master=s with Distinction  Who is Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges  Minority Achievers in Science  First Annual Transfer Exemplar=s Award  Dean=s & President=s Honor Roll  Student Leader of the Year  Various Other Commendations for Community Service

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS  2003 Best Practice Award, National Council on Student Development (American Association of Community Colleges). Award received for Student Success Project for program quality, significance to the field, evidence of effectiveness, and application to other community colleges.  Model Program Promoting Student Success, Center for Student Success Consortium, Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges. Designation for Student Success Project for supporting Partnership for Excellence goals in successful course completion, degree attainment, and transfer.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 08/00 B Present CV Esau Tovar 2 of 9 Faculty Leader, Assessment Center Retention Counselor, Title III Grant Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA

08/00 B 01/04 Project Director, Student Success Project (Research Grant) Project Director, Student Enhancement and Educational Research Project (Research Grant) Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA

08/01 B 06/03 Clinical Supervisor (Volunteer), College Counseling and Student Services Program Department of Counseling, California State University, Northridge, CA

02/01 B 06/01 Adjunct Instructor Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA

12/99 B 07/00 Adjunct Counseling Faculty, Student Success Project Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA

01/00 B 11/00 Research Analyst, Center for Student Success Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA

02/98 B 12/99 Director, Center for Student Success Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA

07/99 B 12/99 Counseling Articulation Officer Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 01/01 B 06/01 Los Angeles Valley College, Valley Glen, CA Course: Human Sexuality

08/00 B 12/00 Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling California State University, Northridge Teaching Assistant, Course: Counseling Practicum (Graduate course)

05/00 B 07/00 Los Angeles Mission College Course: College Study Skills Development (developed curriculum)

03/97 B 12/99 Research Assistant, Center for Sex Research California State University, Northridge

04/98 B 06/99 Counseling Intern and Research Analyst Pacific Professional Associates, Van Nuys, CA

01/97 B 06/97 Department of Sociology CV Esau Tovar 3 of 9 California State University, Northridge Graduate Teaching Assistant, Course: Proseminar in Sexual Dysfunction

01/96 B 12/96 Department of Psychology California State University, Northridge Graduate Teaching Assistant, Course: Proseminar in the Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality

COURSES AUTHORED 2003 Conflict & Mediation Certificate and coursework, Counseling Department, Santa Monica College (under development) 2002 Life Transitions and Adjustment, Counseling Department, Santa Monica College 2000 Orientation Seminar, Counseling Department, Santa Monica College 2000 College Study Skills Development, Upward Bound, LA Mission College 1999 College Survival Skills, LA Mission College

GRANTS 2002 - 2004 California Community Colleges Chancellor=s Office Funds for Instructional Improvement grant: Student Enhancement and Educational Research Project: to research the effect of select student services and instructional strategies (collaboratively-taught classes, intrusive/developmental advising, extensive student contact, and a student re-orientation) on probationary community college student success. Principal Investigator & Project Director. $270,000.

2000 B 2002 California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Funds for Instructional Improvement grant: to continue to research the influence that collaboratively-taught classes, intrusive/ developmental advising, extensive student contact, tutoring, and extended college orientation have on community college student success. Principal Investigator & Project Director. $160,000.

1997 B 2000 California Community Colleges Chancellor=s Office Funds for Student Success grant: to design and implement a program geared at identifying students at-risk of dropping out of college or performing below academically accepted standards. Principal Investigator & Project Director. $596,000.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS  American Counseling Association  Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges  California Community Colleges Assessment Association  California Community Colleges Matriculation Professionals Association CV Esau Tovar 4 of 9  California Association for Institutional Research  National Academic Advising Association  American College Counseling Association  Association for Assessment in Counseling

PUBLICATIONS Simon, M. A., & Tovar, E. (In press). Confirmatory factor analysis for the Career Factors Inventory on a community college sample. Journal of Career Assessment (expected date of publication: Summer 2004).

Tovar, E., Elias, J. E., & Chang, J. (1999). An overview of the effects of pornography on sex offending. In J. E. Elias, V. D. Elias, V. Bullough, J. Douglass (Eds.). Porn 101: Eroticism, pornography, and the First Amendment. Prometheus Press.

Tovar, E., & Simon, M. A. (2003). Facilitating student success for entering California community college students: How one institution can make an impact. eJournal for Research, Planning, and Practice, 1(1).

PUBLICATIONSBNon-Refereed Tovar, E. (2001, Spring). Instructional and counseling faculty: Supporting student success. The Counseling Connection, 1(1), 1.

Tovar, E. (2001, Fall). Partnerships in transfer success. The Counseling Connection, 1(2), 1.

Tovar, E. (1999). A student=s guide to success (2nd Ed.). Office of Matriculation, Los Angeles Mission College: Sylmar, CA.

Tovar, E. (1998). A student=s guide to success. Office of Matriculation, Los Angeles Mission College: Sylmar, CA.

PRESENTATIONS 2004 Simon, M. A., Tovar, E. (2004). Probationary Latino community college students: How motivation, readiness, and mitigating factors affect their success in college. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2004, San Diego, CA.

Tovar, E. (2004). Student Learning Outcomes: How Counseling/Advisement and Select Student Services Programs Impact Students’ Self-Development. Paper submitted for presentation at the annual meeting of the National Academic Advising Association Pacific Region, April 2004, Pasadena, CA.

Tovar, E., & Simon, M. A. (2004). Facilitating probationary students' success: Design, evaluation, and impact of probationary student re-orientation. Paper submitted for presentation at the annual meeting of the National Academic Association Pacific Region, April 2004, Pasadena, CA. CV Esau Tovar 5 of 9

2003 Simon, M. A., & Tovar, E. (2003). Excellence in mentoring by graduate students in an ethnically-diverse FYE course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Counseling Association, March 23, 2003, Anaheim, CA.

Simon, M. A., Tovar, E. (2003). First-year students= adaptation to college: The effect of the first-year experience course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 2003, Chicago, IL.

Simon, M. A., Tovar, E., Edson, M., & Benson, B. (2003). Return to excellence: Re-orientation of two-year college students on probation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Counseling Association, March 23, 2003, Anaheim, CA.

Tovar, E. (2003). Accreditation, Student Services, and Student Learning Outcomes: Contributions to Student Success and Retention. Invited presentation delivered at the Santa Monica College Institutional Development Day, August 22, 2003, Santa Monica, CA.

Tovar, E. (2003). The Freshman-year experience: Facilitating student retention and success. Invited presentation conducted at the Santa Monica College Institutional Development Day, March 13, 2003, Santa Monica, CA.

Tovar, E., & Kozeracki, C. (2003). Counseling and student services contributions to students’ self-development. Paper presented at the California Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, November 12-14, Rohnert Park, CA.

Tovar, E., & Simon, M. A. (2003). Students on probation deserve our help, too! Invited presentation delivered on-ground and online at the Student Support and Instructional Services Conference of the California Virtual Campus, May 8-9, San Diego, CA.

Tovar, E., & Simon, M. A. (2003). Students on probation deserve our help, too! Paper accepted for presentation at the 12th Annual California Community Colleges Chancellor=s Conference. [Conference cancelled due to State budgetary difficulties].

Tovar, E., & Simon, M. A. (2003). The effects of mattering on probationary students’ adaptation and success in college. Paper presented at the California Association for Institutional Research Annual Meeting, November 12-14, Rohnert Park, CA.

2002 Simon, M. A., Tovar, E., Edson, M., & Maiorano, S. (2002). Expanded college orientations make a difference for community colleges, too! Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American College Personnel Association, Long Beach, CA.

Simon, M. A., Tovar, E., & Gorback, K. (2002). Career counseling in the community college: Research and field perspectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the California Community Colleges, Burlingame, CA.

Tovar, E. (2002). Best practices in college student retention: Maximizing campus resources to CV Esau Tovar 6 of 9 effect student success. Invited presentation delivered to the Santa Monica College Master Planning Committee, Santa Monica, CA.

Tovar, E. (2002). Faculty perceptions on early alert. Paper presented at the Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges Annual Meeting, Pacific Grove, CA.

Tovar, E., & Gonzalez, J. (2002). Best practices in college student retention. Invited presentation conducted for the Santa Monica College Master Planning Committee. Santa Monica, CA.

2001 Johnson-Benson, B., Penchansky, J., Simon, M., & Tovar, E. (2001, April 30). Student Success Project P3: Past, Present and Projected, Invited presentation to senior administrators describing grant-funded project at Santa Monica College. Resulted in strong support for continuing research concerning retention and persistence of community college students. Current focuses are students on probation.

Simon, M. A., & Tovar, E. (2001). Blowing it up: A collaborative community college day-long orientation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Counseling Association, San Antonio, TX.

Simon, M. A., & Tovar, E. (2001). Going beyond passive student advisement: When and how to provide intrusive advisement for faculty. Paper presented at the California State University, Northridge Faculty Retreat, Oxnard, CA.

1999 & Prior Elias, V. D., Elias, J. E., Tovar, E. (1999). Coming out in the lesbian community. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality Western Region, San Francisco, CA.

Tovar, E. (1996). Conducting student climate studies: Findings at Los Angeles Mission College. Paper presented at the meeting of the California Community Colleges Student Equity Colloquium, Monterey, CA.

Tovar, E. (1996). Improving student retention. Paper presented at the meeting of the California Community Colleges Student Equity Colloquium, Monterey, CA.

Tovar, E. (1996). Toward the achievement of student equity. Paper presented at the Instructional Improvement Activities Day at Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA.

Tovar, E. (1999). Retention and attrition: Supporting student success. Invited paper presented at the Instructional Improvement Activities Day at Los Angeles Mission College, Sylmar, CA.

Tovar, E., Elias, J. E., & Chang, J. (1998). An overview from Kinsey to the present of the effects of pornography on sex offenders. Paper presented at the World Pornography Conference, Universal City, CA.

CURRENT RESEARCH & WORKING PAPERS CV Esau Tovar 7 of 9  Probationary Community College Students: An Institutional Example of How Readiness for Intervention Affects and Effects Success Rates. Research project investigating developmental and transition issues experienced by community college students, the impact of real and perceived barriers to success, and counseling interventions and advocacy (manuscript under development).

 The Effects of College Orientation Type on Student Success. Research project investigating how and to what extent two college student orientations of different lengths and content affect student success (manuscript under development).

 Academically and ethnically diverse first-year student’s adaptation to college: The effects of the First-Year Experience Seminar. Paper focusing of the effects of a FYE course and students’ enrollment status in developmental courses and their impact on academic, social, personal adjustment to college (manuscript under development to be submitted to the Journal of The First- Year Experience & Students in Transition).

 Comprehensive Evaluation of the Santa Monica College Early Alert Program. Spearheading a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative research study to assess the early alert program=s effectiveness in identifying and assisting students in academic difficulty. Recommendations will be used to revamp existing system and/or create a new one.

 The Impact of Community College Student Services Programs on Student Learning Outcomes. Research project assessing the impact of student services on non-cognitive student learning outcomes (self-development) of students enrolled in randomly selected classes.

 Consequential Validity of English, ESL, Math, and Chemistry Assessment Instruments. Research study designed to determine the consequential validity of ACCUPLACER and COMPASS tests and their effectiveness in placing students across English, ESL, and Math courses.

 Effects of Type and Level of Career Indecision on Community College Student Retention and Persistence. Longitudinal study of community college students assessing how level and type of career indecision (using the Career Factors Inventory) impacts retention, persistence, and success of randomly selected first-time freshman students. The relationship of career indecision to attrition, retention, and other quantitative variables are also being assessed.

 First-Year Students' Adaptation to College: The Effect of the First-Year Experience Course. Pre- post research project being conducted at California State University, Northridge assessing the impact of the freshman year experience, mentoring by graduate students, developmental education, and student living arrangements and their effect on college adaptationCacademic, social, personal, and institutional attachment. (manuscript under development).

 Development and measurement of a Mattering Questionnaire. Paper seeking to further explain the construct of mattering and how students’ college experiences are affected by the degree they feel they matter or are marginalized. Focus is on community college probationary students and university freshmen. Subsequent links to retention, persistence, and success will be studied.

 College Student Services Contributions to Student Learning Outcomes. Research project and paper exploring the degree to which college student services, counseling in particular, contribute to non-cognitive learning outcomes (self-development, self management). CV Esau Tovar 8 of 9

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH REPORTS Tovar, E. (2004). Validation of the COMPASS mathematics placement tests: Consequential validity, cut score validity, and disproportionate impact for the Santa Monica College Office of Matriculation and Chemistry Department, Santa Monica, CA.

Tovar, E. (2003). Student Enhancement and Educational Research Project: The effects of select intervention strategies on probationary students’ success for the Santa Monica College Counseling Department, Santa Monica, CA.

Tovar, E., & Walker-Waugh, M. (2003). Validation of the California Chemistry Diagnostic Test: Bias, content validity, consequential validity, and disproportionate impact for the Santa Monica College Office of Matriculation and Chemistry Department, Santa Monica, CA.

Tovar, E. (2001). ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension and Sentence Skills Tests= Disproportionate Impact Study for the Santa Monica College Office of Matriculation, Santa Monica, CA.

Tovar, E. (2001). ACCUPLACER Reading Comprehension, Sentence Skills, and Levels of English Proficiency Cutoff Scores Analysis for English and ESL Placement for the Santa Monica College Office of Matriculation, Santa Monica, CA.

Tovar, E. (1999). A comparative analysis of student satisfaction at Los Angles Mission College: 1996- 1999 for the LAMC Master Planning and Accreditation Committee, Sylmar, CA.

Tovar, E. (1997). Campus Climate Study: Faculty and Staff for Los Angeles Mission College Student Equity Committee, Sylmar, CA.

Tovar, E. (1996). Campus Climate Study: Student Satisfaction for Los Angeles Mission College Student Equity Committee, Sylmar, CA.

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE Currently:  Chair, Joint Academic Senate Student Affairs Committee  Senator, Academic Senate  Member, Title III Grant Advisory Committee  Member, Matriculation Advisory Committee  Chair, Assessment Committee  Counseling Liaison, Counseling & ESL Departments  Member, Student Affairs Committee  Member, Student Emergency Relief Fund

Formerly:  Representative, Faculty Association  Member, Program Review Committee  Member, College Student Orientation Planning Committee  Member, Student Equity Committee  Member, Professional Development Committee  Member, Student Services Retention Task Force CV Esau Tovar 9 of 9  Member, Presidential Student Retention Task Force  Chair, Retention Research Sub-committee, President=s Task Force on Student Retention  Chair, Counseling Department Professional Relations Committee  Member, Student Services Accreditation Task Force  Member, Institutional Effectiveness Accreditation Task Force  Member, Student Conduct Appeals Committee