California State University, Dominguez Hills
Campus Overview
CSU Dominguez Hills
reflects the face of America's future, serving a highly diverse population of more
than 12,000 students primarily from the South Bay-south Los Angeles area. For years,
CSUDH has prided itself on its personal service to students, many of whom are first in
the family to earn a college education. Business administration, teacher education, and
nursing are the most popular majors of the 43 undergraduate majors and 23 master's
degrees as well as multiple-subject and single-subject teaching credentials. A new
major in Criminal Justice Administration was added in fall 2005. CSUDH continues to
lead the CSU system in distance-learning initiatives with online M.B.A. and M.P.A.
programs and more. On campus, the new state-of-the-art Loker Student Union broke
ground, due to open in fall 2006. Also, a major expansion to the University Library
promises to double its service area. And, the top-notch sports venue, the Home Depot
Center, is located on campus presenting world-class soccer, tennis, track and field,
and cycling. www.csudh.edu
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 Dr. James Cooper
CSU Dominguez Hills
Professor of Graduate Education
As a nationally regarded expert on active and group learning at the college level,
and CSUDH 2005 Outstanding Professor, James Cooper has spent 30 years
putting his theories to practice at CSUDH as a professor of graduate
education and coordinator for the Teaching/Curriculum Master of Arts
program. Cooper describes CSUDH as "a community of learners," citing the "heroic"
efforts of students to further their education against levels of adult responsibility
that are atypical among most college students.
The author of three books, more than 60 book chapters and numerous articles, he has
shared his knowledge of research and applied work on college teaching and
effectiveness with his students and at the many workshops nationwide. Cooper's most
recent book is Small Group Learning in Higher Education: Lessons From the Past,
Visions of the Future, co-authored with a colleague. He is a reviewer for several
journals in psychology and education and textbook publishers, including Harcourt
Brace and McGraw Hill.
Cooper completed his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in educational psychology,
statistics and measurement, earned his M.A. in experimental psychology at the
University of Iowa and B.A. in psychology at the University of Michigan.
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