Title: Professor and Coordinator, Agricultural Education
Department/Program: Agricultural Education
Room: 2-205
Phone: (909) 869-2206
FAX: (909) 869-4196
E-Mail: ajhess@csupomona.edu
Home Page: http://alxhess.googlepages.com/
Ph.D. in Education, Emphasis in Agricultural Science Education, University of California , Davis , June 2007
M.S. in Agriculture, Emphasis in Agricultural Education, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, December 2002
B.S. in Agriculture, Emphasis in Agricultural Sciences, Concentration in ABM Sales & Service, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, June 1993
Professor Hess was born and raised in Fullerton, Ca. Upon graduating from Fullerton Union High School, Hess went to Mt. San Antonio College, and then continued his education at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he received a B.S. in Agricultural Science, the Single Subject and the Specialist Teaching Credential in agriculture, and an M.S. in Agriculture. Professor Hess taught high school agriculture in both Riverside and San Diego counties prior to taking an agricultural education position with the Orange County Fair and Exposition Center (OCF&EC). Professor Hess left OCF&EC to pursue doctoral studies in Agricultural Science Education at the University of California, Davis, in preparation of becoming a university agriculture and teacher educator. Professor Hess is currently an assistant professor and program coordinator for Agricultural Science and Education at Cal Poly Pomona. Professor Hess has been with Cal Poly Pomona since July, 2006.
Agriculture Education
Agricultural Sales and Service
Leadership
Teacher Education
Experiential Learning (formal and informal)
California 's Tripartite Education Delivery Model
Agricultural Literacy
Agriculture Education Stakeholder Concerns and Issues
Herbert Kraft Fellow
UC Davis School of Education Summer Research Fellow
UC Davis Teacher Fellow
State CATA Outstanding Multiple Person Department
Southern Region CATA Outstanding Young Educator
Section CATA Outstanding Single Person Department
San Jacinto Jaycees Outstanding Educator
Alpha Tau Alpha Honor Society
Orange County Fair Employee of the Year
