Dwayne L. Little
2311 Caminito Recodo
San Diego, CA 92107
Home: 619.225.8693 E-mail: dwaynelittle@pointloma.edu
Office: 619.849.2568 Facsimile: 619-849-2554
PERSONAL DATA
Nationality: United States Citizen
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: July 25, 1940
Place of Birth: Paris, Texas
Family Status: Married/Father/Grandfather
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Cincinnati (1970)
Concentration: 20th Century United States Political and Social History
Dissertation: The Political Leadership of Sam Rayburn 1940-1961
M. A. University of Cincinnati (1963)
Thesis: The Congressional Career of Sam Rayburn, 1913-1961
B. A. Trevecca Nazarene University (1962)
EMPLOYMENT
1973-Present Professor of History, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA (tenure 1984)
Director of Planning and Institutional Research (1990-1998)
1970-1973 Associate Professor of History, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, FL
1966-69 Assistant Professor of History/Acting Chair of the Department of History, Olivet
Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member American Historical Association
Member Organization of American Historians
Member Phi Alpha Theta (History Honorary Fraternity)
Member Conference on Faith and History
Member San Diego Historical Society
Member San Diego Area Historians
Member Pacific Coast Association of PreLaw Advisers (PCAPLA)
Exec. Bd. Independent California Colleges and Universities Faculty Association (ICCUFA)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Sabbaticals - 2002 and 1984
National Defense Education Fellow (1962-65)
Taft Non-Teaching Fellow (1965-66)
California Teachers Association “WHO” Award
PLNU Alumni Teaching Development Award
RASP Research Grants (2)
Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Delta Lambda
PLNU TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Associate/Full Professor (34 years; tenured in 1984)
Chair, Department of History and Political Science (3 terms; 10 years)
Director of Planning and Institutional Research (1990-1998); led planning for $50+ million campus development requiring moves for eight academic departments and many administrative units
University Marshal (2 terms of three years, including 2000-2003)
Pre-Law Adviser (1973-1990; 2000 to Present with Michael McKinney)
Member, Faculty Council
Secretary, Faculty
Chair, Center for San Diego Studies (quantitative approach to San Diego history, 1984-90)
Member, Presidential Search Committee
Chair, Strategic Planning Group
Chair, Strategic Planning and Budgeting Committee
PLNU Representative to Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (Race/Ethnic Program)
Chair, Committee on Committees
Member, Faculty Security Committee
Member/Secretary, Academic Policies Committee
Member, Teacher Education Committee
Member/Secretary, Faculty Resources Committee (2000-2003)
COURSES TAUGHT AT PLNU
American Civilization I, II
World Civilization II
Research Methods
Jeffersonian/Jacksonian America
Civil War and Reconstruction
20th Century U. S. History
African History
African-American History
Women in American History
California History
San Diego History
War in Vietnam
World War II
Social and Intellectual History of the U. S.
The 1960’s
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY POSITIONS
Member, Pacific Coast Association of PreLaw Advisers (PCAPLA), 1997 to present.
Elected Member/Vice-President, Point Loma Association (1999-2002); Chair of Endowment Committee which has doubled PLA income in three years
Elected Member, Peninsula Community Planning Board (1993-1999)
Elected Member for California Private Higher Education, Executive Board of Society for College and University Planning, West Region, 1995-1997
Elected Member for Private Higher Education, Executive Board of California Association for
Institutional Research (1994-96)
Member, Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Advisory Committee (1990-1998)
Elected Member, Board for Institute for History (San Diego Historical Society)
Elected Board Member, Cabrillo National Monument Historical Association
Founding Member, San Diego Community Church of the Nazarene
Member, Board of San Diego Community Church of the Nazarene
Chair, the “Others” Committee, San Diego Community Church of the Nazarene
Elected President, Park Point Loma Homeowners Association (3 terms)
Elected President, Independent California Colleges and Universities Faculty Association (2 terms)
and Member, ICCUFA, 1973-2001
Consultant, Cocopah Native American Tribe, Yuma, Arizona
Consultant, Institute for Service to Education (1971-73; developed curriculum for Black colleges)
Elected Member, Bourbonnais (Ill) School Board (1968-70)
Elected Auditor, Bourbonnais (Ill), Township (1968-70)
RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
Currently directing a student research project on the impact of the HIV/AIDs epidemic on both the San Diego GLBT community and public/private institutions in the city and county from about 1982-1992.
Directed the research and writing of five students in my Seminar in San Diego History that resulted in the following publication: Josh Grace, Megan Dukett, Christopher Rhamey, Kaylin Gill, and Ricky Bell, “Coming Out Gay, Coming Out Christian: The Beginnings of GLBT Christianity in San Diego, 1970-1979,” Journal of San Diego History, Vol. 53-3, Summer, 2007, pp. 117-125.
Sabbatical in the Fall, 2002, focused on a study of the Emergence of the Democratic Party in the City of San Diego, 1960 – 2002. This work will lay the foundation for publications and a focus for student research in the new course scheduled in the Spring of 2004 – Seminar in San Diego History.
Prior research at PLNU has focused on the Theosophical Society at Point Loma, 1897-1942; academic research and creation of a slide library has included work at the following: Theosophical Archives in Altadena, CA.; Theosophical Archives in Ojai, CA.; Theosophical Archives at Point Loma Publications in San Diego, CA.; Local Archives at the San Diego Historical Society, UCSD, and California Room at the Public Library. This research has led to presentations over 25 years at PLNU Chapels, PLNU New Faculty Seminars, Theosophical Societies in Europe (Arnhem, Paris, and Berlin); International Theosophical Conference at Point Loma; Ocean Beach Historical Society, Point Loma Library, Service Clubs, etc. A special research interest which has not yet led to a publication concerns Katherine Tingley’s establishment of three “Lomaland” schools in Cuba at the turn of the century.
“Creating Symbolic Space: PLNU Past and Present,” a paper presented with Michael Lodahl, for the PLNU Wesleyan Center’s Conference entitled “The Creative Imagination: Space, Time, and Form,” on February 6-9, 2002.
Consultant to the Cocopah Native American Tribe near Yuma, Arizona which led to the publishing of The Cocopah People by Anita Alvarez de Williams. Phoenix: Indian Tribal Series, 1974.
Editor/Coordinator of Kankakee County, Illinois, Sesqui-Centennial History written by Mary Jean Houde and John Klasey, Of the People; A Popular History of Kankakee County. Kankakee County Board of Supervisors, 1968.
“Katherine Tingley; The Theosophist as Progressive,” a paper presented at an International Theosophical Society Conference at PLNC, Friday, June 12-14, 1992. The editor of the Theosophical History; A Quarterly Journal of Research (published by the Theosophical History Foundation located at the Department of Religious Studies, California State University, Fullerton) has asked for permission to publish the paper.
“Master Plan Implementation at Point Loma Nazarene College,” a slide presentation made to the West Regional Conference of the Society for College and University Planning in Scottsdale, AZ. in 1994.
“A Muckraker Looks at the Church of the Nazarene,” a paper sponsored by Nazarene Honorary Society Phi Delta Lambda presented at Olivet Nazarene College (May, 1967).
“Relationships between Christian Faith and Contemporary Events,” a series of Seminar Presentations at Mission Valley Church of the Nazarene, San Diego First Presbyterian Church, and Rancho Bernardo Community Church.
TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
Canada, Mexico, China, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Northern Ireland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Crete, Santorini, Rhodes, Turkey, Switzerland