MS EE Faculty Profiles

Barry Barker
Dr. Barry W. Barker is an Associate Professor in the Farquhar College of Arts & Sciences at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In 2001 he was one of four nominees for Professor of the Year, a university wide award.
Dr. Barker has a Bachelor's degree from Eastern Illinois University in Zoology, a Master of Education degree in Marine Biology from University of Delaware, a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Sussex College of Technology, a "post-doctorate" Masters of Science degree in Human Geography from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an EdD degree in Instructional Technology and Distance Education.
With a background in teaching, business, and travel, he teaches environmentalism and geography by instilling within his students a spirit of individual responsibility to actually resolve problems. Another area of interest is the geography of ecotourism. His travels in the past ten years have taken him to over 100 countries. He and the group of professional travel writers and photographers who accompany him have been "guests of state" in over a dozen countries, he has shot over 80,000 photographs, his photographs have appeared in several national and international magazines, and has published 30+ books and CD-ROM photo travel "books."
In addition, other burning areas of curiosity resulting from his travels and contacts with a multitude of cultures from around the world are the issues of biodiveristy and human rights, i.e., how societies treat their citizens, both individually and collectively. He has two active areas of research. The first examines how people in developing countries view animal biodiversity. Dr. Barker has established and is currently maintaining a field research station in the Cloud Forests of the Amazon located near Baños, Ecuador, in the San Martin Zoological Gardens. Here, he brings together students and professional photographers to help zoo personnel create an understanding with the local population about the importance of protecting endangered animal species. He has also been working with a leading travel magazine to investigate and photographically document his second research interest; i.e., how societies in industrial and developing countries use, exploit, terrorize, and demean alternative subcultures.

Debra Maddox
Dr. Debra L. Maddox resides in Tallahassee, Florida. She has been teaching ECAI501 for several years and is an NSU double-graduate. She holds a BS and MS degree in Business Education, and EDS in Educational Leadership and an EDD in Instructional Technology and Distance Education (both from Nova). Dr. Maddox has over 27 years traditional teaching experience at the k-12, community college, vocational-technical, and college undergraduate and graduate level. She retired from traditional teaching in 2004 and teaches full online from home for over 12 universities at present. Her passion is distance learning having taught online for over ten years! In her personal life, she remarried in 2000 and has two grown married children, two grandchildren and another grandchild expected in April 2007. Her hobbies include collecting stained glass and antiques.

Mike Hutton
Dr. Hutton has spent more than 30 years developing and implementing technology for use in a variety of educational applications. He was the Director of the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory for almost 20 years. Under Dr. Hutton's direction, this facility grew to be one of the ten largest planetariums in the United States. In 1982-84, Dr. Hutton participated in the production of "The Space Shuttle: An American Adventure." This was the first time NASA allowed private motion picture equipment aboard a spacecraft and it was the first and only time 35mm hemispheric motion pictures were taken from orbit. Additionally, Dr. Hutton initiated and completed several technology development projects including the first non-linear time/event based automation system for planetariums, the first GUI automation system for planetariums, and the development of the first Polychromatic Acusto-Optic Modulater (PCAOM) for use in laser graphics projectors. He has held administrative positions in a number of professional and civic organizations including; The International Planetarium Society, The Southeast Planetarium Society, Cinema - 360, The College Center for Library Automation, and the United Way. During his educational career, Dr. Hutton has taken more than 100 semester hours of online graduate level coursework. Dr. Hutton is currently the Associate Vice President of Learning Resources & Computer Technology at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Florida.
When asked about the course he teaches for the MS in Environmental Education (CIT 501, Curriculum and Instruction), Dr. Hutton responds "The course I teach allows students to find ways to connect their interest in environmental education with the rest of the curriculum on the local level. This is done through the development of a thematic unit. This project relates environmental education to other areas of the core curriculum through a theme relevant to the interests of the students. Thematic units can be exciting, creative, and limited only by the imagination of the teacher. Taking the course online is not only convenient to the student but also acts as a natural catalyst to develop a thematic unit that includes the vast resources found on the Internet".
For more information about Dr. Hutton, please visit his website: www.nova.edu/~huttonm.

David Serrano
David Serrano has an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. During his seven years at UF, he gained considerable experience with extension activities (target: ages 5- 18). In addition, he has established museum displays at the Florida Museum of Natural History. He has created, organized, and run educational and outreach booths and displays (target ages 5-80) at the Florida State Fair, Kanapaha Botanical Garden Spring Festival and other events. Dr. Serrano has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of South Florida ecology, flora, fauna and ecosystems.
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Barry Barker	Dr. Barry W. Barker is an Associate Professor in the Farquhar College of Arts & Sciences at Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In 2001 he was one of four nominees for Professor of the Year, a university wide award. Dr. Barker has a Bachelor's degree from Eastern Illinois University in Zoology, a Master of Education degree in Marine Biology from University of Delaware, a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Sussex College of Technology, a "post-doctorate" Masters of Science degree in Human Geography from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an EdD degree in Instructional Technology and Distance Education. With a background in teaching, business, and travel, he teaches environmentalism and geography by instilling within his students a spirit of individual responsibility to actually resolve problems. Another area of interest is the geography of ecotourism. His travels in the past ten years have taken him to over 100 countries. He and the group of professional travel writers and photographers who accompany him have been "guests of state" in over a dozen countries, he has shot over 80,000 photographs, his photographs have appeared in several national and international magazines, and has published 30+ books and CD-ROM photo travel "books." In addition, other burning areas of curiosity resulting from his travels and contacts with a multitude of cultures from around the world are the issues of biodiveristy and human rights, i.e., how societies treat their citizens, both individually and collectively. He has two active areas of research. The first examines how people in developing countries view animal biodiversity. Dr. Barker has established and is currently maintaining a field research station in the Cloud Forests of the Amazon located near Baños, Ecuador, in the San Martin Zoological Gardens. Here, he brings together students and professional photographers to help zoo personnel create an understanding with the local population about the importance of protecting endangered animal species. He has also been working with a leading travel magazine to investigate and photographically document his second research interest; i.e., how societies in industrial and developing countries use, exploit, terrorize, and demean alternative subcultures.

Debra Maddox	Dr. Debra L. Maddox resides in Tallahassee, Florida. She has been teaching ECAI501 for several years and is an NSU double-graduate. She holds a BS and MS degree in Business Education, and EDS in Educational Leadership and an EDD in Instructional Technology and Distance Education (both from Nova). Dr. Maddox has over 27 years traditional teaching experience at the k-12, community college, vocational-technical, and college undergraduate and graduate level. She retired from traditional teaching in 2004 and teaches full online from home for over 12 universities at present. Her passion is distance learning having taught online for over ten years! In her personal life, she remarried in 2000 and has two grown married children, two grandchildren and another grandchild expected in April 2007. Her hobbies include collecting stained glass and antiques.

Mike Hutton	Dr. Hutton has spent more than 30 years developing and implementing technology for use in a variety of educational applications. He was the Director of the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory for almost 20 years. Under Dr. Hutton's direction, this facility grew to be one of the ten largest planetariums in the United States. In 1982-84, Dr. Hutton participated in the production of "The Space Shuttle: An American Adventure." This was the first time NASA allowed private motion picture equipment aboard a spacecraft and it was the first and only time 35mm hemispheric motion pictures were taken from orbit. Additionally, Dr. Hutton initiated and completed several technology development projects including the first non-linear time/event based automation system for planetariums, the first GUI automation system for planetariums, and the development of the first Polychromatic Acusto-Optic Modulater (PCAOM) for use in laser graphics projectors. He has held administrative positions in a number of professional and civic organizations including; The International Planetarium Society, The Southeast Planetarium Society, Cinema - 360, The College Center for Library Automation, and the United Way. During his educational career, Dr. Hutton has taken more than 100 semester hours of online graduate level coursework. Dr. Hutton is currently the Associate Vice President of Learning Resources & Computer Technology at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Florida. When asked about the course he teaches for the MS in Environmental Education (CIT 501, Curriculum and Instruction), Dr. Hutton responds "The course I teach allows students to find ways to connect their interest in environmental education with the rest of the curriculum on the local level. This is done through the development of a thematic unit. This project relates environmental education to other areas of the core curriculum through a theme relevant to the interests of the students. Thematic units can be exciting, creative, and limited only by the imagination of the teacher. Taking the course online is not only convenient to the student but also acts as a natural catalyst to develop a thematic unit that includes the vast resources found on the Internet". For more information about Dr. Hutton, please visit his website: www.nova.edu/~huttonm.

David Serrano	David Serrano has an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. During his seven years at UF, he gained considerable experience with extension activities (target: ages 5- 18). In addition, he has established museum displays at the Florida Museum of Natural History. He has created, organized, and run educational and outreach booths and displays (target ages 5-80) at the Florida State Fair, Kanapaha Botanical Garden Spring Festival and other events. Dr. Serrano has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of South Florida ecology, flora, fauna and ecosystems. CV / Resume