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1249 S. Wall St.
Spokane WA 99204
(509) 456-2571
cell (509) 768-8312
(503) 241-2855 In Portland while on sabbatical

Online resume.

Faculty web page.

Brief Introduction

James Beebe is a social scientist, practitioner-scholar, and social activist, with 20 years experience living and working in developing countries. He is always looking for new opportunities where he can use his expertise to be of service to others.

Since 1996 James has been a full Professor in the Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University. For four years he was the program director/department chair. He is the Project Director for the U.S. State Department funded Partnership Exchange Project designed to strengthen the ethics focus of the Ph.D. program in Public Affairs at the University of Pretoria and the global focus of the Ph.D. program at Gonzaga University. In 2001-02 James was the director of the Gonzaga Institute for Action Against Hate. Between 1979 and 1996, he was a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and had long-term assignments in Sudan, Philippines, Liberia, and South Africa and short term assignments in nine other countries. Other significant employment has included being a college professor, consultant, and Peace Corps Volunteer. His areas of expertise and the areas in which he teachs or conducts research include (a) Technology and Society, (b) Qualitative Research and Rapid Assessment Process (RAP), (c) Farming Systems Research, and (d) Leadership and Higher Education.