Dejon Brown
Technology Support Specialist, CalStateTEACH
Phone: 562-951-4518
E-mail:
dbrown@calstate.edu
Dejon is technology support specialist for Cal State Teach, a program that prepares students to become successful teachers in California. He supports the team and works to develop a more seamless, reliable application for students.
Zulmara Cline, Ph.D.
Statewide CAPP Director, CAPP
Phone: 562-951-4780
E-mail:
zcline@calstate.edu
Dr. Zulmara Cline is the Statewide Director of the California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP). CAPP is an intersegmental program working with the three segments of higher education and the K-12 system. Under Dr. Cline’s leadership, CAPP has launched two grants: the CAPP Demonstration Project, which helps schools build post-secondary partnerships, and College Going Culture Grant, which helps schools develop a college-going culture. CAPP is also responsible for the Math Diagnostic Testing Project, an intersegmental collaborative effort that has been developing diagnostic tests for more than 30 years. Prior to joining the Chancellor’s Office, Dr. Cline was a professor at CSU San Marcos.
Daba Asemebo, MHA
Senior Manager, CAPP
Phone: 562-951-4777
E-mail:
dasemebo@calstate.edu
Daba Asemebo is the Senior Manager of the California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP). CAPP is an intersegmental program working with the three segments of higher education and the K-12 system in California. She works closely with the CAPP Statewide Director to coordinate functions of the department. Prior to joining CAPP in 2014, Daba served in various positions within the Educator Preparation and Public School Programs (EPPSP) such as the Administrative Support Coordinator to the Assistant Vice Chancellor; the Program Coordinator for Governor's Teaching Fellowship Program; the System-wide Coordinator/Program Analyst for CalstateTEACH Program. In 2002, Daba was awarded the Chancellor’s Office Service Teamwork Achievement Recognition, “COSTAR” award.
Emil Bautista
Fiscal and Grants Manager, CAPP
Phone: 562-951-4472
E-mail:
ebautista@calstate.edu
Emil Bautista is the Fiscal and Grants Manager for California Academic Partnership Program. Emil supports the administrative and fiscal management of all CAPP programs and grant projects. She acts as CAPP’s primary contact person for all inquiries. Before joining CAPP, Emil worked as Accounts Payable Technician, processing payments for the Office of the Chancellor, Foundation and Institute accounts as well as monitoring daily ACH/EFT reconciliations and monthly Airfare/Car rental reconciliations.
Dr. Tanya Flushman, Ph.D.
Co-Director, CSU Center for the Advancement of Reading and Writing
Phone: 805-756-5537
Email:
tflushma@calpoly.edu
Dr. Tanya Flushman, Associate Professor in the School of Education at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, co-directs the CSU Center for the Advancement of Reading and Writing. Her areas of expertise are early literacy development, clinical teacher preparation and disciplinary literacy teaching and learning. Her recent grants emphasize partnering with school districts to transform teacher preparation and teaching disciplinary literacy in science in elementary schools. Tanya taught elementary school in the California Bay Area and in Monterrey, Mexico. Dr. Flushman coordinates and teaches in the MA Curriculum and Instruction program at Cal Poly, SLO.
Christina Moreno-Donato
Administrative Analyst, CAR/W
Phone: 562-951-4811
E-mail:
cmoreno-donato@calstate.edu
Christina Moreno-Donato serves as the Administrative Analyst for the CSU Center for the Advancement of Reading and Writing (CAR/W). She is responsible for monitoring grant and operating budget, event coordination, data management and general office support for CAR/W and the Expository Reading and Writing Course Program (ERWC). Prior to joining the Chancellor’s Office, Christina spent over thirty years working in higher education. She is a proud graduate of the University of Southern California (USC).
Lynda Dubon-Chavez
Administrative Support Coordinator, CAR/W
Phone: 562-951-4926
E-mail:
ldubonchavez@calstate.edu
Lynda Dubon-Chavez is the Administrative Support Coordinator of the CSU Center for the Advancement of Reading and Writing. Lynda provides support to staff and facilitates a variety of projects related to the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum.
Paul Tuss, Ph.D.
Director,
Educator Quality Center
Phone: 916-278-4582
Fax: 916-278-3883
E-mail:
ptuss@calstate.edu
Dr. Paul Tuss is director of the CSU Educator Quality Center. The center develops and manages EdQ DataView, a data warehouse and dashboard reporting system designed to support a culture of data sharing and continuous improvement for CSU educator preparation. Dr. Tuss also coordinates the center’s statewide surveys of first-year CSU teaching graduates and their employment supervisors. He has held positions with the Sacramento County Office of Education, San Juan Unified School District, Westat, Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy. He is a past president of the California Educational Research Association and an alumnus of the Strategic Data Project at Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research.
Fred Uy
Director, Educator Preparation and Public School Programs
Co-Director, Center for the Advancement of Instruction in Quantitative Reasoning
Phone: 562-951-4713
Fax: 562-951-4152
E-mail:
fuy@calstate.edu
Dr. Fred Uy serves both as a Director in the Department of Educator Preparation and Public School Programs and Co-Director for the Center for the Advancement of Instruction in Quantitative Reasoning. Before joining the Office of the Chancellor, Dr. Uy was a Professor of Mathematics Education at Cal State LA and a K-12 mathematics teacher. In this position, he will be responsible in overseeing and increasing the capacity of the department to provide leadership and support to the educator preparation programs on campuses across the CSU. He has contributed to CSU initiatives in secondary school teacher mathematics preparation as a trainer for the EAP in Mathematics and as a leader in the CSU M-TEP. Dr. Uy also has served as a mathematics consultant for school districts and publishers and has conducted numerous professional development trainings in topics like mathematics pedagogy, teaching mathematics to ELs, assessments, Linked Learning, arts integration, and bilingual education.
Donnie Aguinaldo
Administrative Support Assistant
Phone: 562-951-4318
E-mail:
daguinaldo@calstate.edu
Donnie Aguinaldo is the Administrative Support Assistant for the Educator Preparation and Public School Programs. He provides support for the development of Educator Preparation Programs as well as assistance to the team with various projects, including administering department websites, and coordinating events.