Barbara Vallejo Doten

CGEP at CSU Long Beach

Barbara taught history-social science and foundations of law courses in the Law Academy at Juan R. Cabrillo High School in the Long Beach Unified School District. With the exception of three years as the Teaching American History Grant Coordinator in the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Barbara's teaching career spans 36 years as a middle and high school teacher in the Los Angeles and Long Beach Unified school districts. She became a National Board Certified Teacher in History/Social Science in 2007 and has taught instructional methodology courses at CSU Long Beach and CSU Dominguez Hills since 2005. She holds a BA (History/Political Science) and MA (Education) degree from CSU Los Angeles, as well as a Bilingual Certificate of Competency in Spanish. In 2004, the California Council for the Social Studies recognized Barbara as the High School Teacher of the Year. Most recently, she has written and received grants from UCLA's Center X and the LA County Education Foundation to incorporate culturally relevant curricula and civics into the secondary curricula. As a result of these grants, her civic team at Juan R. Cabrillo High School has received accreditation as one of the first Democracy Schools in the state of California.

Lisa McAllister

CGEP at CSU Fullerton

Lisa grew up in South Africa, Germany, England, and Cyprus. In England, she received a B.S. in Biology from Imperial College and an M.S. in Evolutionary Psychology from the University of Liverpool. She moved to Santa Barbara in 2004 and has since received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Anthropology from UCSB. While completing her Ph.D. she lived and worked in Belize exploring resilience of coastal communities to environmental shocks and climate change, and in the Bolivian Amazon exploring the effects of education and health disparities on women's family planning and fertility. After completing her Ph.D., Lisa worked as a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Missouri and Pennsylvania State University, exploring how hardships in childhood and adulthood influence U.S. and Bangladeshi men's and women's family planning and parental investment goals and behaviors. Lisa also worked for the UC Global Health Institute developing a Planetary Health Ambassador program that recruited, trained, and supported undergraduate and graduate students, from across the ten Universities of California, in organizing planetary health educational events on their campuses.

Thomas Herman

California Geographic Alliance CGEP at Northern California

Tom serves as Director of the California Geographic Alliance and supports the CGEP at Northern California virtual site. In this capacity, he explores, expands, and explains the field of geography education while developing and delivering professional learning experiences for K-12 educators. He works with local, state and national education organizations to promote contemporary geography education and meaningful use of geospatial technologies. He finds innovative ways to increase support and resources for K-12 geography education in California and increase the number of students choosing geography as a field of study at the college level. In addition, as Director of the Young People’s Environments, Society and Space (YESS) Research Center at San Diego State University, Tom provides technical assistance, in the form of program evaluation and program development, to community-based and youth- and family-serving programs. His goal is to partner with non-profit organizations and local governments to provide strategic support for programs that make a positive impact on children, families, and neighborhoods. Tom is Adjunct Professor of Geography at San Diego State University with more than twenty years of experience teaching urban, social, and cultural geography as well as research techniques. His research interests focus on the social geographies of children, families, and communities as well as the evolution of urban neighborhoods. He earned his BA in Geography from Villanova University, MA in Geography from New Mexico State University, and Ph.D. in Geography from SDSU and UC Santa Barbara. Tom is a humanist and a passionate geographer who is endlessly interested in people's geographic experiences and strategies and in finding ways to support all kinds of people in having a high quality of life and opportunities for self-expression.

Emily earned her B.A. in Diversified Liberal Arts at the University of San Diego, M.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, and Ed.D. in Education Leadership from the University of San Diego. After working as an editor for school publications, she served as a teacher, district Social Studies Resource Teacher, and principal in San Diego Unified. She was the K-12 History-Social Science Coordinator for the San Diego County Office of Education, joined the Teacher Education faculty at San Diego State University, and served as Liaison for the National Geographic Education Foundation. Emily is on the Executive Council of the California Environmental Literacy Initiative (CAELI), Facilitator for the CAPP California Leadership Network, Ambassador for HundrED, and was named one of the Top 100 Visionaries in Education by the Global Forum for Education and Learning. Her work in geography education, Social Studies, interdisciplinary and equitable teaching and learning, and Linked Learning contributes greatly to her vision for global education. With years of experience in teaching, administration, writing, editing, curriculum development, and professional learning, Emily is enthusiastic about leading the California Global Education Project. 

Stephanie graduated from San Diego State University in December 2015 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Counseling & Social Change. She earned her master's degree in Counseling in 2018. During her years as an undergraduate, Stephanie worked with the School of Teacher Education and demonstrated the organizational skills, leadership, and work ethic necessary to lead the CGEP Statewide Office in the SDSU College of Education.

Stephanie's commitment to global education relates to her personal experiences in a binational region -- born in San Diego and raised in Tijuana -- and firm belief that planting seeds of global competence in young learners leads to a better and more sustainable world where cultural differences are embraced. She envisions for future generations life with a strong foundation of peace, harmony, and love -- free of judgment and hatred. Most importantly, Stephanie is the proud mother of a brilliant, young global citizen named Imani.