Anderson comes to Cañada from De Anza College where he served as a dean
Dr. Gregory Anderson, formerly the Dean of Learning
Resources at De Anza College in the Foothill-De Anza Community College
District, has been hired as the new Vice President of Instruction at Cañada
College.
“We are all simply thrilled that he has joined our team and
I’m certain he will be a key player in Cañada’s continuing growth and
development as one of the state’s premier academic and career training
institutions,” said Cañada College President Larry Buckley.
Prior to becoming a dean at De Anza, Anderson served for
five years as director of the college’s academic support programs. He also
taught English as a Second Language courses, directed the campus Basic Skills
Initiative, led grants, and served as immediate past president of the Academic
Senate.
Before arriving in the Bay Area, Anderson held several
positions at the University of Southern California, including the director of
testing and assessment and senior lecturer at the university’s American
Language Institute.
“I’m very excited to join Cañada,” Anderson said. “I’m eager
to begin working with our faculty and staff to develop academic programs that
serve the needs of our community.”
Anderson is multilingual and has lived around the world.
While teaching in Lesotho as a Peace Corp. volunteer, he co-founded a night
school for women. In Venezuela he worked in the petroleum industry and in Guatemala,
he studied the history and cultures of indigenous people. He facilitated
seminars on human rights while teaching English and training teachers at
colleges and universities in Japan.
Anderson holds a master’s degree in teaching from the School
for International Training and a doctorate in higher education from USC.
“My primary role is to support the mission of the college
through our academic offerings,” Anderson said. “In doing so, I want to
increase our ability to reach those who can most benefit from a community
college education.”
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