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Biographical Born:
November 14, 1952 Education Phi
Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter, University of Arizona Employment I have been serving on the faculty of Pepperdine University since 1979 as an Assistant, Associate, and now tenured full Professor of Mathematics. Teaching & Learning I have taught the following courses at Pepperdine University: Calculus I-III, College Algebra, Trigonometry, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Modern Algebra, Elementary Statistics, Probability & Linear Algebra, Statistics, Business Calculus, Mathematical Probability, Mathematical Statistics, Fourier Analysis, Discrete Structures, Numerical Methods, Introduction to Computer Science, Data Structures, Programming Languages and Paradigms, Artificial Intelligence, Math for Poets, Chaos Theory & Dynamical Systems. I joined the Great Books Colloquium faculty in September, 1994, engaging in teaching via the method of shared inquiry. Our Great Books program consists of four courses spanning primary classic works from antiquity to the post-modern era, covering the following authors: Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Euripides, Sophocles, Virgil, Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, Machiavelli, Shakespeare, Luther, Milton, Descartes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Swift, Voltaire, Goethe, Austen, Emerson, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, Sartre, Camus, Kierkegaard, Tillich, Darwin, Marx, Freud, Angelou, and Szymborska. I also taught a fifth Great Books class that explored non-western texts of twentieth century India, China, and Japan, as well as integrating techniques of meditation and yoga. My involvement in the Great Books program has had, in the words of Dante, a "transhumanizing" affect on me as a teacher, learner, and human being. I am becoming increasingly convinced of the veracity of Parker Palmer’s words from his work To Know as We are Known: "Ultimately, knowledge is love and the highest goal of education is the pursuit of and engagement in truth." Administration & Service Assistant
Academic Dean, 1990-1992 Research & Presentation Highlights Thompson, D. & Przytula, K. W. "Hidden Layer Optimization in Artificial Neural Networks," presented at the Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, CA, August, 1995. Thompson, D. & Manning, C. "CD-ROM Student Portfolio Project at Pepperdine University," Adult Assessment Forum Journal of Quality in Adult-Centered Education, Volume V, Number 4, Winter 1995-96. Thompson, D. "Shared Learning: CD-ROM Student Portfolio Project," a concurrent session presented at the 11th AAHE Conference on Assessment & Quality, Washington D.C., June 8-12, 1996. Thompson, D. "Digital Assessment on the World Wide Web," a presentation made at the NCTLA What Works II National Conference on Postsecondary Education in the 21st Century, Penn State University, June 21-23, 1996. Przytula, K. W. & Thompson, D. "Evaluation of Neural Networks for Automatic Target Recognition," Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference, Snowmass at Aspen, February 1, 1997 with K. Wojtek Przytula. Przytula, K. W. & Thompson, D. "Analysis of Trained Neural Networks," Computational Intelligence and Applications, Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, Edited by Piotr S. Szczepaniak, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 1999, pp. 268-275. Thompson, D. "Symbol, the Infinite, and Paradox: Euclidean Essentials," Core Text Education: Knowledge, Action, Creation, University Press of America, 1998. Thompson, D. "Harmony: Mistakes and Miracles in Johannes Kepler's Cosmology", Core Text Education, University Press of America, 1999. Thompson, D. & Przytula, K. W. "Construction of Bayesian Network Modeling for Diagnostics", Proceedings of the IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 19, 2000 with K. Wojtek Przytula. <Paper> <Presentation> Thompson, D. &
Przytula, K. W.
Development of Bayesian Diagnostic Models Using
Troubleshooting Flow Diagrams. SPIE
AeroSense.
Orlando April 2001. with K.
Wojtek Przytula. Thompson, D. "Space - The Ultimate Locus". Presented at ACTC. Notre Dame. April 2001. Thompson, D. "Dante and The Unknowing Cloud". Presented at ACTC. Montreal. April 2002. Thompson, D., Colson, D., & Lee, J.S. Universality and History: Foundations of Core. University Press of America. March 2002. Przytula, K.W., Thompson, D., & Dash, D. "Evaluation of Bayesian Networks Used for Diagnostics." IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, 2003. Presentation Thompson, D. Darwin and Theories of Everything, ACTC Atlanta, April 2003. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. (2003). Understanding vocation: Discerning and responding to God’s call. Leaven: A Journal of Christian Ministry, 11(1), 48-53. Thompson, D. (2004). A Change in Culture: Pepperdine University's CD-ROM Student Portfolio Project. In T.W. Banta (Ed.), Portfolio Assessment Uses, Cases, Scoring, and Impact: Assessment Update Collections (pp. 72-76). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Krumrei, E., Miller-Perrin, C.L., & Thompson, D. “Influence of identity development on faith maturity among college students. Presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, April, 2004. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. “Vocational discernment and action among university professors.” Paper presented at the Faith in the Academy conference, Messiah College, Pennsylvania, October, 2004. Miller-Perrin, C.L. & Thompson, D. “Vocation as calling: The role of gender in vocational discernment and action among first-year college students. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Mid-Year Research Conference on Religion and Spirituality, Columbia, MD, April, 2005. Andrews, E., Sessions, M., Miller-Perrin, C.L., & Thompson, D. “A life dedicated to service: Faith and commitment to service in college students.” Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Portland, OR, April, 2005. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. “Personal Stories of Faith.” Workshop presented to Messiah College Social Science and Education Faculty, Grantham, PA, August 24, 2005. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. “Personal stories of calling among university professors.” Paper Presented at Cultivating a Culture of Calling: Mennonite Perspectives on Vocation Conference, Goshen, IN, October 20-22, 2005. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. “Peak experiences in personal stories of calling among university Professors.” Paper presented at Faith, Hope, and Work Conference, San Diego, CA, February 9-11, 2006. Thompson, D. & Leese, D. "Using a digital repository to streamline program review & student portfolios". Poster presented at Annual WASC Meeting, Irvine, CA, April 2006. Krumrei, E., Miller-Perrin, C.L., &
Thompson, D. (2006). "Crisis and commitment: Applying
concepts of identity development to faith maturity."
Submitted to Journal of Psychology and Christianity. Miller-Perrin, C.L., Byron, K., Guthrie, W., & Thompson, D. “Bridges and Barriers in the Development of Faith, Life Purpose, and Leadership in College Students.” Presented at the Association of Christians in Student Development Annual Conference, Marion, IN, June 8, 2006. Byron, K., Guthrie, W., Miller-Perrin, C.L., & Thompson, D. “Bridges and Barriers in the Development of Faith, Identity, and Life Purpose in College Seniors.” Presented at the Pepperdine University Board of Regents Meeting, Malibu, CA, June 13, 2006. Miller-Perrin, C.L. & Thompson, D. "The Theological Exploration of Vocation among Students." Presented at the Lilly Endowment's Program for the Theological Exploration of Vocation, Final Conference, Indianapolis, IN, February 9, 2007. Miller-Perrin, C.L. & Thompson, D."The Development of Faith and Life Purpose Among College Students: The Role of an International Living and Learning Experience." Presented at the Association of Christians in Student Development Annual Conference, St. Paul, MN, June 5, 2007. Miller-Perrin, C.L. & Thompson, D. "The Development of Life Purpose in Pepperdine University Undergraduates." Presented at the Pepperdine University Faculty Conference, Malibu, CA., October 5, 2007. Baird, D., Miller-Perrin, C.L., Mullins, M., & Thompson, D. "The Program Review as Research". Presented at the AACU-ACAD Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 24, 2008. Thompson, D. "How are we doing and how do we know? Best Practices for transformative learning: Alumni speak up.", Presented at the Annual Faculty Conference of Pepperdine University, October 4, 2008. Miller-Perrin, C.L. & Thompson, D. "What will I become? Exploring vocation and calling." Presented at the Christian Heritage Series, Pepperdine University, October 29, 2008. Thompson, D.& Miller-Perrin, C.L."Gender differences in the understanding and pursuit of life purpose among university faculty." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Jacksonville, FL, November 8, 2008. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. "Vocational discernment and action: an exploratory study of male and female university professors". Review of Religious Research, Volume 48, December 2008. Thompson, D., Miller-Perrin, C.L., Jones, T., & Tippens, D. “Vocational Development of Students and Faculty: High Impact Programs at Pepperdine University”. Presented at the Council of Independent Colleges, NetVUE Conference. Indianapolis, March 14, 2009. Miller-Perrin, C.L. & Thompson, D. "The Development of Vocational Calling in College Students: A Preliminary Study on the Effects of an International Living and Learning Experience", Submitted to Frontiers: The International Journal of Study Abroad, June, 2009. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. "Gender Does Matter: Barriers for Women Living Out Their Calling in the Academy" Submitted to the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. July, 2009. Currently unver revision for resubmission. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. “Personal Stories of Faith and Vocation.” Workshop presented to faculty and staff of North Park University, Chicago, IL, August 17, 2009. Miller-Perrin, C.L. & Thompson, D. "What will I become? Exploring vocation and calling. Presented at the Christian Heritage Series", Pepperdine University, September 15, 2009. Miller-Perrin, C.L. & Thompson, D. "The development of life purpose in college students: A preliminary study on the effects of an international living and learning experience." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Vancouver, B.C., November 7, 2009. Thompson, D. & Miller-Perrin, C.L. "The effects of study abroad on identity formation, spiritual growth, and life purpose achievement". Presented at the AACU Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 22, 2010. Consulting & Research Since January, 1995, I have been serving as a visiting scientist at HRL, LLC. (formerly known as Hughes Research Laboratory), Malibu, California. I work with the Advanced Signal Processing and Neural Network research group of the Information Science Laboratory. My current research focuses on rule extraction techniques for Artificial Neural Networks, Bayesian Network modeling, Data Mining, and Predictive Analytics. |