Charles Richard Ostrom
Professor
Office: Butte 708
Telephone: (530) 898-5140
email:
rostrom@csuchico.edu
EDUCATION
Stanford University, B.A. in Social Science,
graduation cum laude- in 1959.
San Francisco State College, general Secondary
Credential in Social Studies, 1962, Dean's List.
Claremont Graduate School, Ph.D. in International
Relations, 1971. Ph.D. qualifying exams (in international politics, international
economics, political geography, Asian comparative government and Southeast
Asia area study) passed
"with distinction." Ph.D. language exams
passed in French and Indonesian/Malay.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Social Studies Teacher (Geography and Psychology,
plus Swim Team Coach), Clayton Valley High School, Concord, CA.,
1962-63.
Assistant Professor, Associate Professor,
and Professor of Political Science (with a secondary teaching area in Social
Science) at California State University,
Chico, from 1967 to present.
Social Studies Teacher (Anthropology,
Comparative Economic Systems, Comparative Political Systems, World History,
and
Contemporary Problems) at the Joint Embassy
School, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1975-77 (on leave from CSU, Chico).
Co-Director, Semester on the United Nations
Program, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey (this class spent two days
per week at the U.N. in New York City), Fall Semester, 1984 (on leave from
CSU, Chico).
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Coordinator of the Social Science Program
CSU, Chico (1/4 time and 1/2 time), 1970-75.
Coordinator of the International Relations
Program, CSU, Chico 1/4 time,) 1977-1984.
Co-Director, Resources in International
Studies Education (a California International Studies Project Center at
CSU, Chico),
(.20 time), 1988-present.
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
The Cultural Background: Communalism in
Malaya," in Education and Society in Indonesia and Malaysia- (American
Association of Colleges for Teacher Education), 1970.
Dissertation: "An Analysis of the Formation
of Malaysia and the Separation of Singapore," Claremont Graduate School,
1970.
Fullbright Research Report: Educational
Policy and Nation-Building in Singapore.
"The Global Village: A Perspective on
World Order Problems," presented at the World Order Seminar, Pacific University,
1971.
"International Economics and International
Politics: A Case Study of Tin as an International Commodity" (paper presented
at the International
Studies Association-West Annual Meeting
in Los Angeles, California, March 17,1978), CSU, Chico Discussion Paper.
"Indonesian Odyssey" in The Asianist
(CSU, Chico), Spring, 1978.
'A Case Study of Tin and Third World Producer
States" (paper presented at the Second Annual Third World Conference in
Omaha, Nebraska, November 16-18,1978), CSU, Chico Discussion Paper.
"Third World Producers vs. Developed World
Consumers: A Comparison of the International Agreements for Tin and Natural
Rubber" (paper presented at the 21st Annual Convention of the International
Studies Association in Los Angeles, California,
March 18-22, 1980), CSU, Chico Discussion
Paper 80-3.
"Max Havelaar and the Concept of Colonialism"
(paper presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the International Studies
Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
March 18-21,1981) CSU, Chico Discussion Paper 81-3.
"Adding a Humanistic Dimension to the
International Studies Classroom: Use of the Feature Film and Novel, The
Year of Living Dangerously (paper presented at the annual meeting of
the International Studies Association-West, in Seattle, Washington, October
28-30, 1983).