J. Michael Ortiz
President, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Ph.D., early childhood special education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.A., special education, University of New Mexico
B.A., English, secondary education and coaching, University of New Mexico
Professional Background
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona: President (2003- )
California State University, Fresno: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (1999-2003); Interim (1997-99); Associate Provost (1996-97); Professor of Special Education
University of Southern Colorado: Interim Provost (1995-96), Associate Provost (1993-95); Dean of Continuing Education (1990-93); Professor of Special Education
Appalachian State University: Director, Office of Extension Instruction and Professor of Language, Reading and Exceptionalities (1985-90); Department Chair and Professor, Graduate Faculty (1983-85); Interim Department Chair and Professor, Graduate Faculty (1982-83); Professor, Graduate Faculty, Department of Special Education (1981-82); Associate Professor (1976-81), Assistant Professor(1972-75).
Professional Membership
American Association of Higher Education
American Council on Education
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education
American Association of University Administrators
National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Community Service
Fresno Metropolitan Museum: Board of Directors (1998)
University of California, San Francisco-Fresno Foundation: Board of Trustees
Advisory Board to the Superintendent, Clovis Unified School District
Clovis Unified Schools: Accountability Committee, Budget Committee
Selected Publications
“The Educational Alliance of Pueblo” in A Collection of Papers on Self-Study and Institutional Improvement, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, Chicago, IL, 1995.
“Cultural Pluralism in the Delivery of Services to High Risk Minority Children,” in An Ecological Model of Services to Inner City Minority Handicapped Infants, V. Weinstein (Ed.), Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School Press, Los Angeles, CA 1982
With Lee S. Cross, Janet S. Mears, Marilyn J. Swem, Ralph D. Conn, “A Home-based Precision Teaching Model for Preschool Handicapped Children and Their Siblings in Rural Appalachia,” University of South Carolina Press, 1981
With Ralph D. Conn, “I Can/Will Do It” (Early Education for Handicapped Children), Focus on Mainstreaming, Nov. 1977, #3
Dr. Ortiz has also made numerous presentations in a range of fields including professional development, academic assessment, learning styles, the educational use of technology, and teaching handicapped children. He has served as a special advisor to the President’s Commission on Mental Retardation.