Karen S. Haynes
President, California State University, San Marcos
Professional Experience
California State University, San Marcos: president (2004- )
University of Houston-Victoria: president (1995-2003)
University of Houston, Houston: dean and professor, Graduate School of Social Work (1985-95)
Indiana University: assistant professor (1978-81), associate professor (1981-85), School of Social Work
International Business Associates, Cairo, Egypt: managing director, International Resource Development (1977-78)
Institution for National Planning, Cairo, Egypt: consultant (1977-78)
Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas: assistant professor, Institute of Social Work (1972-74)
Professional Service
American Association of State Colleges and Universities: secretary/treasurer of the board (2003-2006); Advisory Team, Experienced Presidents’ Academy (2001-2004); chair, Women Presidents (2001-2003); Task Force on Public Engagement (2000-2002); Committee on Policies and Purposes (1999-2002)
American Council on Education: Women’s Network Executive Board (2002-2005); presidential sponsor, Texas Network of Women in Higher Education (2002- ); Advisory Committee, Women Presidents’ Roundtable Publication (2000-2002); Commission on Women in Higher Education (1999-2001)
Texas Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors: member (1995-2003); Officer Nominating Committee (1999-2001); Executive Committee (1997-98)
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: Formula Advisory Committee (1999-2004); Instruction and Operations Study Committee (1999-2000); Advisory Committee on Regional Higher Education Services (1998); Research Enhancement Committee (1996)
Council on Social Work Education: board (1998-2001)
National Committee for Educating Students to Influence State Policy and Legislation: board (1997- )
Community Service
Victoria Area Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors (1998-2003); chair, Education Committee (2001- )
Victoria Economic Development Corp.: Oversight Planning Committee (2001- ); Education Committee (2000- )
Friends of Scouting Campaign Chair (2000)
Victoria Regional Medical Center: Board of Directors (1999-2000)
DeTar Hospital: Board of Directors (1998-2002) Girls, Inc., Houston, Texas: Advisory Council (1997- )
Victoria Symphony Society: Advisory Board (1996- )
Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, Texas: Advisory Board of Directors (1996- )
Making the Grade, Victoria, Texas: Advisory Board (1996- ); Board of Directors
(1995-1996)
Minority Business Alliance, Victoria, Texas: Advisory Board (1995- )
United Way of Texas: Board (1995-1997)
Honors
Educator of the Week, KUHT-TV, Victoria, Texas (2002)
Lifetime Achievement Award, National Association of Social Workers, Houston Unit (1998)
Charles I. Wright Alumnus of the Year Award, University of Texas School of Social Work (1997)
Outstanding Woman in Education, YWCA, Houston, Texas (1993)
Recent Publications
A Dream and a Plan: Women’s Paths to Leadership in Human Services, with Lorrie Greenhouse Gardella, NASW Press, 2004
Affecting Changing: Social Workers in the Political Arena, with James S. Mickelson, 5th edition, Allyn & Bacon, New York, 2003
An Invitation to Social Work, with Karen A. Holmes, Longman Publishing, 1994
Women Managers in Human Services, Springer Publishing, 1989
Access to Human Services: International Perspective, co-edited with Risha Levinson, Vol. VII, International Annual, Sage Publications, 1984
“Women’s Issues: An Intergenerational Perspective,” with Kimberly E. Haynes, Social Welfare: The Context of a Profession, Eddie Bowers, Publishers, 2003
“The Future of Political Social Work, in Future Issues for Social Work Practice, Paul R. Raffoul and C. Aaron McNeece, Allyn & Bacon, New York, 1996, pp. 266-276
“The Political Social Work Concentration at the University of Houston,” Professional Education for Social Change, Garant Press, the Netherlands, 1995
“Empowerment-Based Curriculum Design: Building a Program in Political Social Work,” with Robert Fisher, Jean Katambu Lating, and William Buffum, in Education and Research for Empowerment Practice, Gorraine Guttierez and Paula Nunius, editors, University of Washington, Seattle, 1995, pp. 127-136
“Are Single Issue Advocacy Organizations a Positive Development for the American Welfare State?” with Robert Fisher, Controversial Issues in Social Policy, Allyn and Bacon, New York, 1993
“The One Hundred Year Debate,” Social Work, Nov. 1998, Vol. 43, 6, pp. 501-509
“Information and Referral,” Encyclopedia of Social Work, 19th
edition, April 1995
“Social Work and the Reagan Era: Challenges to the Profession,”
with James S. Mickelson, Journal of Sociology and Social Work, March 1992,
Vol. 19, 1, pp. 169-183
Dr. Haynes also has served as a book reviewer, a review editor, a newspaper and magazine contributor, and as a presenter in the fields of higher education, leadership, women and families, and social work and politics.
Education
B.A., Goucher College, Maryland (1968)
M.S.W., McGill University, Montreal, Canada (1970)
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, Texas (1977)