Dr. Roger Kaufman

Emeritus

Profile
Roger Kaufman is professor emeritus, Educational Psychology and Learning Systems and was the director of the Office for Needs Assessment and Planning, as well as Associate Director of the Learning Systems Institute at the Florida State University (1975-2003) where he also received the Professorial Excellence award. He is also Distinguished Research Professor at the Sonora Institute of Technology, Senora Mexico. Kaufman has served as Research Professor of Engineering Management at the Old Dominion University as well as the New Jersey Institute of Technology and associated with the faculty of industrial engineering at the University of Central Florida. In addition, he is Director of Roger Kaufman & Associates. Kaufman is a Certified Performance Technologist, International Society for Performance Improvement. He received the US Coast Guard/Department of Homeland Security medal for Meritorious Public Service. Previously he has been professor of human behavior at the United States International University (now Alliant International University); professor of education at Chapman University; and also taught courses in strategic planning; needs assessment; and evaluation at the University of Southern California and Pepperdine University. He was the 1983 Haydn Williams Fellow at the Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia. Roger serves as the Vice Chair of the Senior Research Advisory Committee for Florida TaxWatch and is a member of the Business Advisory Council for Excelsior College.

Before entering higher education he was Assistant to the Vice President for Engineering as well as Assistant to the Vice President for Research at Douglas Aircraft Company. Before that; he was director of training system analysis at US Industries; Head of Training Systems for the New York office of Bolt; Beranek & Newman; and head of human factors engineering at Martin Baltimore and earlier as a human factors specialist at Boeing. He has served two terms on the U.S. Secretary of the Navy's Advisory Board on Education and Training.

Education
Ph.D., Communications, New York University

Graduate work in industrial engineering, psychology, and education at the University of California at Berkeley and Johns Hopkins University (MA)

Undergraduate work in psychology, statistics, sociology and industrial engineering at Purdue and George Washington (BA) universities

Publications
Kaufman has authored and coauthored 38 books, including:
NEW! Change, Choices, and Consequences: A Guide to Megathinking and Planning (view flyer)
30 Seconds That Can Change Your Life
Mega Planning: Practical Tools for Organizational Success
Strategic Thinking -- Revised
Useful Educational Results: Defining, Prioritizing, and Accomplishing
Strategic Planning for Success: Aligning People, Performance, and Payoffs
Practical Evaluation for Educators: Finding what Works and What Doesn't

Kaufman has also published over 245 articles on strategic planning, performance improvement, distance learning, quality management and continuous improvement, needs assessment, management, and evaluation

Association Memberships
Fellow of the American Psychological Association
Fellow of the American Academy of School Psychology
Diplomat of the American Board of Professional Psychology
International Society for Performance Improvement: "Member for Life"; President (1974-1975)

Awards and Honors
Thomas F. Gilbert Professional Achievement Award (ISPI)
Distinguished Contribution to Workplace Learning and Performance (ASTD)