Dr. James E. Witte is an Associate Professor in Adult Education with the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology. His academic areas of interest include training program development and evaluation, large scale education and how learning is assessed.

His background outside the Academics includes time spent in industrial training. In that capacity he has developed and presented numerous programs of instruction ranging from Sexual Harassment, Loss Control Management, Supervisor's Safety Development, Methods and Techniques of Training for Safety Instructors, and Office of Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) compliance training. His training development client list includes: IMC-Agrico, The Port of Tampa, Nissan Corporation, Wonderbread, Coca-Cola, Cargill Fertilizer, Florida Departments of Transportation, Labor and Corrections and many other private sector and governmental agencies.

He is an avid world traveler having lived and worked in places such as Pakistan, Central and South America, Europe, and Japan. His multi-cultural, multi-lingual background brings a unique perspective to examining how people acquire information and develop their own learning style.

Formal Education

• Bachelor’s Degree - Business -University of Nebraska
• Master’s Degree - Education Administration - College of William and Mary
• Ph.D. - Adult Education - University of South Florida
  

Professional Organizations

• American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
• American Society of Safety Engineers
• American Educational Research Association
• International Technology Education Association