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 MONA
FIELD
Mona Field is currently the President
of the Board of Trustees, and has served as President of
the Board (2004). She was first elected by the voters of
the LACCD in 1999, and reelected in 2003 and 2007.
A lifelong resident of Los Angeles,
Ms. Field received a B.A. degree in Social Relations at Immaculate
Heart College in Los Angeles, and an M.A. degree in Social
Sciences at California State University. Throughout her professional
career, Ms. Field has been a leader in furthering causes
of social responsibility, positive labor-management relations,
and excellence in education.
Ms. Field has been a professor
of political science at Glendale Community College. She
has taught courses in American Political Ideals, California
Government, Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to
Community Volunteerism, and Introduction to Social Science.
She also teaches and lectures at
other venues, including UCLA Extension, California State
University–Sacramento in the Community College Leadership
Program, and the California School Employees Association
Leadership Training Program.
A prolific writer, Ms. Field writes
extensively on a variety of topics relating to social,
education, and political issues, including a best-selling
college text, California Government and Politics Today,
12th Edition. She is also co-editor of the essay collection,
The People and Promise of California. She is a sought-after
facilitator of workshops and panels for a range of organizations
including the Faculty Association of the California Community
Colleges, the Community College League of California, and
the California Studies Center.
Some of her writing topics include:
- “Leadership: Getting a New College President:
Who? How? When?”
- “Should Colleges be Forced to Teach the Constitution?
Think of it as a Teach-In”
- “Outside Experts or Hired Guns: How does your
District Handle Labor Negotiations?”
- “AB 982: Student Health Centers: It’s Controversial,
It’s Signed, and Now What?”
- “Keeping Track of Sacramento: An Ever-Challenging
Task.”
Ms. Field has been the recipient
of numerous awards including: Health Centers Association
of the California Community Colleges Leadership Award,
March 2006 for support of local funding for college health
centers; Emil Freed Award for Advancing Educational Justice,
Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research,
March 2004; California Association of Leadership Programs
Distinguished Leadership Award, March 2004; Playa Vista
Jobs Vision Award, November 2002, for commitment to placing
at-risk individuals in job training and work.
Ms. Field has worked on projects
in the community college system to promote green building
and sustainable campuses; to move welfare recipients into
higher education; to develop a new generation of elementary
level teachers who simultaneously gain tutoring experience
and college credits; and to develop service learning curricula
which encourages students to volunteer in the community
while attaining academic goals.
Ms. Field has served as President
of the Glendale College Guild, member of the Board of Governors
of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges,
member of the Advisory Committee of the Center for California
Studies (CSUS), and member of the Benchmarks Task Force
of the Southern California Association of Governments.
September 2009
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