DR. JERRY PIKE

Director, Learning Support Services
CLRC, Room 123
Phone: 965-0581 ext. 2673
E-mail: pike@sbcc.edu

Jerry Pike has been teaching college English since 1977. He began his teaching career at CSU, Chico, where he earned B.A. and M.A. degrees, and at Butte College, where he earned an A.A. degree. In 1984 he began work on a Ph.D. in American Literature at UC Davis. In 1988-89 he went to Germany on a Fulbright grant, where he taught literature and composition for Johannes Gutenberg Universitat. After completing his doctoral studies at UC Davis in 1990, he came to Santa Barbara City College in the fall of 1991, where he worked in the English department, teaching literature and all levels of composition, serving as the Director of Composition during the 1994-95 school year.

Though still a member of the English department, he has been working full-time as the Director of Learning Support Services since the fall of 1995. In this capacity he is responsible for research and development of all activities within the Learning Resource Center and for assisting faculty in the application of technology to teaching, as well as the incorporation of learning skills into the curriculum.