Faculty Directory
Waynne James, Ed.D.
James received her B.A. in English Education from University of Washington, Seattle and M.S. in Adult Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In 1976, she received her Ed.D. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in Adult Education and Educational Research & Measurement.
Before arriving at USF in 1984, James was an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Adult Education, Occupational and Adult Education at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma where she taught graduate level classes. Prior to that, she was a visiting Lecturer/Research Associate in the Adult and Extension Education Department at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. In this capacity, she supervised the development of 22 multi-media training modules, directed competency-based adult education activities related to materials development and taught graduate level courses.
Research and Publications
- Alfaifi, M. S., AbiZayyad-Nuseibeh, H., Awaida, N., & James, W. B. (2020). Graduate
Students Perceptions of Success in United States Colleges. Arab World English
Journal, 11(2), 202-213. - Askren, J., & James, W. (2020). Experiential Learning Methods in Culinary Course Can Bridge the Gap: Student Perceptions on How Hands-on Curriculum Prepares Them for Industry. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, 33(4), 1-15.
- Alzahrani, Y. G., & James, W. B. (2020). A Hundred Years of Adult Education in Saudi Arabia. 2020 Proceedings of the Commission for International Adult Education. ERIC. (ED613175).
- James, W. B., & Maher, P. (2004). Understanding and using learning styles. In M. W. Galbraith (Ed.), Adult learning methods (pp. 119-139). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
- Imel, S., Brockett, R. G., & James, W. B. (2000). In A. L. Wilson & E. R. Hayes (Eds.), Handbook of adult and continuing education (pp. 628-642). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
- Witte, J. E., & James, W. B. (1998). Cohort research: A practical approach to doctoral research. In M. Saltiel, A. Sgroin & R. G.
- Brockett (Eds.), The power and potential of collaborative partnerships (pp. 53-62). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 79. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
- James, W. B., Witte, J. E., & Tal-Mason, D. (1996). Prisons as communities. In P. A. Sissel (Ed.), Community-based approach to literacy programs: Taking learners’ lives into account (pp. 37-46). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 70. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
- James, W. B., & Gardner, D. (1995). Learning styles: Implications for distance learning. In M. H. Rossman & M. E. Rossman (Eds.), Facilitating distance learning (pp. 19-32). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, no. 67. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- James,W. B., Duke, J., & Gardner, D. (1991). A guide to writing adult education grant proposals. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State Department of Education, Bureau of Adult and Community Education.
Teaching Interests
- Characteristics of Adult Learners
- Adult Development and Learning
- Foundations of Adult and Continuing Education/Adult Education in the US
- Methods of Facilitating Adult Learning
- Research in Adult and Vocational Learning
- International Adult Education
- Adult Cognitive and Learning Styles
- Organization and Administration of Adult Education
- Supervision of Local Adult Education Program
- Research Seminar
- Teaching in Adult Basic Education
- Educating the Older Adult
- Working with Adult Groups
- Seminars, Workshops, and Special Topics in a variety of areas including Staff
- Development, APL Curriculum Development, and Competency-based Curriculum Development.
