Prof. James English

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

1988 - 2000: Director and Assistant Professor for Programs in Environmental Health, School of Community and Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences. Serve as principle administrator and Chief Departmental Advisor for the Environmental Health Program. Responsible for curriculum development, recruitment, teaching, and assessment of a nationally accredited environmental health program at both the undergraduate and graduate academic levels. Serve as academic assessment officer for the Department and ex-officio of the Environmental Health Advisory Committee.

2000 - 2008 Associate Professor and Director of Environmental Health Programs.

2008 - present Associate Professor and Interim Chair of School of Community and Environmental Health
Associate MPH Program Director for Joint EVMS/ODU MPH program

1997 - present: Adjunct Professor, Eastern Virginia Medical School,program in Public Health

Norfolk Department of Public Health

1982-1988: Deputy Director, Norfolk Department of Public Health; Director, Bureau of Environmental Health Services. Responsible for all programs and activities in Environmental Health within the city of Norfolk. Manager of seventy people and an annual 1.5 million dollar operating budget.

1976-1982: Head, Division of Environmental Health Education and Training, Bureau of Environmental Health Services, Norfolk Health Department. Responsible for all training and educational activities of staff and community.

1974-1976: Sanitarian, Bureau of Environmental Health, Norfolk Health Department. Responsible for field level management of Environmental Health Programs and Activities

Additional Adjunct Employment

1982-1988: Guest Lecturer Environmental Health Curriculum Classes, ODU

1984-1988: Adjunct Instructor, Johnson & Wales College, VA Division, Norfolk, VA Culinary Arts College. Taught Sanitation Management and Foodservice Facilities Planning.

1986-1988: Student Academic Counselor and Weekend Administrator, Johnson & Wales College, VA Division, Norfolk, VA.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia

1992 - 1996 Presidential Appointment to the University Task Force - Nature Conservancy and the Eastern Shore.

1993 - 1996 Presidential Appointment to the Campus
Committee on Environmental Literacy in response to the Talloires Declaration.

1995 - 1996 Appointment to the Urban Summit Planning Committee, Appointed by the Office of the Provost.

Norfolk Clean Community Commission

1989 - 1995: Appointed by the Mayor of the City of Norfolk and approved by the City Council to serve as a Commissioner on the Norfolk Clean Community Commission. Currently serve as Vice - Chairman of the Commission and responsible for oversight of the Committees on Recycling, Education and Business/Industry.

Norfolk Environmental Commission 1995 - present: Appointed by the Mayor of the City of Norfolk and approved by the City Council to serve as a Commissioner on the Norfolk Environmental Commission. Served as Vice - Chairman of the Commission from 1995 - 1997.
Chair of the Environmental Assessment Committee.
1997 - present: Chairman of the Norfolk Environmental Commission

Elizabeth River Project

1994 - 1995: Appointed by the Board of Directors to the Science and Technical Comparative Risk Program Committee

Hoffler Creek Wildlife Foundation

1997 - present: Appointed to the Board of Directors as a member in 1997. Secretary of the Board (2000 - 2002)
President of the Board (2002 - 2007)

Friends of Norfolk's Environment (Founding Member)
1999 - present: Appointed to Board of Director's
President of Board 2006 - 2008.

Norfolk Turning Point Partnership
Member 1999 - present
Member, Environmental Area of Inquiry Committee 1999 - present.

Norfolk Public Health Advisory Board, appointed by Norfolk City Council.
Member January 2004 - present.

Animal Bite Reporting Behavior Patterns (Continued Study).

Environmental Health Hazards in Child Care Facilities.

Methodologies of Foodborne Disease Investigative Procedures.

Infection Control Practices in Long Term Care Facilities.

CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

Virginia Department of Public Health, Richmond, Virginia
Foodborne Disease Investigation Training. Provide training workshops for the Environmental Health, Nursing, Physician, and Laboratory staffs of the Virginia Department of Public Health system. 1990 - 1991.

Law and the Environmental Health Practitioner. Provide Virginia Environmental/Public Health law continuing education training workshops for the Environmental Health Specialists of the Virginia Department of Public Health system. 1994.

Virginia Environmental Health Association, Inc., Chesapeake, Virginia. Comprehensive Review of the Environmental Health Practice. Provide training workshops for the State of Virginia's Environmental Health Workforce in preparation for administration of National Board examinations. 1991 -1992.

Department of Utilities, City of Norfolk
Continuing Education Training for Waterworks Operators. Coordinate and provide training workshops in waterborne disease and operation of water treatment plants for water treatment operators. 2001

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Center for Pediatric Research, Norfolk, Virginia
Consultant to US Department of Housing and Urban Development Healthy Homes Grant #VALHH0132-04. January 2006 - present.