| Dr. Turner joined the faculty of the Southwestern Adventist University in 1996 as a member of the Department of Mathematics and Physical
Sciences. In 2001 he accepted the full-time administrative position of Director of Institutional Effectiveness.
In 2006 he returned half-time to teaching but remained involved in administration as the Director of Institutional Research.
One year later he accepted the full-time responsibility as chair of the Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences and teaching.
During his entire time at Southwestern Adventist University he has been involved in offering Distance Education versions of the courses he has taught on-campus.
His doctoral work at Michigan State University involved a computer simulation of stellar evolution and was supported in part by a scholarship
from the National Science Foundation.
Since finishing his Ph.D., he has spent his life teaching at five institutions of higher learning: Pacific Union College in California;
Avondale College in New South Wales, Australia; Newbold College in England; Andrews University in Michigan; and, now, Southwestern Adventist University.
At Andrews University he was the founding chair of the Computer Science and Information Systems Department.
In an intensive format, he has also taught graduate level courses in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Trinidad.
While teaching he has published a number of articles, book reviews, and books. In 1994 he wrote a textbook, Data Structures, From Recipes to C published by Wm. C. Brown.
Each summer since 1999 he has been involved in on-going research pioneering the use of GPS technology in a dinosaur taphonomic quarry in the Lance formation in Wyoming.
In 2004 and 2005 he participated in an archeological project in Jalul, Jordan to introduce the excavation team to the GPS technology.
Nine papers presented at professional meetings have resulted to date.
Dr. Turner is a member of four national honor societies and maintains membership in professional societies.
His wife, Catherine, a professor of nursing in the Nursing Department at Southwestern was chair from 1996–2002 and is chair 2007 to present.
They have five grown children. |
