INSTRUCTOR:

Thomas H. Hatfield

 

  1. Contact Information
  2. Educational Background
  3. Papers and Publications
  4. Professional Associations

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

  • Name: Thomas H. Hatfield
    Title: Professor, Health Sciences
    Office: EN 2101 H
    Office Hours: M-W 12:15 - 1:15, W 6 - 7
    E-mail Address:vchsc006@email.csun.edu
  • Telephone: 818-677-4708
    FAX: 818-677-2045
    Mailing Address: Dept. of Health Sciences
    California State University
    Northridge CA 91330
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    Educational Background

      

    Doctor of Public Health , U.C.L.A. , 1985

    Environmental and Occupational Health

    Master of Public Health , U.C.L.A. , 1978

    Environmental and Occupational Health

    Bachelor of Science, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, 1976

    Biological Sciences

     

    E X P E R I E N C E.

     

    CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE

    Department of Health Sciences

    Environmental and Occupational Health Program

    Full Professor and Director 1996-present

    Associate Professor 1991-1996

    Assistant Professor 1988-1991

    Lecturer 1983-1985

     

    UNIVERSITY OF KUOPIO, FINLAND

    Department of Environmental Sciences

    Environmental Risk Analysis

    Adjunct Professor (Docent) 1994-present

     

    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

    College of Public Health

    Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

    Assistant Professor 1985-1988

     

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

    Hazardous Waste Management Project

    Administrative Assistant 1984-1985

     

    U.C.L.A.

    Environmental and Occupational Health

    Teaching Assistant 1981-1983

     

    ORANGE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION

    Orange County, California

    Registered Environmental Health Specialist 1980-1981

     

    NATIONAL SANITATION FOUNDATION

    Lodi, California

    Regional Representative 1978-1980

     

     

     

     

    Publications

     

    Phillips D.A. and T.H. Hatfield,
    "A Listerv for Student Members of NEHA,"
    Journal of Environmental Health 60(2):23-24, 1997.
     
     
    Hatfield T.H. and G.W. Erbeck,
    "The Internet: Legitimate Educational Tool or
    Giant Electronic Sandbox?"
    Journal of Environmental Health 59(8):19-39, 1997.
     
    Juutilainen J., Hatfield T., and E. Laara
    "Evaluating Alternative Exposure Indices in
    Epidemiologic Studies on ELF Magnetic
    Fields,"  Bioelectromagnetics
    17(2):138-143, 1996.
     
    Hatfield T.H., "Surfing the Web,"
    Environmental News Digest 14-17,
    Spring-Summer 1995.
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "Environmental Health Databases on the World Wide Web," 
    Journal of Environmental Health 57(10):30-33, June 1995.
     
    Robinson C.L. and T.H. Hatfield,
    "Labeling of Microbial Risks,"
    Journal of College Science Teaching
    24(6):407-409, 1995.
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "Environmental Health Bulletin Board Systems and Databases,"
    Journal of Environmental Health
    57(5):30-31, 1994.
     
    Hatfield T.H., "Computers and Environmental Health," 
    Journal of Environmental Health 57(3):33-34, 1994.
     
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "A Risk Communication Taxonomy for Environmental Health,"
    Journal of Environmental Health 56(8):23-28, 1994.
     
    Hatfield T.H. and D. Ott,
    "Measuring Source Reduction of Laboratory
    Hazardous Wastes,"
    Journal of Environmental Health
    56(3):7-10, 1993.
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "Electronic Mail Strategies for Environmental Health,"
    Journal of Environmental Health
    56(1):35-37, 1993.
     
     
    Hatfield T.H., "The Failure of Sanitarians,"
    Journal of Environmental Health 53(5):23-25, 1991.
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "Strength of Preference and Risky Utility: An
    Empirical Study of Hazardous Waste Facility Siting,"
    In: Proceedings of the 1988 Annual Meeting of
    the Society for Risk Analysis , Plenum Press, 1991.
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "Contaminated Communities: The Social and
    Psychological Impacts of Residential Toxic Exposure,"
    Journal of Environment and Behavior
    22(5):715-16, September 1990.
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "Risk Factors and Non-Differential Misclassification,"
    American Journal of Public Health
    80(8):1000-1001, August 1990.
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "Restaurant Inspections May Not Predict Outbreaks
    of Foodborne Illness," American
    Journal of Public Health
    79(12):1678, December 1989.
     
    Hatfield T.H.,
    "A Formal Analysis of Attitudes Toward Siting A
    Hazardous Waste Incinerator,"
    Journal of Environmental Management
    29:73-81, 1989.
     
    Davos C. and T.H. Hatfield,
    "Hazardous Waste Facility Siting:
    Large Group Attitudes Towards Uncertainty,"
    Environmental Professional 9(2):153-164, 1987.
     
    Davos C. and T.H. Hatfield,
    "Hazardous Waste Facility Siting: Large Group
    Value Analysis,"
    Environmental Professional 9(1):10-26, 1987.
     
     
    Hatfield T.H. and L. Schierow,
    "Risk Assessment and Ground Water Pollution from
    Agricultural Chemicals,"
    In: Proceedings of a
    National Symposium on Agricultural
    Chemicals and Ground Water Pollution Control,
    Larry Canter, ed., pp. 183-190,
    June 1987.
     
    Davos C. and T.H. Hatfield,
    "Siting a Hazardous Waste Incinerator: Attitudes
    and Results of a Questionnaire,"
    Town Hall Reporter
    18(5):7-8, May 1985.
     
    Carr J., Hatfield T.H. et al.,
    (Southern California Hazardous Waste Management
    Project), A Consumer's Guide to Hazardous Waste,
    Southern California Association of
    Governments, February 1985.
     
    (UCLA Group Project funded by Southern California
    Edison), "Environmental Concerns and Regulatory Strategies
    for Wind Energy Development, Volume 1: Regulatory
    Strategies,"  UCLA Report No. 83-48 ,
    December 1982.

       

    P R E S E N T A T I O N S

    "Graduate Programs in Environmental Health and
    Trends in Risk Analysis,"
    California Environmental Health Association
    (Mission Chapter),
    March 1997.
     
    "Finnish Sauna, International Environmental
    Health, and Professional Development,"
    California Environmental Health Association,
    April 1996.
     
    "The Internet: What it can do for us and how to
    use it,"  California Conference of Directors of
    Environmental Health, September 1995.
     
    "A Risk Communication Taxonomy for Electromagnetic
    Fields Research,"
    4th Annual Nordic Meeting on Biological Effects of
    Electromagnetic Fields,
    presented in Kuopio, Finland,
    August 1995.
     
    Interview, Emissio Magazine,
    Kuopio, Finland, 1994.
     
    "Risk Communication in Disaster Response,"
    Finnish Red Cross,
    presented in Kuopio, Finland,
    August 1994.
     
    (w/ J. Juutilainen et al.) "ELF Magnetic Fields
    and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: An International Research
    Effort,"  Bioelectromagnetics Society,
    presented in Copenhagen, Denmark,
    June 1994.
     
    (w/ J. Juutilainen and E. Laara), "An Empirical
    Evaluation of Alternative Exposure Indices for ELF Magnetic
    Fields,"  Bioelectromagnetics Society,
    June 1993.
     
    "Chernobyl, e-mail, and My Dinner with
    Andre,"  Department of Graduate Studies and International
    Programs, California State University, Northridge,
    March 1993.
     
    "Risk Communication in the Aftermath of
    Chernobyl," Ukrainian Scientific Center for Environmental
    Health, presented in Kiev, Ukraine,
    December 1992.
     
    "Risk Assessment in Environmental Impact
    Assessments," Finnish National Conference of Environmental
    Health Professionals, presented in Kuopio, Finland,
    November 1992.
     
    "The Perils of Industry Risk Assessment,"
    AEM Environmental Consulting Firm,
    presented in Kuopio, Finland,
    November 1992.
     
    "Risk Communication: Problems and Strategies,"
    Finnish National Public Health Institute ,
    presented in Kuopio, Finland,
    November 1992.
     
    "Superleadership, Negotiation, and
    the Future of Environmental Health,"
    California Environmental Health Association,April 1992.
     
    "Perceived Uncertainty of Risk Labeling,"
    Society for Risk Analysis,
    December 1991.
     
    (w/ K. Salomone and A. Fisher),
    "SRA Risk Communication Survey,"
    Society for Risk Analysis,
    December 1991.
     
    (w/ C. Robinson) "Microbial Risk Labeling,"
    Society for Risk Analysis,
    December 1991.
     
    "Framing Effects of Risk Labeling,"
    Society for Risk Analysis,
    October 1990.
     
    "Measuring Risk Attitudes," Health Science
    Symposium,
    California State University, Northridge,
    October 1989.
     
    "Group Comparisons of Attitudes Toward
    Hazardous Waste Facility Siting,"
    American Public Health Association,
    October 1987.
     
    "Current Trends in Risk Analysis," Alumni
    Day,  University of Oklahoma, (speaker and
    coordinator), October 1986.
     
    "Public Attitudes Regarding Siting
    Criteria,"  Southern California Hazardous Waste Management
    Project, October and December, 1984. 
     

     

     

     

    Research Projects/Interests

     

    GRANTS

     

    Judge Julian Beck Grant 1996

    "A Manual for the Electronic Classroom"

     

    California Faculty Fellows Grant 1994

    "Federal and State Parallelism in Environmental Legislation"

     

    Fulbright Grant 1992

    Visiting Professor, University of Kuopio

     

    California State University Grant 1990

    "Framing Effects of Risk Labeling"

     

    National Institutes of Health Grant 1988

    "Risk Attitudes Toward Environmental Risk Assessments"

     

     

    CONTRACTS

    Visiting Professorships, Risk Analysis:

    University of Kuopio, Finland 1997

    University of Kuopio, Finland 1995

    Tallin Technical University, Estonia 1995

    University of Kuopio, Finland 1994

    University of Paris VII, France 1992

    Consultant, 1993

    Neste Oil Company, Helsinki, Finland

    Peer Reviewer, Health Assessment Protocols 1991-present

    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

     Sanitarian Training Program 1986-1988

    Oklahoma Department of Health Services

     

    OTHER AWARDS

     

    National Environmental Health Association:

    Journal Editor's Award 1996

    Presidential Citation 1995

    Memoranda of Understanding:

    Ukrainian Scientific Center 1994-present, Kiev, Ukraine

    University of Kuopio, Finland 1993-present

    Department of Environmental Science

    University of Oklahoma:

    Teacher of the Year, 1988

    Department of Environmental Health

    Teacher of the Year, 1987

    College of Public Health

     

     

     

     

     

    University and Professional Associations

     

    PROFESSIONAL

     

    Technical Editorial Advisory Committee, Journal of Environmental Health, 1994-current. 

    Twice Elected to: National Accreditation Council for

    Environmental Health Science and Protection 1993-1998

    Chair, Strategic Planning Committee 1994-1995

    Graduate Committee 1993-1994

     California Environmental Health Association

    Education Committee 1990-1991

     National Environmental Health Association 1979-present

    Environmental Software Review Committee 1998-1999

    Ad hoc Electronic Forum, 1998-1999

    Database Committee 1993-1994

    Hazardous Materials Emergency Management Committee 1988-1989

     Diplomate, American Academy of Sanitarians 1994

     Registered Environmental Health Specialist:

    State of California 1979-present

    Review Committee, General Record Exam 1993

    Liaison, Society for Risk Analysis

    and National Environmental Health Association 1990-1991

     Society for Risk Analysis:

    Session Chair, Annual Meeting 1991

    Society for Occupational and Environmental Health

    National Association of Environmental Professionals

    American Public Health Association

    Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

    Sigma Xi

    Fulbright Association

     

    UNIVERSITY

     

    Director, Environmental and Occupational Health Program , 1996-present

    Director, CSUN Risk Communication Forum 1990-present

    Advisor, Environmental and

    Occupational Health Students Association 1991-1993

    Presidential Advisory Board on Equity and Diversity 1995-1998

    Educational Equity 1994-1995

     PEWS Mini-roundtable on Higher Education 1993

     Distinguished Visitor Program 1990-1991

     Emergency Preparedness Advisory Board 1989-1991

     Energy Conservation and Management 1988-1989

    Academic Council 1994-1996, 1991-1992

    Technology Resources 1994-1996, 1991-1992

     

    Chair, Personnel Committee 1996-1997

    Chair, Curriculum Committee 1994-1996, 1991-1992

    Chair, Governance Committee 1995-1996

    Member, Governance Committee 1992-1995

    Search and Screen, Nursing 1995

     Post-tenure Review Committee 1991-1992

     Advisory Council, Center for

    Health Promotion and Community Service 1990-present

    Committee on Center Reorganization 1990-1991

      

    Accreditation Self Study,

    Council on Education in Public Health 1987-1988

     Faculty Affairs 1987-1988

     Academic Appeals 1987-1988

     Research Committee 1987-1988

     Teaching and Educational Policy 1987-1988

    Faculty Senate; Committee on Committees 1986-1988

     Student Affairs 1985-1988

     

    Send problems/comments/suggestions to: vchsc006@email.csun.edu

      

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