Gary L. Railsback, Ph.D., joined the George Fox University faculty in 2000 and the EDFL department just as the teacher education department at George Fox was experiencing rapid growth and was splitting into three separate departments. The new EDFL Department emerged as a graduate department offering the master of education, doctor of education and administrative license programs. From 2000 to 2003 as director of the Master of Education program. In 2006 he assumed the role of director for the doctor of education program, and in 2007 the department chair position. Prior to coming to GFU, Dr. Railsback served for three years as a professor of secondary education and chair of the teacher education program at Tabor College, Hillsboro, KS, and two years professor of secondary education at Sterling College, Sterling, KS.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Ph.D. - Higher Education, University of California, Los Angeles, California
Dissertation: An Exploratory Study of the Religiosity and Related Outcomes Among College Students (available online as PDF document)M.A. in Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California
B.S. – Northwest Christian College, Eugene, Oregon
PUBLICATIONS:
Railsback, G. L. (2006). Faith commitment of Born-again students at Evangelical and secular colleges. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 15(1), 39-60.
Railsback, G. L. (2006). A demographic description of Evangelicals attending secular and Christian colleges. Christian Education Journal, 3(2), 278-302.
Railsback, G. L. (2007). Growing pains from rapid growth: A historical case study of George Fox University from 1983 to 2003. Christian Higher Education, (accepted for publication November, 2007)
COURSES TAUGHT 2006-08
EDFL701 Quantitative Research Methods (Doctor of Management program, Summer 2007)
EDFL 702 Qualitative Research Methods (Medford Cohort, Spring 2007)
EDFL 704 Survey of Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods (Spring 2007, online with James Swezey)
EDFL707 Survey Research Methods (Medford Cohort, Fall 2007)
EDFL709 Ethnographic and Case Study Research Designs (Summer 2007)
EDFL675 Faith and Learning Seminar: Religion and Public Education (Summer 2007)
EDFL680 Philosophical Perspectives on Education (Medford cohort, Fall 2006)