Dr. Luskin

Dr. Bernard Luskin has been selected as the new Interim President at Moorpark College effective September 3, 2013. Dr. Luskin is CEO of Luskin International and serves as Director of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community College Leadership Legacy Project. He has been founding president and CEO of several colleges and universities, including president of Orange Coast College, founding president of Coastline Community College, founding chancellor of Jones International University, founding CEO of Touro University Worldwide, and President and Professor of Applied Psychology at Wright Graduate University. During his career, he has taught at UCLA, USC, Claremont Graduate University, Pepperdine University, Touro University, California State Universities at Fullerton and Los Angeles, and other universities.

Dr. Luskin has authored 10 books and has produced numerous television and interactive media programs, including the first interactive Sesame Street and Grolier’s and Compton’s encyclopedias. He is the recipient of two Emmy Awards for documentary television programs and the Bellweather Leadership Award from the Commission on the Future of Community Colleges. Dr. Luskin received lifetime achievement awards for his contributions to media and education from the UCLA Doctoral Alumni Association, California State University, Los Angeles, the University of Florida Institute for the Future, the Society of Media Psychology and Technology of the American Psychological Association, and the European Commission.

Dr. Luskin will serve in the position until a permanent President has been selected in summer 2014.