Academy Team
Rob Stevenson
Rob Stevenson recently became the Dean of the School of Arts, Performance, and the Humanities at Modesto Junior College (MJC), following 21 years on the faculty teaching in the areas of art history, humanities, and studio art. Select leadership roles at MJC have included serving on the Academic Senate Executive team, Faculty Co-Chair of Guided Pathways, Co-Chair of the Instruction Counsel, Chair of the Equivalency Committee, Chair of the Academic Standards Committee, and at the state level as the Course Identification Numbering System lead for studio arts.
Select awards include state-level recognition as a holistic student support Leader by Guided Pathways 2.0 and the Ada Center, as well as the 2021 OER Faculty Award, the 2019 Robert J. Cardoza Excellence Award, and the 2018 Online Instructor of the Year Award at MJC. Recent scholarly awards include National Endowment for the Humanities Institute fellowships to study South Asian culture in New Delhi, India, and to study Islam in Asia at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii; a fellowship from the Korea Society at the Academy for Korean Studies in Seoul, South Korea; and the Dar al Islam Teachers’ Institute. In 2019, he was an organizer of the “Establishing Indonesia’s Place as a Global Center by Updating Ideas About Its Past” conference and presented at three Indonesian universities: Universitas Mataram, Lombok; Universitas Sebelas Maret, Suryakarta; and Universitas Muhammadiyah.
Rob began his participation in LFM in the 2018 as a member of the MJC team and became a coach the following year. He has coached for Grossmont College, Fresno City College, and the Hoopa Higher Education Program. In 2026, he began serving LFM in a different capacity as a Facilitator.