L&D On-ramps and Off-ramps for the Mobility Workforce: A Blueprint for Knowledge Ecosystem Formation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

TYLER REEB, PHD

Dr. Reeb oversees a multimillion-dollar portfolio of research and learning development programs. He is the principal author and editor of the book Empowering the New Mobility Workforce (Elsevier 2019), which was endorsed by the late Norman Mineta. He is a member of a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Rural Transportation Issues Coordinating Council (A0040C) and two standing committees focused on Native American mobility issues (AME30) and workforce development and organizational excellence (AJE15). His research-driven reports, publications, and workforce development programs promote innovation and civic partnerships between leaders in business, government, and education. “Transportation in GIS,” a pilot class Tyler developed in partnership with Los Angeles Trade Technical College, won the American Planning Association Award of Excellence for Opportunity and Empowerment. Tyler is currently teaching and developing new online curriculum for the University of La Verne’s Masters of Health and Public Administration programs. He is also pilot testing Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and data science talent pipeline programs at CSULB in partnership with Gannett Fleming and Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

BARBARA TAYLOR, PHD

Dr. Taylor is currently the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at CSULB. She was a first-generation college graduate who went on to get her PhD in Zoology from the University of British Columbia, Canada. In her first faculty position at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, she confirmed her passion for undergraduate research (“confirmed” because she has been involved in undergraduate research ever since she was an undergraduate). At UAF, Barbara was the inaugural director of the office of undergraduate research, interim director of the University Honors program, and was awarded a prestigious NIH BUILD grant, a biomedical research student training grant. Barbara joined CSULB in 2016. She has sustained her commitment to undergraduate research and discovered a passion for team-based and interdisciplinary research. Barbara is an enthusiastic member of Beach 2030 initiatives both within CNSM and at the campus level, where she serves in the sub-group for the Advance Partnerships for Public Good action zone.

JAMES REUTER, MA

James Reuter is a project manager at the Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) at CSULB. At CITT, James has contributed to published research on a number of trade and transportation topics, including public transit, workforce development, technological change (including Intelligent Transportation Systems, automation, and artificial intelligence), education reform, and the national transportation and supply chain network. He also leads the editorial outreach team and assists with contract management. James received his Master’s in Philosophy from CSULB and Bachelor’s in Philosophy and History from Kalamazoo College. As a student, James worked as a Research Assistant at CITT and as a Graduate Assistant for the Philosophy Department at CSULB.