He has received the California Community College Association of Occupational Education's "Outstanding Program Award" for his classes and written the Autodesk Press computer textbook Using LandCADD, which is used as the text for Beginning and Advanced CAD Applications in Horticulture classes.

When he's not busy teaching plant propagation, identification, nursery management, landscape construction and contracting, irrigation or computer assisted drafting at Fullerton College, Kent works as a CAD consultant to Cal State Fullerton and various landscape architectural firms, and as an instructor at the Irrigation Training and Research Center at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

Kent enjoys travel to exotic countries (Costa Rica, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, Kenya), building Arts and Crafts style furniture, music, hiking, home remodeling and, of course, gardening

Jeff received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology at Cal State Fullerton in 1980, and his M.A. in Integrated Pest Management at U.C. Riverside in 1982. Jeff held numerous positions at Hines Nursery in Irvine, most recently as head of pest control for the entire facility. Jeff came to Fullerton College in 1991, teaching courses in biology, zoology and health sciences. Jeff began teaching full time in 1999, and specializes in pest control, plant pathology, nursery management and plant propagation.