Dr. Jack M. Wilson,  NSF Style short vita

Education:   Ph.D. Kent State University, Ph.D. (1972), M.A.(1970), 1968-72
                      A.B. Thiel College, Greenville, Pennsylvania, A.B. (1967), 1963-1967

Experience

• 2012- Dean of Engineering (interim 1 October 2012-)
• 2011-  President Emeritus The University of Massachusetts
• 2011-  Distinguished Professor of  Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation, The University of Massachusetts Lowell     
• 2011-2012 President,  The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
• 2003-2011 President, The University of Massachusetts System
• 2003  Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of Massachusetts System
• 2001- Chief Executive Officer, UMassOnline; Vice President, University of Massachusetts system and Professor of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• 1990-2001 Professor of Physics, Engineering Science, Information Technology, and Management, RPI; 1995-99 Dean, Undergraduate and Continuing Education;  1997-98 Acting Dean of Faculty;1998-99 Acting Provost;1997-2001 J. Erik Jonsson '22 Distinguished Professor
• 1994-2000 Chairman and Founder, LearnLinc Corporation (formerly ILINC) and now Mentergy (NASDAQ: MNTE)
• 1984- Consultant: Recent consulting: IBM, Lucent Technologies, AT&T, MCI, Ford, Hewlett Packard, HarperCollins, John Wiley, etc.
• 1982-90 Executive Officer, American Association of Physics Teachers 
• 1984-90 The University of Maryland, Professor of Physics and Science Teaching Center, Co-Director, Maryland University Project in Physics and Educational   Technology
• 1983-91 American Institute of Physics, Governing Board and Executive Committee
• 1972-82 Sam Houston State University, Department of Physics

Recent Awards

• 2003 Honorary Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa); Thiel College
• 1998 Named Fellow of the American Physical Society
• 1997 Excellence in Education Award from Bell Atlantic
• 1996 Pew Charitable Trust Award for Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Education
• 1995 Theodore Hesburgh Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education from TIAA/CREF
• 1995 Boeing Outstanding Educator Award: Top national award presented by Boeing.
• 1995 Distinguished Service Citation, Am. Association of Physics Teachers at the Annual Meeting.

Selected Recent Funded Research And Special Projects:

• Kauffman Foundation, $150,000, Technology Enhanced Entrepreneurship Education - TE³
• Pew Charitable Trusts, 1999, $8.8 million, "Center for Academic Transformation,"
• Lucent Technologies, 1998, $132,000, "Perspectives on Distance Learning for Leadership in Corporate Education and Training," 1 year, with M. Danchak and B. Lister.
• Lucent Technologies, 1998, $300,000, "Pre-College Long Distance Learning Initiative," 3 years, with W. Jennings, B. Lister and L. Schowalter.
• Intel Corporation, 1997, $2,400,000, "Technology for Education 2000 Program," 3 years, with C. Geisler, J. Kolb, B. Lonsway, D. Millard, M. Shephard and W. Wallace.
• AT&T Foundation, 1997, $300,000, "Rensselaer's Pre-College Long Distance Learning Initiative," 3 years, with J. Kolb, L. Rubenfled and B. Lister.
• Hewlett Foundation, 1997, $150,000, "Applying the 'Studio' Course Model to General Education in the Humanities and Social Sciences," 2 years, with Faye Duchin.
• Sloan Foundation, $125,000, Asynchronous Learning Courses in Science and Engineering.
• Hewlett Packard Corporation, 1996, $500,000, "Technology Enhanced Learning: StimuLinc@Distance," with W. Jennings, D. Walsh (Cal Poly) and Ken Connor.
• National Science Foundation, 1996, $200,000, Recognition Award for Institution-wide Reform of Undergraduate Education, with R. Byron Pipes.
• National Science Foundation, 1996, $850,000, "Computing Infrastructure for Research and Education," with M Shephard, J. Kolb, W. Jennings, and F. Luk.
• National Science Foundation, 1995, $4 million, "Mathematics and its Applications in Engineering and Science: Building the Links," 5 years, with W. Boyce and R. Spilker.

 Recent Service To National, And International Organizations:

• Chairman of the Board of the U.S. Dept. of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE). 2010-current
• The National Board of Directors of the American Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) 2009-2011
• The Chair of the Commission on Innovation Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity (CICEP) of APLU  2009-2011.
• The National Security Higher Education Advisory Board (advising the FBI, CIA, and Homeland Security) 2010-2011.
• National Academy of Science/National Research Council Committee on Undergraduate Education Research and Implementation 2010-2012
• Co-Chair (with Presidents Drew Faust, Harvard; Susan Hochfield, MIT, and Henri Termeer, Genzyme) of the Massachusetts Life Science Collaborative of Business and Universities. 2007-2011
• Vice Chair of the Commonwealth Life Science Center charged with dispersing an anticipated $ 1 Billion in investments in the Life Science Sector.  (Five member Board Chaired by the Secretary of Economic Development.)
• 2007-2011 Member of the Board of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center;
• 2008-2011. Commissioner of the Education Commission of the States; Appointed by Governor Mitt Romney and re-appointed by Governor Deval Patrick; 2005-2012
• American Association of Colleges and Universities; "Greater Expectations National Steering Committee;" 2000-.
• National Research Council; "Workshop on the Roles of Information Technology in Improving Teaching and Learning in Undergraduate SMET;" Steering Committee; June 2000.
• National Research Council Physics Survey Overview Committee, 1998-
• New York State Education Department Commissioner's Doctoral Council, 1998-
• Southern Univ. and College Coalition for Eng. Ed. (SUCCEED) External Advisory Board, 1998-
• Department of the Army Distance Learning/Training Technology Applications Subcommittee, Member, 1996-2001.
• National Research Council Committee on Physics Survey, Member, 1997-2001.
• American Physical Society FED Executive Committee, 1997- .
• National Academy of Science Committee on the Digital Library. Chair 1997.
• National Academy of Science Committee on Information Technology. Member 1995-1998.
• NAS/NRC Physics Education Program Initiation Committee, Member, 1997.
• EDUCOM National Learning Infrastructure Initiative, Steering Committee Member and Partnership Chair, 1994-98

c. Recent Publications

      i. Related Publications

1. "The Development of the Studio Classroom;" a chapter in Technology Enhanced Learning: Opportunities for Change; ed. Paul S. Goodman; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates August 2001.
2. "The Technological Revolution: Reflections on the Proper Role of Technology in Higher Education;" a chapter in In Defense of the American University; ed.: Philip G. Altbach et al.;  Johns Hopkins University Press; Sept. 2001.
3. "Studio Courses: How Information Technology is Changing the Way We Teach, On Campus and Off;" Proceedings of the IEEE, January 2000.
4. "Re-engineering Undergraduate Education" in The Learning Revolution, Anker Publishing Co. Bolton, MA (1997).
5. "The CUPLE Physics Studio," The Physics Teacher, Vol. 32, p. 518, December 1994.

     ii. Other Publications

1. "The Virtual University," Proceedings of the International Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, Washington DC, June 1996.
2. "Distance Learning for Continuous Education," EDUCOM Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 12-16, March/April 1997.
3. "Gearing up for Information Technology," Syllabus, p. 26-28, June 1998.
4. "How Computing and Communications are Changing Physics," in The Changing Role of Physics Departments in Modern Universities, Proceedings of International Conference on Undergraduate Physics Education, Part One: Presentations, AIP Conference Proceedings 399, pp. 357-373, 1997.
5. "Expanding the Boundaries of the Virtual University," ED, Education at a Distance, Vol. 11, No. 1, Jan. 1997.

d. Synergistic Activities.

Jack Wilson was the founder (in collaboration with other colleagues) of the Studio Course model at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  This model has since been extended to many other universities. (http://www.jackmwilson.com/StudioClasses/)

He also cofounded the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative within Educause (with Carol Twigg and others) and led the Studio Course Partnership program.

With Carol Twigg, he helped to prepare the $8.8 million proposal the the Pew Charitable Trust that led to the formation of the Pew Center for Academic Transformation.

d. Collaborators and other affiliations.

         i) Recent Collaborators:

• Carol Twigg, Pew Center for Academic Transformation.

• Arthur Eisenkraft, UMass Boston

• Joe Ecker, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

       ii) Graduate Advisor, David Uhrich, Kent State University (retired)