Jim G. Short is responsible for providing public/private solutions to colleges and universities nationwide. In this role, Mr. Short presents capital and structuring expertise to the higher education market for a variety of on-campus development projects including student housing, parking facilities, classroom and administrative buildings, and other infrastructure needs. Prior to joining Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions, Mr. Short served as the US division president and board chairman for Campus Living Villages, a national leader in the privatized management and development of on-campus student housing, part of a global student housing network spanning the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. In this role, he was responsible for company integration following mergers, assembly of business development teams, overseeing two new developments and six acquisitions, and growth of the company from $36 million in revenue from fiscal 2006 to $81 million in revenue for fiscal 2011.
Formerly director of special collections at the University of Virginia and Syracuse University, Christian Dupont joined Atlas Systems in 2008 to develop and promote Aeon, an online circulation and request workflow management system for special collections libraries and archives. A former chair of ACRL’s Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, he recently served on a task force to revise ACRL’s Guidelines for Interlibrary and Exhibition Loan of Special Collections Materials and is currently a member of RBMS’s metrics and assessment task force. He is guest editor for the Fall 2012 issue of RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, a collection of solicited essays on assessment in special collections and archives. He has also served as the ALA co-chair of the ALA/SAA/AAM Joint Committee on Archives, Libraries, and Museums and the ALA Presidential Task Force on Traditional Cultural Expressions. He has spoken and published widely on a variety of topics relating to library management and the cultural impact of library collecting. Christian earned his MIS degree from Indiana University and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, where he began his career in special collections as a reference supervisor and curator.
Mark I. Greenberg is director of special and digital collections in the USF Tampa Library. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, his Ph.D. in American history from the University of Florida, and a Master of Arts degree in library and information science from the University of South Florida. He has published and lectured extensively in southern immigrant and ethnic history. As part of his responsibilities at USF, he directs the libraries’ oral history program and serves on the board of trustees of the Tampa Bay History Center. In 2008, he helped create the USF Libraries Holocaust and Genocide Studies Center, where he serves as its head.
Deirdre A. Scaggs is the associate dean for special collections at the University of Kentucky Libraries. She serves as co-director of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center, also at UK. Previously, Deirdre served as director of archives and as the university archivist. Under her direction, UK Libraries Special Collections is focusing on the use of primary resources in teaching and research for students. Within the field of archives, her specialty is in photographic resources, education, and history; Deirdre is also a photographer and part-time photography instructor at UK. Prior to her work at UK, Deirdre worked on the Historic Pittsburgh Project at the Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh. She holds an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and an MFA from The Ohio State University.
Jim Franzone is the Program Director for three of UW-Madison’s Learning Communities. Jim has the privilege of working with the faculty and staff of the Entrepreneurial Residential Learning Community, The Studio (a creative arts and design community), and the Women in Science and Engineering Program. Jim has been part of founding teams for the ERLC, Studio programs and was also part of the initial start-up and expansion of the International Learning Community. Jim’s work with WISE has focused on building a team where everyone takes part in the educational mission of the program and finding ways for the program to interact meaningfully with the other learning communities. Jim has worked for at UW-Madison’s Division of University Housing since 2001. He has also been actively engaged in Madison’s Administrative Process Redesign work as a team member and functional lead. Jim graduated with a Master’s of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse in College Student Development and Administration. His undergraduate degree was a bachelor’s of science in Psychology from Millikin University.
Ann Haase Kehl has been the Program Coordinator for the Women in Science and Engineering Residential Learning Community at UW-Madison since 2001. As an academic staff member affiliated with the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, she has had the privilege to build collaborations between academic units and WISE to support the success of students often underrepresented in STEM fields. She has developed and coordinates the highly successful peer mentor program, including training, curriculum, and the development of mentors as peer leaders for the WISE First Year seminar. She has extensive experience in program development, supervision, training and leadership experience, with an emphasis on assessment and sustainability. Ann has taught courses and promoted high-impact educational practices such as first-year seminars, learning communities, collaborative projects, research, and capstone courses. Ann serves on the UW-Madison Career Services Council Internships Working Group. She holds an MA in Psychology from Northern Arizona University. She is a Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF), National Board for Certified Counselors, as well as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (CICSW), State of Wisconsin.
Amanda is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Student and Alumni Affairs Involvement Team, focusing on student and alumni involvement, including management of the Global Mentor Network, an online peer mentoring program. She also oversees such programs as the universities’ virtual community, a virtual involvement community and moderation of several social media sites. She recently spoke at the 2012 NASPA Conference in Phoenix, Arizona on distance mentoring and the importance of student and alumni involvement, themes which continue to drive her research and the development of involvement at a distance.
Rich works with other student support units around the university to provide the same services to online World Campus Students. Currently, he is developing a transitions program to prepare prospective students with the basic skills they will need to be successful in the online, college classroom. He is also working to create videos for an online advisor training program and “how-to” videos for students. Previously, Mr. Brungard was the advising coordinator for World Campus Advising and still advises a roster of students. He has presented on online advising and orientation as well as transitioning to college at the Association for Continuing Higher Education 2012 Annual Conference, the Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning (2012, 2013), the 97th annual conference for the University Professional and Continuing Education Association (2012), 2013 CAEL International Conference, HighEdWeb 2013 annual conference, National Academic Advising Association Annual Conference (2006, 2008, 2011), and the 2013 National Academic Advising Association Region 2 Conference.
Prior to his time at the University of Michigan, Rob spent ten years advising in the College of Engineering and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Grand Valley State University (GVSU). The appropriate use of technology to enhance the academic advising experience has been a passion for Rob during his advising career. His primary focus has been on proactively reaching out to freshman, international, and transfer students prior to their arrival on campus. Web video, social media, screencasting, and web conferencing are technologies Rob’s office has utilized to extend advising services. As a member of the Appreciative Advising national team, Rob assisted in the development of the Appreciative Advising online course offered through the University of South Carolina, and currently operates as the lead course administrator.
Laura A. Pasquini is a Lecturer with the Department of Learning Technologies at the University of North Texas (UNT). Before entering academia, her student development experience involved academic advising, tutoring and supplemental instruction, career counseling, campus activities, first year experience curriculum, orientation programming, and residence life. As an early career researcher, Dr. Pasquini’s teaching and research scholarship lies in the areas of open education, collaborative learning environments, and social engagement. Her recent dissertation study involved text mining 250 post-secondary social media guideline and policy documents from 10 different countries (http://socialmediaguidance.wordpress.com/). Dr. Pasquini consults with a number of education, non-profit and corporate associations on optimizing social media for engagement, organizational culture and design, and strategic communication. She is a self-declared geek and a self-taught techie who digitally engages both her peers and learners. You can often find Dr. Pasquini tweeting (https://twitter.com/laurapasquini) and blogging (http://techknowtools.wordpress.com/) about learning, performance, and technology.
