JAMES CLOTFELTER
Vice
Chancellor for Information Technology Services
and Professor of Political Science
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
(336)
334-5426
(Fax) (336) 334-5926
james_clotfelter@uncg.edu
Education & employment:
- reporter for Time magazine, the Atlanta and Durham (NC) newspapers (covering civil rights movement & other areas), 1960s
- M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison) and B.A., Ph.D. (1970), University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill). Editor of The Daily Tarheel at Chapel Hill.
- faculty member at Emory University, Texas Tech, post-doctoral fellow Duke University, 1969-1977
- at UNCG, Professor of Political Science since 1977 and Vice Chancellor since January 1991
Political science & public service:
- author of three books published by Harper & Row, University of North Carolina Press, and Holt, Rinehart, Winston, and a number of journal articles, 1970s-1980s
- consultant (public opinion research, other areas), 1970s-1980s
- director, the Center for Public Service, Texas Tech, funded by nine federal/state grants, 1970s
- head of the Department of Political Science, UNCG, 1988-1990
- chairman of the North Carolina Child Care Corps (Americorps) and director of the North Carolina Service Project, with $2+ million in grants, 1990s
- member, NC Commission on Indigent Defense Services, 2000-, and chairman of the IDSC budget committee (annual budget $110+ million)
UNCG Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Services (Chief Information Officer):
- heads one of five divisions reporting to the Chancellor (ITS Divisional Plan 2003-2008; ITS Overview Organization Chart) (PDF: requires a reader such as Adobe Reader)
- responsible for central technology organization with staff of 150+
- IT accomplishments: see "professional accomplishments"
- leadership
of community partnerships includes successful 1993 bond issue and city/university
Spring Garden Street project
Professional accomplishments of which I'm most proud:
- As teacher, a number of students who've made significant contributions to society
- As administrator… development of a client-focused Information Technology Services division that has grown fourfold, with a first-class management team; improved student computing (e.g., SuperLab, laptop program); improved administrative computing (e.g., full implementation of ERP, w/first Web student registration in NC); improved networking (e.g., full wired and wireless buildout); increased collaborative initiatives with other campuses; negotiation of major software and telephony contracts - all cost-effective relative to regional/national benchmarks
Personal:
- Wife Sallie
- Two children, Ethan and Justine, working in "the family business." Ethan is assistant professor of Biology at Amherst College. Justine is lab manager in a pharmacology lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Son-in-law Keivan Stassun is assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy at Vanderbilt. Daughter-in-law Amy Coulthard is a teacher in Amherst schools.
- Participated in civil rights movement in North Carolina in 1960-63; leadership of Chapel Hill Committee for Open Business.
- Participated in John Anderson campaign (major issue — advocating higher gasoline tax, to support development of alternative energy supplies); Vice Presidential nominee of Independents for John Anderson Party of North Carolina, 1980.
- Recorded minister, Religious Society of Friends (NC Yearly Meeting); Clerk, New Garden Friends Meeting, 1980s; volunteer consultant, NC Council of Churches, 1980s.