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)
- M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison) and B.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill); Editor of The Daily Tar Heel at Chapel Hill; faculty member at Emory University, Texas Tech, post-doctoral fellow Duke University
- 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; consultant (public opinion research, other areas); director, the Center for Public Service, Texas Tech, funded by nine federal/state grants; head of the Department of Political Science, UNCG
- chairman of the North Carolina Child Care Corps (Americorps) and director of the North Carolina Service Project, with $2+ million in grants
- member, NC Commission on Indigent Defense Services, 2000-08, 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 - central technology organization with staff of approximately 150 (ITS Divisional Plan 2003-2008; ITS Overview Organization Chart) (PDF: requires a reader such as Adobe Reader)
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, cost-effective Information Technology Services division that has grown fourfold, with a first-class management team; improved student computing (e.g., SuperLab, Virtual Computing Lab); 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 and refresh); negotiation of major software and telephony contracts; increased collaborative initiatives with other universities; and concept development for a $46M Joint Data Center (to serve two universities and a research park), now #1 on the capital facility priority lists for UNCG and NCA&T State University
- leadership
of community partnerships includes successful 1993 bond issue and city/university
Spring Garden Street project