John R. Hoffman Email & Phone Number

Glenside, Pa, Us

Pennsylvania, United States

Science communicator and content creator for a YouTube channel examining and explaining the scientific and ethical implications of current events in response to the quote "science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom" by Isaac Asimov

Adjunct Professor 1993 - 1995, tenure-track Assistant Professor 1995 - 2001, Associate Professor 2001- 2004, Professor 2004 - presentRecipient of the 2001 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching.Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in General Biology I & II, Histology, Human Physiology, Research Methods in Biology, Science & Civilization I & II, Science & Society I & II, Neurobiology, Scientific Ethics, Freshman Seminar, Junior Seminar, and Senior Seminar.Developed and taught partially and fully online courses in Histology and Scientific Ethics. Course lectures and materials available at http://tinyurl.com/AUHistology and http://tinyurl.com/ScientificEthicsAcademic Advisor helping students with career exploration, course selection to fulfill career pre-requisites, department and general education requirements.Pre-professional adviser for students pursuing careers in Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Physical Therapy, and Physician Assistant. Assisted students in meeting pre-requisite requirements, application procedures, and preparation of individual and committee letters of recommendation.Mentored 63 Arcadia undergraduate students in the completion of empirical research-based senior thesis projects since 1995. Arcadia students served as co-authors on 15 presentations at national or international meetings and seven peer-reviewed journal articles. Recipient of over $800,000 in extramural funds to Arcadia University in support of primary research, program development, and equipment acquisition.Accomplished researcher in the fields of brain and peripheral nerve injury and recovery, learning and memory, and muscle regeneration including peer reviewed publications and presentations.

Glenside, Pa

Chief Academic Officer for the university comprised of four Colleges and Schools (College of Arts and Sciences, College of Health Sciences, School of Education, and School of Global Business), offering 59 Undergraduate majors, 46 Masters Programs and three doctoral degrees. The University enrolls approximately 2,380 full time and 260 part time undergraduate students and 1,340 graduate students. Oversee 179 full-time faculty and 360 part-time faculty and 100 staff and administrators.Responsible for an annual operating budget of over $30,000,000.

Glenside, Pa

Leadership of the College of Arts and Sciences, which is the largest academic unit at Arcadia University with over 1,800 undergraduate and 200 graduate students, and produces 63% of the University's student credit hours.Oversight of 12 academic departments with 104 full-time and 183 part time faculty members, 34 undergraduate degree options and 6 master's degrees. Responsible for an annual operating budget of over $16,000,000.Work with department chairs to recruit, hire, and support new College faculty.Review and evaluate faculty and department annual reports.

Glenside, Pa

Served as the primary contact between Arcadia University and the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, responsible for preparation and submission of Substantive Change proposals for opening of additional locations, filing of annual Institutional Profile, correspondence, and part of steering committee for preparation of Periodic Review Report. Responsibilities at the Accreditation Liaison Officer to Middle States from August 2012 to September 2014.Responsible for department-level program reviews including overseeing department self-study, coordinating external evaluators, and presentation of review results to University leadership. Served as resource for programs and departments completing external programmatic accreditation.Oversight of the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs, provided institutional approval of proposal submission, served as Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Institutional Official, Office for Human Research Protections Institutional Official, assisted Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and Institutional Review Board with interpretation of regulations and guidelines.Project manager for University-wide Strategic Planning Initiative including support of external consultant, leading steering committee meetings, creation of SWOT-style survey, summary, interpretation, and presentation of survey results, Facilitator of focus groups and town hall meetings.

Leadership of a College of 9 departments with 22 undergraduate and 11 graduate degrees created by a significant restructuring of Academic Affairs. Arcadia University's creation of a tier of academic deans resulted in focused leadership of departments and programs that previously reported directly to the Provost,76 full-time faculty (approximately 60% of faculty), 192 part-time faculty, and 3078 students (approximately 60% of all students), 456 graduates (2008-2009)Oversight of $2,600,000 operating budget.Facilitator for Academic Affairs Strategic Plan and Leader for the creation and implementation of College and Department Strategic Plans.

Glenside, Pa

Administrative Dean responsible for oversight of graduate policies and procedures, leadership of Graduate Academic Programs Committee (GAPC), including course approval and new program development.Coordinated Graduate Assistantship ProgramOversight of $400,000 operating budget

led initiatives to enhance grant writing including faculty mentoring, conducting workshops, and proposal critiques.organized effort to establish an annual report of faculty and student presentations, publications, exhibitions, performances, and other scholarly activitiesserved as university chemical safety officer to oversee comprehensive chemical health and safety policies and procedures.

Managed one of the largest Departments in the University including budget control, course scheduling, faculty reappointment, and faculty development.completed curricular self study that resulted in a significant revision to the major requirements including a focused initiative to provide greater research opportunities to our undergraduate students. This included the creation of a required course in Research Methods and revision of the capstone courses into a Junior Seminar and Senior Seminar.Expanded faculty size by recruiting junior faculty members with a keen interest in mentoring undergraduate student researchers, resulting in an increase in the number of students completing laboratory or field-based research projects. 2001 - 2005, 2006 - 2007 (sabbatical 2005 - 2006)

Medical College of Pennsylvania; Department of Anatomy and NeurobiologyWorked with Itzhak Fischer and Pat Levitt.NIH; National Research Service Award, "Regulation of development by neuron and glia interactions." (1993 - 1995)

Ph.D., Biology

Dissertation: A role for thrombospondin in peripheral and central nervous system regeneration (Ph.D. Mentor K. Sue O'shea)

B.S., Lyman Briggs School, Biology