Robert J. Domanski Email & Phone Number

Robert Domanski, PhD, is the Dean of Academic Innovation and Outcomes at Hunter College.Previously, Rob served as the Director of Higher Education for the NYC Mayor’s Office of Talent and Workforce Development. As part of the Mayor’s “Tech Talent Pipeline” industry partnership, Rob oversaw the “CUNY 2x Tech” initiative – a $30 million dollar investment into the City University of New York (CUNY) that doubled internship rates and nearly doubled full-time employment rates at its partner colleges. Additionally, Rob oversaw the city’s Tech Academic Council, working with the Presidents and Provosts of NYC-based colleges and universities to determine how best to align the Mayor’s goals with the needs of the City's academic institutions.Rob was the recipient of the prestigious Hayes Prize Award for Public Service during the pandemic, was selected as a John Jay MPA Public Service Fellow, and has won various leadership awards including being listed among the 2023 Most Respected Professionals in Higher Education. Rob’s portfolio also includes prominent roles on recent and pandemic-era projects for the City government ranging from a Universal Broadband Solicitation, securing 50,000 laptops for CUNY students in the emergency migration to virtual learning, launching a PPE online marketplace for COVID-related health care equipment, developing a city-wide Economic Recovery Dashboard, supporting the City’s Small Business Loan program, and supporting the more recent Asylum-seeker crisis. Across CUNY, Rob has supported the development of innovative education initiatives - in partnership with extremely talented faculty and staff - such as the STEM Pedagogy Institute, the Peer-Enhanced Blockchain-Based Learning Environments (PEBBLE) project, the TIQC Blockchain Accelerator, and more. Over the past three years, Rob has also overseen the development and selection of dozens of faculty and departmental grant awards focused on curriculum innovation, transfer student remediations, experiential learning, accessibility design, and tech equity.Previously, Rob spent 20 years teaching Computer Science and Political Science for Kean University and the City University of New York. His academic research focuses on Digital Government, Internet Governance, and the Politics of Algorithms. He has most recently published on the specific subtopics of Algorithmic Bias and Artificial Intelligence from technical, policy, and ethical perspectives. He is active on national and regional accreditation boards and is passionate about removing systemic barriers to careers for all students.

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