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Rochester MI 48309 Google+: profgraemeharper
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Dean, The Honors College Oakland University
Professor College of Arts and Sciences 2011-
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of East Anglia 1996
Doctor of Creative Arts (DCA) University of Technology, Sydney 1993
Master of Letters (MLitt) University of New England 1988
Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of Sydney 1981
Graduate Cert. in Executive Studies (CExStud), Executive MBA Program,
Business School, University of Wales, Bangor 2011
ELECTED
Fellow Royal Society of Medicine - USA (FRSM)
Fellow Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and
Commerce - USA (FRSA)
Fellow Royal Geographical Association (FRGS)
Fellow Royal Anthropological Institute (FRAI)
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Director, The Honors College Oakland University
Rochester, MI 2011-2012
Research Professor University of Texas, Medical Branch
UTMB IMH Galveston, TX 2010 -2011
Visiting Research Fellow MARBL, Emory University, GA 2010
Paschal P. Vacca Distinguished Honors Program
Professor of Liberal Arts University of Montevallo, AL 2010
Director of Research College of Arts, Education
(Assoc. Dean) and Humanities
Professor University of Wales, Bangor 2006-2010
Foundation Director of National Institute National Institute for Excellence
Professor in the Creative Industries
University of Wales, Bangor 2006 --2009
Visiting Research Professor University of South Australia 2009
International Research Adviser
Foundation Chair University of Wales, Bangor 2006-2008
Professor School of Creative Studies and Media
Foundation Chair University of Portsmouth 2004-2006
Professor School of Creative Arts, Film
and Media
Foundation Director University of Wales, Bangor 2001-2004
Associate Professor Center for Creative and Performing
Arts & Center for Advanced
Development of the Creative
Industries
Associate Professor/Assistant Professor Department of English
University of Wales, Bangor 1997-2000
Research/Teaching Fellow Cultures of Consumption
Research Center, SIHE 1996-1997
ORSAS International Research Scholar University of East Anglia 1994-1995
Center for Creative and
Performing Arts
UEA Research Scholar (Award) University of East Anglia 1993-1995
Course Tutor University of East Anglia 1993-1996
Commonwealth Universities’ Research Scholar University of Technology, Sydney 1990-1993
OTHER
Vice-Chair, At-Large Division, Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), 2018-2021
Assessor/Chair/Reviewer/Examiner (national/international) – 40+ PhD submissions
– 300+ Masters submissions
– 500+ Honors theses
Author/Editor: – 30+ books
– 160+ articles and chapters
Book Series Editor: – Palgrave-Macmillan (x 12 books) and
Multilingual Matters Publishers (x15)
Routledge (Taylor and Francis)
Journal Editor: – 3 international peer-reviewed journals
Editorial Board: – 10 international journals
Awards, Honors and Service Includes
Honorary Member, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Honorary Member, Golden Key International Honour Society
Honorary Member, Alpha Lambda Delta, National Honor Society
Research Reviewer, Hong Kong Research Council, 2015 --
Research Reviewer, Excellence in Research (ERA), 2014 – 2016
Founder/Director, Michigan Center for Undergraduate Research MCUR), 2013-
Academic Liaison, Michigan Academy for Science, Arts and Letters (MASAL), 2013
Member, FLEX Committee, Honors College Preparatory Program, Seaholme High,
School, Birmingham MI 2012-
Founding Member, Council for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (CoDEI), Oakland University, 2012
Member, VP Search Committee, Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, 2016-2017
Chair, VP Search Committee: Vice President for Student Affairs, Oakland University, 2015
Chair/Evaluator, over two dozen faculty, research and staff appointments, 1998-present
Senior Strategic Research Panellist, Arts & Humanities Research Council (2003-2015)
Research Reviewer, Wellcome Trust (Medical Research)
Appointed Member, Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Research Committee (2009-2012)
(Serving the technology needs of 18 million faculty/students)
Appointed Member, Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), Business and Community
Engagement Committee (2009-2012)
University Administrator of the Month, awarded by the Oakland University Student Congress (2016)
International Service Award, ISSO, (2016)
Speaker, New Student Convocation, Oakland University, Michigan, 2013
Mütter Fellow Award, College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 2012
Honorary Professor, Edge Hill University, 2010-2014
Honorary Research Professor, University of Bedfordshire, 2006—2012
Appointed Member, The European Commission – Education and Culture Directorate, DGX,
European Panel of Experts, 1998-2001
Awarded/Grant, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, 2001
Awarded, BBC World Service, International Award, 2000
Awarded, Greatest Contributor to Research, SIHE Research Center, 1997
Teaching Award, “Most Innovative Teacher in the Institute”, SIHE, 1996
National Book Council New Writer of the Year Award (1988)