Kevin Franklin
Kevin Franklin, EdD was born in Virginia, where he received degrees in Psychology and Education from Old Dominion University [1]. He holds a Doctorate of Education in Organization and Leadership from the University of San Francisco [2]. Formerly Executive Director of the University of California System-Wide Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI)[3] and Deputy Directory of the University of California San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC)[4], Franklin was appointed as Executive Director of the University of Illinois[5] Institute for Computing in Humanities, Arts, and Social Science[6], Research Professor, Educational Policy Studies [7], Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of African American Studies[8], University of Illinois[5], and Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications[9] in July 2007.
Franklin is a principle co-founder of the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)[10] and founder of the HASSgrid, a distributed Cyberinfrastructure supporting humanities, arts and social sciences data preservation and archives. Franklin is co-chair of the HASS Research Group for the Open Grid Forum (OGF) [11], a member of the Worldwide University Network[12] Grid Advisory Board, and a member of the California State University, Los Angeles [13] College of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology Advisory Board. In May 2007, Franklin co-guest edited Cyberinfrastructure Technology Watch[14] for the issue "Socializing Cyberinfrastructure: Networking the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences" [15]. Franklin is also the HASS Editor for Grid Today[16] and HPCWire[17].
In addition to his United States HASS Cyberinfrastructure work, Franklin leads a number of international research activities including the Advanced Research and Technology Collaborative for the Americas (ARTCA) which he founded in 2007. He is a Special Advisor to the Costa Rica-United States Foundation (CRUSA)[18] and the Centro Nacional de Alta Technologia (CeNat)[19].
Franklin began his academic career teaching and coaching at San Francisco State University[20] where he also directed the Urban Scholars Minority Student Outreach Program and was a Senior Fellow in the San Francisco Urban Institute. Dr. Franklin served as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors and Interim Executive Director for Summerbridge National (Currently named Breakthrough Collaborative[21]) and he was a founder of the San Francisco Boys and Girls Club Project Discover Program[22] and a Chief Architect of the TEAMS Americorps Program[23]
In recognition for his work in education reform and founding of the Multicultural Alliance, a National Minority Teacher Fellowship program involving more than 400 k-12 schools and universities and more than 5000 teacher interns across the United States, Franklin received Old Dominion University[1] Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996 and the Columbia University[24]Teachers College[25] Klingenstein Center[26] Leadership Award in 1997. Profiles on Dr. Franklin and his work have appeared in the New York Times[27], Washington Post [28],United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine[29], Essence[30], CNN [31], NPR[32], and Black Issues in Higher Education among others.Dr. Franklin has raised more than $65 Million Dollars in support of research and education programs.
References
- ^ a b Old Dominion University: http://www.odu.edu
- ^ University of San Francisco: http://www.usfca.edu
- ^ UCHRI: http://www.uchri.org
- ^ San Diego Supercomputer Center: http://www.sdsc.edu
- ^ a b University of Illinois: http://www.uiuc.edu
- ^ Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: http://www.chass.uiuc.edu
- ^ Educational Policy Studies: http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/eps/index.html
- ^ http://www.aasrp.uiuc.edu
- ^ National Center for Supercomputing Applications: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu
- ^ Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory: http://www.hastac.org
- ^ Open Grid Forum: http://www.ogf.org
- ^ Worldwide University Network: http://www.wun.ac.uk
- ^ California State University, Los Angeles: http://www.csula.edu
- ^ CT Watch: http://www.ctwatch.org
- ^ "Socializing Cyberinfrastructure: Networking the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences": http://www.ctwatch.org/quarterly/articles/2007/05/a-question-of-centers/
- ^ Grid Today: http://www.gridtoday.com
- ^ HPC Wire: http://www.hpcwire.com
- ^ Costa Rica-United States Foundation: http://www.cr-usa.org
- ^ Centro Nacional de Alta Technologia: http://www.cenat.ac.cr/cenat
- ^ San Francisco State University: http://www.sfsu.edu
- ^ Breakthrough Collaborative: http://www.breakthroughcollaborative.org/
- ^ San Francisco Boys and Girls Club Discover Program: http://www.projectdiscover.org/
- ^ TEAMS Americorps: http://www.teamsusf.org
- ^ Columbia University: http://www.columbia.edu
- ^ Columbia University Teachers College: http://www.tc.columbia.edu
- ^ Klingenstein Center: http://www.klingenstein.org
- ^ New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com
- ^ Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com
- ^ United Airlines Hemisphere Magazine: http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com
- ^ Essence Magazine: http://www.essence.com
- ^ Cable News Network (CNN): http://www.cnn.com
- ^ National Public Radio(NPR): http://www.npr.org