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Brockport’s James Spiller joins UB as ACE fellow

By CHRISTINE VIDAL

Published September 22, 2016 This content is archived.

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James Spiller.

James Spiller

James Spiller, associate professor of history and assistant provost for research and scholarship and dean of the Graduate School at The College at Brockport, will spend the fall 2016 semester at UB as part of the American Council of Education (ACE) Fellowship Program.

Spiller, one of 29 individuals participating in the ACE Fellows Program this year, will use his time at UB to prepare for a possible career path as provost or college president, as well as learn information to better help Brockport adapt to a fast-changing higher education landscape.

The ACE Fellows Program is the premier higher education leadership development program in the country. The fellowship combines seminars, interactive learning opportunities and placements at another university to offer ACE fellows a unique learning experience. The ACE Fellows Program is the only national, individualized, long-term professional development program in higher education that provides on-the-job experience to benefit participating institutions. Of more than 1,800 fellows, more than 300 have served as chief executive officers at more than 350 institutions.

UB Provost Charles F. Zukoski will serve as Spiller’s fall mentor, and Daan Braveman, president of Nazareth College in Rochester, will be his spring 2017 mentor. As part of his fellowship, he will attend various campus leadership meetings and events, as well as complete projects for each institution.

Spiller received his bachelor’s degree with highest honors in history and mathematics from Rutgers University and his doctorate in American history from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

He has been a member of the Brockport faculty since 2000, where he is the founding director of the Center for Scholarship and Creative Activity and served as associate dean of graduate education and scholarship from 2010-12.

Spiller is the author of “Frontiers for the American Century: Outer Space, Antarctica and Cold War Nationalism” and has taught study abroad courses in Antarctica. He is a 2004 recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and the SUNY Brockport Alpha Phi Omega Professor of the Year Award.