Kevin Franklin

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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 the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences[6], and Senior Research Scientist for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications[7] in July of 2007.

Franklin is a principle co-founder of the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC)[8] 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) [9], and a member of the Worldwide University Network[10] Grid Advisory Board. In May 2007, Franklin co-guest edited Cyberinfrastructure Technology Watch[11] for the issue "Socializing Cyberinfrastructure: Networking the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences." Franklin is also the HASS Editor for Grid Today[12] and HPCWire[13].

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)[14] and the Centro Nacional de Alta Technologia (CeNat)[15].

Franklin began his academic career teaching and coaching at San Francisco State University[16] where he also directed the Urban Scholars Minority Student Outreach Program and was a Senior Fellow in the San Francisco Urban Institute. In recognition for his work in Education Reform and Minority Teacher Development, Franklin received the Old Dominion University[17] Distinguished Alumni Award in 1996 and the Columbia University[18]Teachers College[19] Klingenstein Center[20] Leadership Award in 1997.

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  1. ^ Old Dominion University: http://www.odu.edu
  2. ^ University of San Francisco: http://www.usfca.edu
  3. ^ UCHRI: http://www.uchri.org
  4. ^ San Diego Supercomputer Center: http://www.sdsc.edu
  5. ^ University of Illinois: http://www.uiuc.edu
  6. ^ Institute for Computing in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: http://www.chass.uiuc.edu
  7. ^ National Center for Supercomputing Applications: http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu
  8. ^ Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory: http://www.hastac.org
  9. ^ Open Grid Forum: http://www.ogf.org
  10. ^ Worldwide University Network: http://www.wun.ac.uk
  11. ^ CT Watch: http://www.ctwatch.org
  12. ^ Grid Today: http://www.gridtoday.com
  13. ^ HPC Wire: http://www.hpcwire.com
  14. ^ Costa Rica-United States Foundation: http://www.cr-usa.org
  15. ^ Centro Nacional de Alta Technologia: http://www.cenat.ac.cr/cenat
  16. ^ San Francisco State University: http://www.sfsu.edu
  17. ^ Old Dominion University: http://www.odu.edu
  18. ^ Columbia University: http://www.columbia.edu
  19. ^ Columbia University Teachers College: http://www.tc.columbia.edu
  20. ^ Klingenstein Center: http://www.klingenstein.org