James Joseph O'Donnell is a classical scholar and the Provost of Georgetown University. O'Donnell previously served as Vice Provost for Information Systems and Computing at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former President of the American Philological Association and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.
O'Donnell writes and lectures on information technology in the modern academic and cultural world. He was an early adopter of the World Wide Web for academic collaboration within the humanities. He has been involved with Bryn Mawr Classical Review since it was founded in 1990.[1]
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O'Donnell's books include more technical scholarly works on history and philosophy, with a special interest in Augustine of Hippo, but he has also three books that are addressed to a general audience. Avatars of the Word (Harvard University Press: 1998) outlines the history of writing and media from ancient Greek times to the present, while Augustine: A New Biography (Harper Collins 2005) was widely reviewed (e.g., New Republic, Economist, New York Times).[2][3][4] An account of the end of Roman grandeur, The Ruin of the Roman Empire (HarperCollins: 2008), has now appeared.
O'Donnell's website includes a biographical sketch of Doughbelly Price. Price was a cowboy turned real estate agent in Taos, New Mexico. The biography includes a profile from Life magazine in 1949 and feature audio clips of old cowboy songs by Price.
The 2007 edition of the Edge - the third culture Annual Question O'Donnell offered positive words on humanity: "we turn out to be a stubbornly smart, resilient and persistent species, and we do not forget the most important things."[5]
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