James E Swartz

• Director of the 1995-1997 and 2005-2008 Noyce Science Center Renovation and Expansion Projects.
• Dean of the College and Vice President of Academic Affairs, 1998-2008.
• Chair of the Science Division, 1990-1994.
• Legislative Aide in the Washington D.C. office of Representative Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island, Aug-Dec 1989.
• Member, Board of the American Council of Academic Deans.
• Councilor, Council on Undergraduate Research.
• Member, Iowa Energy Center Advisory Council.
• Consultant-Evaluator for the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education for the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Consultant to over twenty colleges and universities in the planning of science facilities and curriculum development.
• Coordinator and presenter, several Project Kaleidoscope Facilities Workshops.
• Co-author of a book on planning undergraduate science facilities.

Work with Project Kaleidoscope

• RALCO Video: Right Click on the link, choose "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" to save the video file to your local computer; play the video from your saved file. 
• Presentations: Project Kaleidoscope - Associated Colleges of the Midwest - Faculty Career Enhancement. (A Decade and a Half of Efforts in Science Education, Five Tales)
• Facilities Planning
• Presentation to Humanities and Social Studies Divisions of Grinnell College, December 2008. (Planning for Improved Academic Facilities)