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Dr. Jan I. Fox, MU-ADVANCE Administrative Partner
Vice President, Information Technology/Chief Information Officer
Education
B.S. (Biology, minor in Chemistry), Marshall University
M.S. (Biology, in Botany), Marshall University
Ed.D. (Higher Education Administration, minor in Information Technology), West Virginia University
Research
Dr. Fox’s research
interests and expertise focus on improving
information technology in distance education, K-12
outreach, e-commerce, economic development,
community networks, telemedicine, MPLS,
environmental modeling, library technology
integration, and hospital information systems.
Examples of her research contributions include being
instrumental in implementing several statewide
technology efforts, including Advantage Valley
regional economic development presences, assisting
the establishment of the first academic ATM network
installation in WV, and WV’s first Cisco Academy,
leading the efforts to establish the first web
accessible library system in WV, and creating
RuralNet which links 18 rural health care
facilities, homes, and campuses to drug information,
diagnostic support, educational material, and
library resources.
While she was a doctorate student in Environmental
Engineering at Virginia Tech, Dr. Fox helped create
a national computer model for predicting the
environmental impact of biological, physical, and
chemical parameters in stream basins, an effect
supported by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Teaching
Dr. Fox teaches Epidemiology,
Telemedicine, Mapping Health Data (GIS), Diagnostic
Support, Online Drug Information, Hospital
Information Systems, Rural Health Care Networks, and
Application Software.
Service and Outreach
As a Special Assistant to the Governor for
Information Technology, Dr. Fox has consulted and
assisted the Governor of WV with important statewide
technology issues that have contributed to the
state's economic development, job creation,
strategic planning, e-government, and statewide
infrastructure development.
Dr. Fox has led a number of
grant-funded projects, exceeding $7 million, from Bell Atlantic,
West Virginia Prevention Network, Huntington
Foundation, WV Health and Human Services, Teubert
Foundation, MU University Physicians and Surgeons,
WV Secretary of the Education and the Arts, National
Telecommunication and Infrastructure Association,
Appalachian Regional Commission, the Kellogg
Foundation, WV Board of Trustees Technical Advantage
Program, Federal Technology Opportunities Program,
Cisco Networks, FCC and NSF-EPSCoR. By increasing access, as well as
improving and ensuring the quality of technology,
these projects used information technology
for improvements in post-secondary education and
distance learning, the state’s economic development,
and in making advancements in rural health care.
Dr. Fox is currently Vice President for
Information Technology at Marshall.
Her administrative responsibilities include the
integration of information technology into all
aspects of education, administration, and research
throughout the Marshall community. Her principal
management responsibilities include Computing
Services, IT Infrastructure, Enterprise
Applications, University Libraries, MUOnline,
Information Security, Technology Outreach, and
IT Customer Service. She serves as chair of
several technology committees and is the past
chair of the statewide Information Technology
Council of State CIOs.
Additionally, she serves on the Governors WV
Broadband Committee. She serves or has served on
several national committees including the Chronicle
of Higher Education CIO Board, SREB Underserved
Communities, West Virginia Broadband Council, WV
Telehealth Alliance, WVNET, WV Council of CIOs and
the Southern Growth Policy Board Technology Council.
Contact Info
phone: (304) 696-6706
Fax: (304) 696-3229
e-mail:
fox@marshall.edu
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