Biography

Dr. James Brown is a pioneer in online course development in science. He has been dubbed the “Godfather of Online Science” and recently has been designated One of the Top 40 Innovators in Education by the Center for Digital Education. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in microbiology from the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University and an additional M.S. in Health Sciences from New Jersey City University. He is a former director of microbiology for Roche and an Assistant Commissioner of Health for New Jersey overseeing the Division of Public Health and Environmental Laboratories. He is a former Assistant Dean of the College of Professional Studies at New Jersey City University and the Dean of Science, Engineering, Health Sciences (Nursing) and Human Performance for Ocean County College that became an East-coast powerhouse for online health science and science course development with over 14 unique online science courses. He developed the Online Science Laboratory Series for the Sloan Consortium (now named the Online Learning Consortium) in the Spring of 2014 which helps train science faculty and instructional designers in how to develop online courses in science. Dr. Brown teaches health science and pre-nursing science courses totally online at California University of Alaska Fairbanks, Colorado Christian University, Tarrant County College, University of New England, City University of New York and Gwynedd Mercy University. Dr. Brown presented “Opening Online Laboratory Science Courses to the World Community 2017 International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference at the University of the West of Scotland held in Paisley Scotland, June 28 – 30, 2017. On May 1, 2018, Dr. Brown presented “Placing Prerequisite Nursing Lab Science Courses Totally Online” at the United States Distance Learning Association 2018 National Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana.