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About Thomas Skill

Thomas Skill joined the Office of the Provost in 1997 and has more than 35 years of computing and communications technology experience in higher education. A founding member of the Cybersecurity Consortium of Southwestern Ohio, now known as the Cin-Day Cyber Corridor, he is leading the creation of the University of Dayton Center for Cybersecurity and Data Intelligence, a collaborative catalyst for IT security research and education with a focus on experiential learning and multidisciplinary research across all academic units on campus.
 
Recent collaborations in program management, assessment and evaluation include the University’s yearlong “cybermindfulness campaign,” which provided robust, ongoing cybersecurity awareness and skill-building training for all faculty and staff at the University. The program strategy and assessment results of this effort were presented at the Ohio Information Security Conference held in Dayton on March 15, 2017.

Affiliations:
* Cin-Day Cyber Corridor (committee chair, 2016-17)
* Southwestern Ohio Council on Higher Education (SOCHE)
* Technology First, Dayton, Ohio (board of directors)
* Educause
* CIO Council of the Ohio Independent College and Universities
* OARNet, Columbus, Ohio

Positions

2004 - Present Associate Provost and Chief Information Officer, University of Dayton
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1994 - Present Professor, University of Dayton ‐ Department of Communication
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2001 - 2004 Associate Provost for Learning Innovation and Technology and Associate Chief Information Officer, University of Dayton ‐ Office of the Provost
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1997 - 2001 Assistant Provost for Academic Technology and Director of the Learning Village, University of Dayton ‐ Office of the Provost
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1993 - 1997 Chair, University of Dayton ‐ Department of Communication
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1988 - 1993 Associate Professor, University of Dayton ‐ Department of Communication
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1988 - 1993 Lead Researcher, Communication, Reynolds and Reynolds Information Systems Laboratory, University of Dayton ‐ School of Business Administration's Center for Business and Economic Research
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1986 - 1993 Director of Graduate Studies, University of Dayton ‐ Department of Communication
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1984 - 1987 Assistant Professor, University of Dayton ‐ Department of Communication
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Education

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1984 PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo ‐ Mass Communication
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1980 MA, State University of New York at Buffalo ‐ Communication
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1978 BA, State University of New York at Buffalo ‐ Communication
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