Jon Michael Dunn

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About Jon Michael Dunn

J. Michael Dunn, retired, remains in Bloomington and connected to IUB. He was the founding dean of Indiana University’s School of Informatics, Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Oscar Ewing Professor of Philosophy. He is ex-president of HealthLINC (non-profit health information exchange for south-central Indiana) and continues to serve on the board. He is on the board of academic advisors of the Univ. of Dubai. His research focuses on information based logics and relations between logic and computer science. He is the author of 5 books and over 90 articles. His research has been recognized by Fulbright, NEH, ACLS, and NSF. He has been a visitor at Australian National University, University of Melbourne, Oxford University. He was President of the Soc. for Exact Philosophy, and on the Council of the Association for Symbolic Logic. He has been an editor of The Journal of Symbolic Logic and chief editor of The Journal of Philosophical Logic. He has supervised 17 Ph.D. graduates. He is listed in “Who’s Who in America”/ “Who’s Who in the World.” In 2001 he won the Techpoint Mira Award for Outstanding Information Technology Educator. In 2004 he was elected an Honorary Member of Phi Beta Kappa, and in 2006 he was given the Bookends Award at annual i-Schools Conference.” In 2007 he was made a Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana and also awarded the IUB Provost's Medal. In 2010 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dunn has served on many campus computer committees. He chaired the University Information Technology Committee (1997-99), which oversaw the creation of a strategic plan for information technology at IU. Dunn has combined his faculty and administrative roles throughout more than half of his career. Besides his deanship he served two terms as chair of the Philosophy Department, and a term as executive associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Specialties: Educational consulting/reviews