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Jamie Winders
Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Professor of Geography
jwinders@maxwell.syr.edu
144 Eggers Hall
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
(315) 443-9554
ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
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Founding Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute (ASPI), Syracuse
University, 2019-present
o ASPI is the only academic institute of its kind to work across domains of autonomy
and to offer interdisciplinary teaching and research on the design, governance, and
societal impacts of autonomous systems
? Involves 140+ faculty and students spread across all schools and colleges at
Syracuse University.
o Outreach to and engagement with 400 domestic and international stakeholders from
industry, government, and advocacy groups with interests in autonomous systems.
o Regularly consult industry, advocacy, and government leaders about the policy and
societal impacts of autonomous systems.
o Led successful cluster hire initiative to secure a total of 16 new tenure-track faculty
hires in autonomous systems and artificial intelligence.
o Leading creation of undergraduate major in interdisciplinary study of autonomous
systems and graduate certificate of advanced studies in autonomous systems.
o Launched multiple interdisciplinary research teams (e.g., autonomous systems and
sustainability, emerging technologies and smart cities, emerging technologies and
rural health, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), K-12 education, and underrepresented students)
o Created a policy-oriented Research Series.
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Chair, Department of Geography and the Environment, Maxwell School of
Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 2014-2019
o Led diverse, top-ranked department with expertise in human geography, physical
geography, and geospatial techniques
? 18 faculty, 3 staff, ~40 graduate students, and ~150 geography and
environment and society majors and minors
o Established new interdisciplinary undergraduate major in Environment,
Sustainability, and Policy in 2018, which drew 100 majors in 18 months
o Created Associate Professor mentoring program.
o Oversaw successful promotion and tenure cases, as well as faculty and staff hires
o Restructured Geography¡¯s contribution to university core requirements
o Made departmental budgeting decisions transparent
o Trained and mentored new departmental leaders in graduate and undergraduate
programs
o Led strategic planning and assessment exercises
o Created interdisciplinary links to physics and cross-disciplinary collaborations
around climate science, landscape studies, and GIS and big data
o Helped lead successful cluster hire initiative in Environmental Change in the
Anthropocene
o Facilitated collaborative research with geography faculty through external and
internal grants
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Editor in Chief, International Migration Review, 2017-present
o Flagship journal in migration studies, published by Sage
o Supervise team of 4-5 associate editors and 1 editorial assistant
o Oversee 600+ manuscript submissions each year, working with authors and
reviewers to generate high-quality, high-impact publications
o Created new sections in IMR to publish a more diverse group of scholars
(Country/Region reports, teaching and methods reports, dispatches from the field)
o Work with scholars across the social sciences, including policy and legal studies
o Advise the Center for Migration Studies on matters related to migration scholarship
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Geography, Maxwell School,
Syracuse University, 2009-2013
o Oversaw all recruitment and advising of geography majors and minors
o Created new minor, Environment and Society, the first environmentally focused
minor at Syracuse University
o Instituted teaching rotations among Geography faculty to ensure teaching equity
o Worked with faculty to increase course enrollment/offerings to meet changing
student needs
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Elected or appointed university and professional leadership roles
o Faculty Representative, Board of Trustees, Syracuse University (2019-present)
? Nominated by peers, selected by Provost/Chancellor.
? Regularly report to Trustees on issues and concerns among faculty.
? Serve on the Academic Affairs Committee, as well as additional ad-hoc
committees related to the university¡¯s academic mission.
o Chair, Arts and Sciences Faculty Council, (2016-2017) and Chair, Maxwell Faculty
Council (2019-20)
? Selected to lead faculty governance bodies in both the College of Arts and
Sciences and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
? Led the creation of promotion policies for both Teaching and Research
Professors for the College of Arts and Sciences and of the decanal review
process for the Maxwell School
o Faculty Oversight Committee, Athletics Department, Syracuse University, 2016present
? Appointed by Chancellor
? Monitor student-athlete academic performance and course/major selections
? Address academics-related issues that arise among student-athletes
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o Chair, Research Committee, University Senate, Syracuse University, 2015-2018
? Elected by peers
? Conducted university-wide survey of opportunities/challenges associated
with undergraduate research, which led to the creation of a center for
undergraduate research (2014)
? Created census of research centers and institutes at SU (2016-17)
? Led committee tasked with creating policy to govern corporate and
foundation funding for and involvement with research (2018)
o University Travel Policy, 2015-2016
? Appointed by Provost
? Worked with university leadership, comptroller, purchasing, risk
management, and other parts of campus to revise ineffective travel policy
o Co-Chair, Task Force on Travel Safety, 2017-2018
? Appointed by Provost
? Tasked to work with Director of International and Domestic Travel Safety
and Support to create university-wide policy related to travel safety for
students, faculty, and staff
o National Councilor, Association of American Geographers (AAG) (2017-2020)
? One of two national councilors elected by AAG members
? Worked closely with AAG president on initiatives related to geographic
scholarship and the direction of our discipline
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Jamie Winders
jwinders@maxwell.syr.edu
Department of Geography
144 Eggers Hall
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute (ASPI), The Maxwell School, Syracuse University
(SU), (2019-present)
Chair, Geography Department, The Maxwell School, SU, (2014-2019)
Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, SU (2016-present)
O¡¯Hanley Faculty Scholar, The Maxwell School, SU, (2014-2017)
Associate Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, SU (2010-2016)
Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Geography, SU (2004-2010)
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Geography, University of Kentucky, 2004
Dissertation: (Re)working the US South: Latino Migration and the Politics of Race and Work in
Nashville, Tennessee
Masters of Arts, Geography, University of British Columbia, 2000
Thesis: Imperfectly Imperial: Northern Travel Writers in a Postbellum American South, 18651880
Bachelor of Arts, Geography, Summa cum Laude, Honors Program, University of Kentucky, 1998
Thesis: Where We¡¯ve Walked: African-American Communities in Lexington, Kentucky, 1910-1950
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, future of work, inclusive pipelines, emerging
technologies
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International migration, race/ethnicity, gender, new immigrant destinations, migration
policy and politics
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Cultural, social, and urban geography, travel writing, social theory, postcolonial theory
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Social reproduction, working-class lives, feminist geography
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