{"id":1403,"date":"2016-11-09T17:41:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T17:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/iis\/?page_id=1403"},"modified":"2016-11-09T17:41:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T17:41:43","slug":"dr-jim-randall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/testforneal\/about-iis\/dr-jim-randall\/","title":{"rendered":"About | Dr. Jim Randall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Institute of Island Studies | Dr. Jim Randall<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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Professor Emeritus<\/strong>
Island Studies, University of Prince Edward Island
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Interim Chair
<\/strong>UNESCO Chair in Island Studies and Sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. James (Jim) Randall is an economic and social geographer and Professor Emeritus at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI), where he has taught in Island Studies, Geography, International Studies, and Planning since 2010. Although he has had the pleasure of calling an island his home for only a few years, he looks forward to reaching the age of 106 so he can celebrate having lived on islands longer than on the mainland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A geographer by training, Jim developed a love of Island Studies later in his career. His research spans many aspects of this interdisciplinary field, with a special interest in development, quality-of-life, and islander-newcomer relationships on small islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past 20 years, Dr. Randall has secured more than US$2.25 million in competitive grants and contracts and has written 35+ peer-reviewed publications. In 2020, he launched a textbook for undergraduate students titled An Introduction to Island Studies<\/em><\/a>, co-published by Island Studies Press and Rowman & Littlefield. He has extensive experience as an academic administrator at three universities, including as a Dean, Vice-President Academic, and Provost. He is also a pioneer in community-university scholarship, has assembled and led large multidisciplinary teams of researchers and practitioners from communities and universities, organized major international conferences and has coordinated field courses on sustainability issues in Africa and Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upon his retirement in July 2021, the University bestowed upon Dr. Randall the well-earned designation of Professor Emeritus. As Dr. Ed MacDonald (History, UPEI) wrote in his nomination letter, \u201cAs someone who has been involved with the Institute of Island Studies since 1986 and with the MAIS program since its inception two decades ago, I think I can speak with some authority when I praise the tremendous contributions that he has made to those two, closely related enterprises. He has devoted his considerable energy and abilities to both, and both have prospered under his leadership.\u201d Read more about Jim Randall’s contributions to Island Studies here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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