Dr. John R. Hoffman
Associate Provost for
Accreditation, Assessment, and Research
hoffmanj@arcadia.edu
As Associate Provost, Dr. Hoffman is the Accreditation Liaison
Officer and leads institutional and program-level review and/or accreditation. In
addition, Dr. Hoffman promotes faculty and student research through the Office
of Sponsored Research and Programs. Previously, he was the Founding Dean of the
Arcadia University College of Business, Health & Sciences from 2009 - 2011
and the Dean of Graduate Studies from 2008-2011.
Dr. Hoffman received his B.S.
in Biology from the Lyman Briggs School at Michigan State University in 1987,
and a Ph.D. in Developmental Neurobiology from the University of Michigan in
1992. He trained at the Medical College of Pennsylvania (now Drexel University
School of Medicine). He is a member of the Society for Neuroscience and the
Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. Dr. Hoffman is a past-president of the Philadelphia
area chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and served a three-year term on
the Society for Neuroscience’s national Committee for Neuroscience Literacy.
As a faculty member in the Department of Biology since 1995, he has
taught in the General Biology sequence, Research Methods in Biology, Human
Physiology, and upper-level courses in Neurobiology, Histology, Junior Seminar,
and Senior Seminar. He also teaches a University Seminar on Scientific
Ethics. In 2001, Dr. Hoffman received a Lindback Foundation Award for
Distinguished Teaching.
Since 1995, he has mentored 63 Arcadia undergraduate students in
the completion of empirical research-based senior thesis projects. The
significance of the student accomplishments is illustrated by the fact that
Arcadia University students have been co-authors on 15 presentations at
national or international meetings and seven peer-reviewed
journals. Dr. Hoffman continues to promote university-wide opportunities
for faculty and faculty-student research, scholarly, and creative activities.
Recent Publications
(Arcadia students in bold)
- 2009 Hoffman, J.R. “Applying a Cost-Benefit Analysis to Undergraduate Research at a Small Comprehensive University” Council On Research Quarterly, 30(1):20-24.
- 2006 Blustein, J.E., McLaughlin, M., Hoffman, J.R. "Exercise Effects Stress Induced Analgesia and Spatial Learning in Rats" Physiology & Behavior, 89:582-586. Abstract
- 2006 Shif, O., Gillette, K., Damkaoutis, C.M., Carrano, C., Robbins, S.J., Hoffman, J.R. "Effects of Ginkgo biloba administered after spatial learning on water maze and radial arm maze performance in young adult rats." Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 84:17-25. Abstract
- 2004 Hoffman, J.R., Donato, A., Robbins, S.J.. "Ginkgo biloba promotes short-term retention of spatial memory in rats." (Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 77:533-539) Abstract
- 2003 Hoffman, J.R., Greenberg, J.H., Furuya, D., Craik, R.L., Fanelli, P., Breslow, S., Sheehan, S., Ketschek, A, Damkaoutis, C., Reivich, M., Hand, P. "Rats recovering from unilateral barrel cortex ischemia are capable of completing a whisker-dependent task using only their affected whiskers." (Brain Research, 965(1-2):91-99). Abstract
Recent Presentations
- 2010, Hoffman, J.R. “Rumplestiltskin’s Legacy: Spinning Research into the Undergraduate Curriculum” [Title III Strengthening Institutions Grant invited guest speaker], State University of New York at Potsdam, Potsdam, New York.
- 2010 Hoffman, J.R. “DO WE CARE: An Integrative Model for Assessing Undergraduate Research Programs.” Creativity, Inquiry, and Discovery: Undergraduate Research in and across the Disciplines conference, American Association of Colleges and Universities, Durham, North Carolina, November 11 – 13, 2010.
2008 Fries, H., Greenberg, J.H., Craik, R.L., Hoffman, J.R. “Differences in behavioral recovery and compensatory strategy in rats completing a texture-discrimination task following unilateral barrel-cortex ischemia.” Soc. Neurosci. Abst. 34, Program 177.20.
- 2008 Skilton-Sylvester, Hoffman, J.R., Shultz, N. “Arcadia University Undergraduate Curriculum: Get Ready for the Journey of your life.” ANAC Summer Institute.
- 2007 Volpacchio, R.A., K.M. Luczejko, Craik, R.L., Hoffman, J.R. “Unilateral removal of whiskers results in a transient change in exploratory behavior as rats complete a texture-discrimination task.” Soc. Neurosci. Abst. 33, Program 401.20.
